Silly Goose Knitting Patterns

Last month I shared a bunch of cute duck knitting patterns, so it seemed only fair to share some goose knitting patterns this time around. Maybe we’ll just keep knitting birds all year long? Why not?

I’m not sure it gets cuter than this tiny goose knitting pattern from Gray Bear Akswokrat. These sweet babies are knit flat on straight needles, and it looks like the pattern for the overalls is included.

Another sweet little goose is this whimsical striped goose in a little red hat from Cute Knit Toy. This one looks like it would be a great Christmas tree ornament and it is worked in the round on circular needles, with the wings and legs knit and sewn on separately.

Or how about a wee goose in a little hunting cap? This pattern from Simple Cute Knitting is worked in the round, and of course you can make the hat in any color you like with whatever odd ball you need to use.

Dot Pebbles Knits has the cutest realistic looking animal patterns out there, and this Darling Duck looks like the ideal knit version of the porch goose, complete with a kerchief and bonnet. The goose is about 10 inches/25.5 cm tall and it’s worked flat and joined as you go for minimal finishing.

My Lovely Goose Toy by May Lily Knitting is another good larger sized goose knitting pattern. It’s worked in the round from the top down in one piece and includes both photos and video tutorials to make it easier.

How about some goose accessories? These white goose socks from renardeendormie have a sweet ruffled cuffs, eyelets and a round of geese. They’re worked from the top down and come in three sizes.

I also love the Oh Goose Socks by Halyna Mykhalchenko, which feature a goose on the back of the leg. The socks are available in four sizes and are worked from the top down with a boomerang heel that also shapes the belly of the goose. You can grab this pattern on Ravelry.

And there’s no better place to end than the Quick and Easy Goose Mittens from Softyarn Designs. This mitten looks like a sock puppet to me, so if you knit them please consider using them as sock puppets. They use bulky yarn and come in four sizes, with a button for the eye.

Sometimes when I’m scrolling through Ravelry a pattern will catch my eye as much because of the name as the look of the design (which is a little hard to see in those little thumbnails sometimes, anyway).

So it was with the Stellify shawl by Paola Albergamo. Stellify means to turn into a star, and the name and the story behind the shawl come from the story of Ariadne. The better known part of her story is that she helped Theseus escape from the Minotaur, but he then abandoned her. What comes after in many stories is that Dionysus found her, fell in love with her and later married her.

When he threw her jeweled crown into the sky, the Corona Borealis constellation was formed.

What does all this have to do with shawl knitting?

The shawl itself looks like it has a scattering of stars on it, as if it, too, has been stellified. The shawl begins with an I-cord tap and is shaped into a triangular shawl with both lateral and central increases. I-cord edging is incorporated into the sides, and the colorwork is done with mosaic knitting, which means this shawl is easier than it looks.

Mosaic knitting has you working with just one color per row, slipping stitches that appear in the other color to make the colorwork visible. Even better for people new to this kind of colorwork, the pattern includes written and charted instructions throughout so it should be easy to follow along.

The pattern comes in two sizes (the larger one is shown here) and calls for two colors of fingering weight yarn. It looks great in black and yellow, but don’t miss the other projects on Ravelry to see other fun and beautiful color options.

You can find the pattern in English and Italian on Ravelry.

[Photo: Paola Albergamo]

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