Most Popular Patterns of the Year on Ravelry

December 30, 2016 by Sarah White

Just for fun I decided to check out the most popular patterns published this year on Ravelry. If you’re looking for something to make with yarn you got for Christmas or Hanukkah or to get a jump on your New Year’s resolution to use that great yarn already in your stash, you might want to check some of these out!

Note: I don’t know what “most popular” is based on, because there’s something to it other than number of projects made. But searching most popular and published this year, this is the order they are found in.

Waiting for Rain shawl by Sylvia McFadden from the Shawl Joy ebook, C$7.50, 2,125 projects
Talisman Shawl by Helen Stewart, part of the Shawl Society ebook, £14.40 for six patterns, 1,072 projects
Smooth Operator Socks by Susan B. Anderson, $5, 1,433 projects
Building Blocks Shawl by Stephen West, $6.50, 2,521 projects
Pussyhat Project by Kat Coyle, free, 1,501 projects
SlipStripeSpiral socks by Mylene Pijpers, AU$4.50 (free at the time of this writing), 1,138 projects
Spindrift Shawl by Helen Stewart, £4.45 (or free if you join her shawl workshop email list), 991 projects
Pure Joy shawl by Joji Locatelli, $5, 989 projects
Close to You shawl by Justyna Lorkowska, free, 939 projects
On the Spice Market shawl by Melanie Berg, €5.20 EUR, 1,146 projects

Interesting notes: seven out of these 10 most popular patterns are shawls. Two are socks and one is a hat that makes a political statement. Two are free projects (two others are at the time of this writing, too). And two are by the same designer.

Have you knit any of these projects? Or queued them? I got the SlipStripeSpiral pattern and will probably make it as my next pair of socks. And I already had my eye on Building Blocks, but I think a lot of these are gorgeous and definitely worth your time. What do you think?

[Photos via Ravelry.]

Comments

lelia says
December 30, 2016 at 1:55 pm
I think Waiting for Rain looks interesting; however, I, too, thought the sock pattern (Slip Stripe Spiral) would be a hoot to try
Theresa peters says
January 9, 2018 at 10:53 pm
Love the pattern “waiting for rain”. I made 3, because this shawl fits comfortably on the shoulder and doesn’t slip. And looks fabulous!

Have you read?

Stitch a Simple Sack Hat that Looks Like a Turkey

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]