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]

Over the years I have shared a lot of pumpkin knitting patterns, and I’ve knit and crocheted a lot of pumpkins myself. But it feels like there are always more fun things to try with knit pumpkins, so this year I wanted to look a little more beyond basic stockinette or ribbed pumpkins and share some pumpkin patterns with cables, bobbles and colorwork.

In the cable collection we’ve got these cute little basic cable and ribbed pumpkins from Elly Bear Knits. There are two sizes that make a wide, flat pumpkin and a taller round pumpkin. Both are worked in the round as a tube that’s cinched top and bottom when you’re done, and they use bulky weight yarn.

Another cute cable pumpkin knitting pattern comes from Gray Bear Akswokrat. This one is knit flat and it looks like a chunky yarn but you could use other weights to make pumpkins of different sizes. This one also has an I-cord stem and uses yarn to cinch up the sections of the pumpkin, giving it a more natural look.

Add some bobbles to your pumpkins with this design from Autumn Shelter Makes. Also worked in the round in a tube, it features a repeating pattern of bobbles and uses yarn wrapped around the outside to make segments. This one looks like worsted weight yarn to me.

Of course there’s nothing that says your pumpkin has to be a single color, so let’s throw in some colorwork. I love the look of the Cozy Fall Pumpkin knitting pattern from South Stitch Girls. The little leather loop adds a rustic touch but you could also just add a stick. These pumpkins have five colorwork options and are worked in worsted weight yarn in the round.

There’s also the Autumn Fair Isle Trio pumpkins pattern from Equestriann Style, which has three different sizes of pumpkins with four colorwork designs. They are worked in super bulky yarn in the round and look good with high contrast or more muted color combinations.

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