Make a Knit Wall Hanging for Your Home

There are a lot of woven wall hangings out there, but I don’t see a lot of knit wall hangings.

We moved my office to a different room of the house over the summer, and it has these little tiny walls on either side of a big window. I wanted to put something there, especially on the one that is right next to my desk (the other one is next to my sewing machine).

So I decided to knit a wall hanging.

I used two colors of a slightly sparkly jumbo yarn and size 50 US needles, so the whole thing took less than an hour to make. It’s just the right size for my space but of course you could do the same thing to cover a larger wall if you wanted.

Click over to the post for the how-to and options for hanging, including from the needle itself.

Have you ever knit a wall hanging? I’d love to hear about it!

[Photo: Our Daily Craft.]

If your family is the sort to do a turkey trot for Thanksgiving, or even just to take family pictures, you’ll want to get started knitting up some Turkey Sack Hats with this pattern from Underground Crafter.

The pattern uses super bulky yarn and is rated easy. It’s knit flat but there are a few skills in here around the shaping of the eyes, which includes changing colors, working bobbles and doing a wicked purl 3 together decrease. Twice.

But that’s all in one row, and the rest of it is pretty simple. The beak is worked separately and sewn on, and the side of the hat is stitched up to make it into a hat.

What’s great about this one is that it comes in 10 sizes, ranging from newborn to adult large, so you really can make one for everyone in the family. And because it uses super bulky yarn you can knit a bunch pretty quickly if that’s a thing you’d like to do.

It’s also fun because you could use this base pattern to make different animals or for different holidays. Make it all in orange and stitch on a jack o’lantern face for Halloween, or make a white one that’s a snowman, for example.

In any style this would also be a fun gag gift for that person in your life who has everything or doesn’t want gifts, or if you do a secret Santa or white elephant gift exchange at work or elsewhere.

And make sure whether you’re making it a turkey or some other character that you include the pom poms at the top! They’re just so cure and a great way to add a bit more color to the project, and they’re easy to make. (See also: ways to make a pompom with yarn.)

You can grab the free pattern at the Underground Crafter website.

[Photo: Underground Crafter]

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