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Thanksgiving Knitting Patterns

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Thanksgiving as a crafting holiday tends to get passed over. We love making pumpkins for Halloween (which can also be for Thanksgiving, it’s true) and ALL the crafting for Christmas, but maybe because we’re so focused on cooking there’s not a lot of time left for holiday crafting.

Let’s check out a few Thanksgiving knitting patterns for the table and a little bit of cute decor you can make for this fun foodie holiday.

The turkey dishcloth from Yarnspirations adds a bit of fun to doing the holiday dishes, though I think I would use it for display more than actually cleaning purposes. If you didn’t include the legs and other details it would be easier to use as a dishcloth, but it’s super cute this way.

A more traditional washcloth with the turkey worked on a square can be found from Daisy and Storm on Etsy. You can use DK or worsted weight yarn and the pattern is presented as a chart or in written instructions.

Sherrie Kibler’s Thanksgiving napkin rings are super cute and easy to stitch with a little colorwork done stranded knitting style. They’re worked in the round and bunched up to make a little tie like shape. You can get the pattern on Ravelry.

Keep your wine cozy — or use a bottle as a table decoration — with this Thanksgiving Skol wine cozy from Ellen Susanne. It’s worked in the round from the bottom up with worsted weight yarn and includes a lot of stranded colorwork including pumpkins, hearts, turkeys and the word thankful. You can find the pattern, as well as a collection of bottle cozies for every month of the year, on Ravelry.

Or make a potholder for your pie with the Blessed apple pie potholder from Donielle Oliver Showvay. This pattern uses superfine yarn and double knitting to make a potholder that’s both thick and pretty. You can get it on Ravelry.

Of course knitting turkeys is a great thing to do for Thanksgiving, and I’ve collected a lot of turkey knitting patterns before, so be sure to check those out if you’re looking for more ideas.

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Knitting Patterns for Pride

It seems like every year there are more rainbow colored (and other flag hued) knitting projects out there to celebrate Pride. Whether you celebrate at a local event or just want to add some more color to your wardrobe, these Pride knitting patterns are a great place to start.

See also these Pride knitting patterns, tiny Pride flags, and more rainbow projects if you need more inspiration.

These Pride socks from Birger Berge are a free pattern on Ravelry. They feature a rainbow flag on the heel and toe, plus stripes on the cuff with the word Pride and a heart worked in. 

Or you can Put Some Pride in Your Step with these allover colorful socks from Oriahna WhimsyStitch. Using a self-striping fingering weight yarn, they have a spiral rib on the legs and come in three sizes. The pattern has suggestions for if you don’t have self-striping yarn to use. You can find it on Ravelry.

Amy Snell’s Pride Like the Wind is a triangular shawl that uses slipped stitches to add texture to the multicolored stripes. The pattern was made with a large skein of rainbow colored yarn and mini skeins in rainbow colors, but you can use stash or whatever you can find in theose colors for a different look. You can find this pattern on Ravelry.

Pride and Elegance is a pretty pair of rainbow striped arm warmers made by martaschmarta. They call for fingering weight yarn and have sparkly beads incorporated at each end for extra flair. This pattern is also on Ravelry. 

Pride in Parallelograms by Treena Evans is a mobius knit cowl worked in a multicolored ombre yarn. It calls for DK weight yarn and is a free pattern on Ravelry.

Stephen G. Krueger has designed a lovely kippah/yarmulke pattern that can be worked in the colors of any Pride flag you like. The pattern is free on Ravelry and uses fingering weight yarn.

And if you want to make a full progress flag in knitting, you’ll need the modular progressive Pride flag pattern from Kim Smith for Alterknit Universe. The pattern comes in two sizes using different weights of yarn to suit your needs, and the modular style of the project makes it seamless. You can purchase this pattern on Ravelry.

If you want to add a touch of Pride to a sweater, wall hanging or other project, the abstract waves chart from Hits Knit Patterns is a great place to start. It uses the colors of the lesbian flag, but you could change it to whatever colors you like (there are six colors used and the chart is 49 stitches by 80 rows).