Knitting Patterns to Knit for Canada Day

Lest you think we’d forget our cousins to the north (here in America, anyway), I thought it would be good to collect some fun knitting patterns to celebrate Canada Day. Or hockey season. Or any other time you love Canada.

This time of year you might not need a Canada hat like the O Canada Toque from Candise Wilde, or Sandy Prossner’s Mount Canada. It might not be the time to cast on a pair of knit mittens like the O Canada Mittens (I guess that name is kind of irresistible) from Vicky Taylor-Hood.

But you do have cans that need cozies, right? The Canada Day knit placemat and cozy from KnitCA is a great choice, or try the Oh Canada Coffee Sweater (really, but I promise it’s the last one) from Sue Sedlak for beverages that are supposed to be warm.

How about a washcloth? Try the Garden Maple Leaf Dishcloth by Melissa Bergland Burham (available on the web archive). The Red Maple Leaf Pattern from Knit Hit would also make a cute little cloth. And the Illusion Maple Leaf Dishcloth by Audrey Knits is a fun knitting trick.

Or knit a little Canadian flag with help from the felted flag patch pattern at My Knitting Basket or the mini Canadian flag garland from Kristen Cooper. So cute!

Looking for more Canadian knitting patterns? check these out on Etsy.

Generally I like knitting patterns where I feel like you can use whatever yarn you have (because my stash is big enough and I want to use it, thanks) and make a successful project. This is one of those times when a special yarn makes the process that much easier.

The Floral Bouquet Shawl from Xandy Peters uses a specific extended color pooling yarn from Feisty Fibers, which allows you to place the bobble flowers with increasing frequency as you knit the project.

It starts with a solid color yarn, then the two color yarn is added in, and you make a bobble whenever you encounter the color pops. This would be hard to replicate with other yarn that doesn’t have the extended color pooling built in.

The background of the shawl is ribbed, making the project reversible.

The shawl uses fingering/sock yarn and comes out to be an asymmetrical triangle that’s 54 inches/137 cm long and 36 inches/ 90 cm deep and 60 inches/150 cm across the top edge.

Xandy says the pattern is for intermediate to advanced knitters. Knowing how to work traditional bobbles would probably help, but there’s a great video tutorial for how to work the floral bobbles so you can practice on other yarn or even incorporate the bobbles into other projects.

The bobbles are five-petaled flowers but they also kind of look like starfish to me, which could be fun on a child’s cardigan or other pattern. They’d also be fun on the leg of a sock or around the brim of a hat for extra whimsy.

The pattern includes photo and video tutorials, and written and charted instructions. It also includes tips on what to look for if you choose to use different yarn for the project, and instructions on how to dye your own yarn to use in the project.

If you want to give it a try, you can find the pattern on Ravelry.

[Photo: Xandy Peters]

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