Silly Goose Sock Knitting Pattern

I don’t know why thinking about whimsical knitting so often makes me think of fun knit socks. There are plenty of other ways knitters show their whimsy, from knitting chickens to dinosaurs (kind of the same thing, I guess) to funny hats as we covered last week.

But maybe it’s because socks are an easy point of entry for showing your silly side, since they don’t necessarily have to show at all. But once you knit these up you might just be investing in some clear galoshes, too.

The You Silly Goose socks form Stone Knits are pretty much exactly what they sound like. They’re worked from the top down with a striped cuff and contrasting toe and heel for extra color and cuteness, but otherwise are stitched all over with geese. Or ducks, if you’d rather. I didn’t ask them what they are. Because there are so many of the m the colorwork is relatively easy because you don’t have any long floats on the back (which can be tricky with socks because too many floats can make it so your socks don’t fit right).

You could also match the cuff color and the heel and toe if you’d rather, but those little stripes are a great way to use a little left over sock yarn from another project.

The pattern uses magic loop knitting but you can use a short circular or double pointed needles (or two circulars, I’m sure) to knit them if you’d rather.

It’s available in three sizes, and you could further adjust the fit if you need to by going up or down a needle size.

The pattern can be purchased in English, German or French and all sizes have been test knit.

You can grab your copy form Stone Knits on Etsy. I’d love to hear about it if you make them!

[Photo: Stone Knits]

Fall will be here before we know it, and that means there are holidays coming right behind where we might be entertaining at home. It’s always fun to have a hand knit touch in your home for other people to see, and if you’re going to be in the kitchen all day you might as well have some nice knit dish cloths to use.

I love this little plaid hand towel from Darling Jadore. Use a little bit of leftover cotton yarn from another project for the plaid portion. It looks like the horizontal stripes are worked as you knit and the vertical stripes are done with duplicate stitch, making this a quick and easy project even newer knitters can make.

Combine garter stitch and an easy eyelet pattern worked sideways to make the Annette Dish Towel from Cluck Cluck Boots, which is meant to be reminiscent of flour sack towels. It calls for DK weight yarn and you can work it in one color or two (or even three!).

Add a little more texture with this set of kitchen towels from Whileberry Creative. They’re mostly worked in garter stitch with borders in easy knit/purl patterns, and you can work them in sport or worsted weight yarn.

Two of Wands Shop has another cute allover knit and purl pattern they call the Seersucker Textured Tea Towel. It’s an easy repeating pattern worked in worsted weight yarn, and there’s a chart in the pattern you can use, but don’t have to, if you want to practice knitting from a chart.

The Classic Cloth dish towel from Handmade Home by Connie is another one that can use a little leftover yarn in a contrasting color, or you could color block it our use stripes throughout the pattern. This one uses worsted weight yarn and another easy repeating knit purl stitch pattern.

If you like to hang your towel on the oven handle or elsewhere but it’s always falling off, try the Stay Put kitchen towel from Fancy Step Knits. This project is worked in garter stitch and includes a hole partway through so you can pull the towel through itself over a rod or handle. Stripes are optional but a nice addition.

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