Knitting Patterns for Mushrooms

I recently crocheted a mushroom for my daughter because I came across a pattern I thought was cute and why not? (You can see the finished product on Instagram.)

But I knew there had to be a lot of cute mushroom knitting patterns, too, so I went looking and of course there are. This roundup is sticking to patterns for actual mushrooms rather than knit items with mushrooms on them; maybe we’ll take a look at those soon.

Several of these are the classic red and white “toadstool” style mushroom (more accurately a fly agaric) but you could of course knit them in whatever colors you like.

And indeed we’re going to start with some that aren’t red and white. The chestnut mushroom from Amanda Berry (free on Ravelry) is a little brown mushroom that looks good enough to eat. They’re worked in one piece in DK weight yarn.

The Porcini Mushrooms from Norman Schwarze are very life like as well, and perfect for your neutral sock yarn leftovers. Grab this free pattern on Ravelry.

Tatyana Grigoryan’s Magic Mushroom (also free on Ravelry) is a sweet little ‘shroom worked in worsted weight yarn from the top down. When I first looked at it, I thought the dots on the top were beads, which would be a cute way to embellish it.

Cute Knit Toy on Etsy has another sweet mushroom you can make any color you like with your DK weight scraps.

The Mushroom or Fairy House? pattern from Natasha Hanson (free on Ravelry) can go either way. Stitch it up as a regular brown (or red and white) mushroom, or add a little embroidered door to make it into a fairy house. This one calls for worsted-weight yarn.

This classic fly agaric mushroom comes in two sizes in a pattern from Nimble Needlez on Etsy.

How about mushroom Christmas ornaments? These get to be shared here because of course they don’t have to be ornaments, they could just be mushrooms. Amy Gaines has a cute collection you can grab on Ravelry, or check out this pattern from DROPS Design.

This mushroom can also be a rattle, which is super cute for a baby with a woodland-themed nursery. This pattern is from Ravelry and was designed by Say Little Hen and worked in DK weight yarn.

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If you’re looking for a sweater knitting pattern that uses up some of your stash and allows you to make just the sweater you want, the Marlina Rib by Shay Johson might be just the thing.

It’s worked with two strands of fingering weight yarn held together to make a DK weight gauge, so you can use the same two yarns throughout or change one or both regularly for an even more colorful look.

The pattern has options to make it either a crewneck or a henley style with buttons, tapered or relaxed sleeves, and a straight hemline or a split hem with buttons (which sounds so cute if you do the henley with split hem and match the buttons on both parts).

It’s also knit from the top down so you can make the body and the sleeves as long as you want. There are 10 sizes available in the pattern, with a chest circumference ranging from 32 to 68 inches, or 81.5 to 172.5 cm. It’s meant to be worn with 4-6 inches/10-15 cm of positive ease at the chest.

The pattern page on Ravelry includes tons of measurements and yardage estimates so you can make sure you’ll get a good fit for your body before you even buy the pattern. Shay also shows a few variations of the sweater so you can see how different options look before you decide how you want to put them together.

The stitch pattern is 1×2 ribbing, which is really easy to do and gives a look almost like fisherman’s rib that’s relaxed and easy to wear.

This sweater looks like a great option for people who are somewhat new to sweater knitting or those who love to have lots of customization options (because it’s like getting multiple sweater patterns in one!).

Check out all the details and grab a copy of the pattern for yourself at Ravelry.

[Photo: Shay Johnson]

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