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.

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I feel like I haven’t shared many knitting machine patterns lately, probably because I haven’t been using my knitting machines much lately. (I finally made space for them to live on the bookshelf in my office, and now that they have a “place” it’s almost like I forgot they existed for a while.)

But I did recently make a little cat bed, that surely would work for a small dog, too.

This one uses two different sizes of knitting machine: a larger one (it could be any in the 40-48 needle range) and a 22 pin.

The larger machine is used in flat panel mode to make the bottom pillow like part of the bed, while the smaller machine makes a long tube that is used around the edges as the sort of walls of the cat bed.

For stuffing I used a bit of leftover quilt batting for the pillow, and some cut up old T-shirts for the tube.

You can use any worsted weight yarn you like (I used two colors of Big Twist Pound+, which comes in huge skeins that weigh more than a pound). Acrylic or cotton yarn is nice for washablity, but you’ll be cranking for a while so make sure you use a yarn your machine likes so it’s not too much of a struggle.

You can grab the pattern for this cat bed over at Our Daily Craft. I’m sorry to report the pictured is as close as a cat has gotten to it so far, but maybe your cats like to be cozy more than mine do?

If you’re looking for more options for cute handmade places for your cats and little dogs to rest, check out this roundup of knit pet beds. I still want to knit one by hand but the machine version was definitely a faster option (especially good since my cats are ungrateful).

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