Pin of the Week: Ways to Knit Ruffles

This week’s favorite from the vaults of my knitting board on Pinterest is a post from Tricksy Knitter on how to knit ruffles. As you can see from the picture there are tons of different ways to add a ruffle to knitting, and these are not even all of the options.

This post offers a roundup of all the different ruffles that have been explored on the Tricksy Knitter site, with links so you can quickly find the ones you want to learn more about.

I love the corkscrew ruffle, which I think would be adorable at the top of a little girl’s sock, and the gathered eyelet ruffle, a classic that gets you a ruffle and extra embellishment when you thread a ribbon through the eyelets.

Something about spring has me ready to break out the ruffles! Do you ever knit ruffles? I’d love to hear how you use them.

[Photo via Tricksy Knitter.]

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Why should the fireplace get all the fun? Instead of knitting stockings this year, why not whip up a pair of Christmas themed socks? These Christmas sock knitting patterns are lots of fun to make and you can wear them to holiday gatherings for years to come.

For our friends in the southern part of the world, there are the Christmas in July socks from the Kiwi Lodge – Kylie (Ravelry link). These shorty socks are covered in Christmas trees and have bright pink heels and toes for a tropical feel. There’s also an option to make a longer sock if you celebrate somewhere it’s colder.

Twin Stitches Designs (Ravelry) has a fun pattern with mix and match colorwork motifs you can use to build your own cozy Christmas socks. From the sample socks I see Christmas puddings, trucks hauling trees, Santa belts, ornaments and a couple of different borders. There may be more patterns included but the listing doesn’t say. Make a pair that matches or use different motifs on each foot for extra holiday cheer.

If you want to stick to Christmas puddings on your holiday socks, check out this cute pattern from Stone Knits. These lovely socks feature a band of puddings around the leg and a bit of holly by the toes.

These vintage holiday light socks from Grey Owl Knits by Sarah are classic looking and lots of fun at the same time. I love this color combination but of course you can make your lights and stripes whatever colors you like or have on hand. They’re worked using stranded knitting.

And if you’d like even more of a mix of patterns for your socks, try Barbara Ceglédi’s Christmas Chaos socks, a free pattern on Ravelry. The pattern includes 25 little motifs you can choose from, ranging from snowflakes and Christmas trees to elf hats, reindeer and hearts.

Comments

Jill says
March 19, 2013 at 1:22 pm
I’m knitting the Lintilla Shawl, it uses short rows to create the ruffles.
Anastasia says
March 20, 2013 at 4:48 am
I wish I’d seen this last week! Oy vey! I was working on a skirt for a mermaid, and I wanted it to be really ruffly. Oh, well. I’ll save this for next time.

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