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You’re Such A Turkey!

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So, for us Americans, Turkey Day is right around the corner, complete with all the trimmings, and of course, the obligatory filled to the brim feelings and a nap after the dishes are all done.

So, what are you doing this Thanksgiving Day? (other than the whole turkey thing?) You’re giving thanks for all of the blessings in your life!

Looking for more Thanksgiving patterns check these out on Etsy.

I’ll go first.

What am I thankful for? Family, friends, yadda yadda, but one of the things that strikes me when asked this question is this: I am thankful that I can step outside my front door at any time of the night or day, 24/7 and have my senses explode with the sights, sounds, and scents of nature and the farm. I can do that because of people, like my son, who are not home this holiday, but are, instead, voluntarily putting life and limb on the line over in a foreign country so that those of us at home don’t really have to think about the costs. Thank you to all of our servicemen and women. Thank you, thank you, thank you, and son, please come home safe and sound, SOON!

When I step into my outside world, I can smell the pine undertones in the fresh cold air. I can see the world, asleep under the blanket of the cold white stuff, and I can hear the critters munching contentedly in their pastures, the wind rustling through the trees, and usually, this time of year I can hear the snow and ice as it flurries around before hitting the ground.

But all of this seriousness aside, let’s remember to have some fun too. I won’t post individual links, just click on the pictures to go to the idea or pattern pages. We have everything from knitted turkey hats, turkey dishcloths, kntted turkeys, knitted turkeys knitting, and a whole spread complete with turkey and vegies.

Have fun! These ones don’t have any calories!I hope you all have a WONDERFUL holiday season!

Comments

  4. Can you please e-mail me or let me know how I can get the pattern for the Turkey dishcloth.
    Thank you.

  5. Do you have the pattern for the turkey washcloth that I may have please, or do you know where I can get it? Thanks!

  7. I would really love the pattern for the turkey dishcloth. I know my mother and I would love to knit this one together. Thank you very much, oh and your work is WONDERFUL! You inspire me to go out of my comfort zone! =)

  8. Can u PLEASE send me the pattern for the turkey dishcloth? I want to make 1 for my sister & daughter THANK YOU

  9. Can you please send me the turkey dishcloth pattern? It’s a perfect gift for a friend who has a flock of turkeys in her yard everyday !! Thank you.

Have you read?

Easy Knit Baskets to Use All Your Stash

For the past few years I’ve taken part in a Christmas in July blog hop that encourages people to get a jump on their making for holiday gifts. 

I love to use yarn I already have for these projects in the hope that people will consider what they already have that they can use to make projects for themselves or to give as gifts. 

This year it was a couple of knit baskets made using partial balls of yarn left in my stash from other projects. 

They use the same basic pattern but the first one is made with two colors of bulky yarn, and the second used two strands of worsted weight yarn held together, which made the gauge about the same, but I cast on fewer stitches to make a smaller version. 

The bottom of the basket is square, though you can make them rectangular if you’d rather. Then I just knit up the sides in rounds until I was about to run out of yarn. This gave both baskets rather short sides — maybe more like a tray than a basket — but you can keep knitting as long as you like to make the sides of your basket as tall as you want. 

They’re worked in seed stitch, which keeps the edges from curling and adds a nice texture to the baskets.

Of course this also allows you to use even more odd balls from your stash. I’d love to make a big one someday combining lots of different yarn. I mean, I’d probably use it to store more yarn, but that’s a fine thing to do. 

As it is, these little trays are great for sitting on your desk or bedside table to hold little things that always seem to appear there. I like to use one to hold the supplies for whatever project I’m working on, things like little scissors, my tape measure, a crochet hook, etc.

And they would make good gifts on their own or as a container to hold some other goodies if you like. 

You can find the free pattern for these stash busting baskets over at Our Daily Craft.