Spider Knitting Patterns

Spooky season begins in my house on Sept. 1, so you know all the knit pumpkins are out and I’m thinking about new ways to add yarn to our fall decor. How about some knit spiders? They can hang out among the pumpkins, be added to a holiday wreath or add some spooky flair wherever you need it.

Let’s start with the smallest ones, in case you need an instant gratification project, or a tiny spider to hide somewhere to scare someone. This one from Cute Knit Toy on Etsy is knit in the round and has I-cord legs, and quite a few eyes and other embellishments.

The Itsy Bitsy Spider by Lara Breese (free on Ravelry) uses DK weight yarn and also has a body worked in the round and I-cord legs. This one was designed to dangle from a knitting bag or be a small toy for a child. It’s a great use for a precious little bit of yarn, too.

Eek the Spider by Susan Claudino (on Ravelry) is super cute and relatively small, and would be a good use for some leftovers if you want to make it in different colors or with striped legs as shown. This one can be made with any weight of yarn, but the ones listed on the pattern page are worsted weight and make the spider about 6 inches/15 cm long.

Shelia Bond’s The Friendly Spider (also from Ravelry) can use any weight of yarn but the designer says they use leftover sock yarn, which is a great idea and makes them all unique and colorful. These take just a few minutes and a few yards (25-35, or 23 to 32 meters) of yarn, so it’s a great project to make with leftovers.

So Simple Knit Studio on Etsy has a cute pattern for a spider that’s just a little fuzzy thanks to the fun yarn choice. You can use any yarn with a bit of a halo or pick a smooth yarn for a different effect.

Arachnophobia Spider by Revati Poole (free on Ravelry) is probably the most involved project in this list of spider knitting patterns. It uses bulky weight yarn and the pattern notes say the body is easy but the legs are a little fiddly. If you scroll the finished projects you will see lots of different ideas for how to add legs if you need an easier way.

Finally, if you’re a circular knitting machine user, you can make this lovely spider pattern from Peace Love and Moki on Etsy. It looks like if could be made with any size machine and use small panels or an I-cord maker to make the legs.

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I can’t resist a pattern that’s both useful and a little silly, and that’s exactly how I feel about the Rybka pouch pattern from the delightfully named Rat and Sea Witch.

I know you’re going to ask, because I did, too. Rybka means little fish in Polish. (And because you’re also probably going to ask, Rat and Sea Witch comes from people’s attempts to say the designer’s name, Ratasiewicz, which if you say it fast kind of sounds like rat and sea witch.)

It’s easy to make a little fish bag in different sizes to suit your needs. The pattern has specific instructions for an Airpods Pro case and a pencil case, but you could change the length easily to hold more stuff, and change the size in general by working with a different weight of yarn.

The pattern calls for sock yarn and mohair held together to make a fingering weight gauge, but you could try it with heavier yarn and see what size bag you end up with.

Whatever size you make it, this looks like a fun project for holding trinkets or everyday items. The mouth of the fish is the mouth of the bag, and it closes with a drawstring that is also the strap. I wonder, too, if you could make one of these with a small clasp frame that could be the fish’s mouth and then you could just work I cord straps that would attach to the sides of the fish.

I could also see stripes, or fish of different colors to use up your yarn leftovers. How about a sunglasses case with a little loop to attach to your bag? Once you start thinking about all the ways you could use a fish-shaped bag in your life, I think you’ll see that you probably need more than one.

If you make one of these I would love to know how it went!

You can grab a copy of the pattern on Ravelry.

[Photo: Rat and Sea Witch]

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