12 Christmas Ornaments to Cast On Now!

It's the most wonderful time of the year! The time when we get to spend more time with our loved ones, and celebrate the holidays. This season is also a great opportunity for crafting, so I've put together some knitting patterns for Christmas ornaments that are sure to please any knitter.

Whether you're looking for something easy or challenging, there's something here for everyone.

Note: Project #5, 7, 9, and 10 are all FREE PATTERNS

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#1. Father Christmas Ornaments Knitting Pattern

Pick your favorite weight of yarn (fingering to worsted) and knit up a few Father Christmas Ornaments. Knit one to embellish with embroidery or follow the pattern for a bit of traditional colorwork. A perfect gift or a keepsake for your own home, these are a quick knit that is sure to please.

Father Christmas was a medieval Yule Tide visitor, the first appearing ancient British mid-winter festivals. Representing the coming of spring, he would wear a long, green hooded cloak and a wreath of holly, ivy or mistletoe.

Uses fingering, sport, DK or worsted weight yarn (your choice!)

Designed by Amy Munson

#2. Tiny Tree Christmas Ornament Knitting Pattern

The Tiny Tree ornament is an amazingly quick and simple knit that makes a wonderful gift or just something cute to decorate your tree.

Plus, it takes so little yarn to make. Save those odds and ends and put them to use right here.

Uses worsted weight yarn

Designed by Susan B. Anderson

The red ball ornaments on the tree are French Knots. Here is a great video tutorial to make them.

#3. Seven Colorwork Christmas Ornaments

A quick and easy little project! These round, stuffed Christmas ornaments with varying motifs can be knit up in less than an afternoon. Especially perfect for those with little ones or pets – they won’t break if pulled off the tree!

The given gauge will produce an ornament about 2.5 inches wide, but larger or smaller needles can be used to achieve a larger or smaller ornament accordingly.

Uses fingering weight yarn

Designed by Meg Hollar

#4. Christmas Lights Ornaments Knitting Pattern

Christmas Lights are a fun, quick knit project that can be used as a garland for the tree, staircase, or mantel. You could also make individual lights and use them as gift toppers, hanging Christmas ornaments, or even a holiday keychain.

These Christmas lights come in 2 sizes. One is short (9cm or 3 1/2”) and one is longer 10cm or 3 3/4”)

They are knitted on 2 needles with 8 ply (DK) yarn so even a beginner can make them.

Uses DK weight yarn

Designed by Amalia Samios

#5. Purled Christmas Tree Free Knitting Pattern

Christmas time is near! And in that spirit, enjoy these fun little trees to decorate every corner of your home!

To knit them, you will need worsted weight yarn, polyfil, and double pointed needles.

The taller tree is aprox. 16 cm and the shorter tree is aprox. 13 cm. No gauge is given so sizes will vary.

The pattern is pretty simple. They are knit from the top down and shaped by increases.

Uses worsted weight yarn

Designed by Anna Sudo

#6. Fa La Llama Ornament Knitting Pattern

Isn’t it fun to make a few new Christmas ornaments every year?

The Fa La Llama is the second ornament in an annual Christmas ornament series. This llama is ready for fun with a bright red scarf around its neck.

The ornament is worked in the round and includes short row shaping for the body. The ears and legs are made using i-cord. The tail is braided.

Uses worsted weight yarn

Designed by Lorri Ann Romesberg

#7. Gingerbread Boy Christmas Ornament Free Knitting Pattern

This little toy is super easy and quick to knit. It’s worked in the round, and all in one piece so there’s no seaming at all. Best of all, the fun comes at the end when you get to decorate him!

He’s 11 inches tall when using worsted weight yarn and size 4 dpns, but can easily be made larger or smaller by changing yarn weight and needle size.

Uses worsted weight yarn

Designed by Sara Elizabeth Kellner

#8. Oatmeal the Snowman Knitting Pattern

“What will we call him?” 
“Yeah, shall we call him Harold?” “Or Bruce?” “Or Christopher Columbus?” 
“How about Oatmeal?” ALL: “Oatmeal!?” 
-Frosty the Snowman, 1969

Oatmeal the Snowman is a friendly winter companion, and would look amazing sitting on just about any mantle or kid’s bed. His body is worked in Cascade Lana Grande, making him a big, quick project. Since the yarn is so thick and the cable pattern is so simple, it’s a good project for cabling without a cable needle. His arms and nose are knitted in worsted weight yarn. He has classic button eyes and you can put pipe cleaners in his arms to make them poseable.

If you are making Oatmeal to be more a toy than a display item, you could leave out the pipe cleaners and sew on felt eyes, and he would be an appropriate softie for baby.

Uses worsted weight yarn

Designed by Rachel Borello Carroll

#9. Elf Hat Chocolate Orange Cover Free Knitting Pattern

Chocolate Oranges have become a must-have holiday tradition in my house. The aroma of the orange is delightful and there’s always an argument over who gets to bang the orange on the table to make the slices appear. Fun!

That’s why I had to include this adorable Elf Hat project. It’s a hat you can knit just for this holiday treat.

Knit one for yourself or knit a bunch and give them as a festive gift covering a chocolate orange.

Knitted from the bottom up on straight needles, and then seamed

Add a little pom-pom or jingle bell

Uses DK weight yarn

Designed by Marianna Mel

#10 Furry Fairies Christmas Ornament Free Knitting Pattern

Here’s a sweet Christmas ornament that is fun to knit. Fairy mice to decorate your tree - complete with fairy wings and a star.

Using small amounts of yarn, you’ll be able to knit these for your friends and family members.

Uses DK weight yarn

Designed by Alan Dart

#11. Me and the Tree Hat and Christmas Ornament Knitting Pattern

Make a cozy stocking cap just in time for the holidays! Knit in Ewe Ewe’s Wooly Worsted yarn, Me and The Tree is a knitting pattern that has a festive hat for you and a cute matching ornament for your tree. This hat will be the prettiest knit at your next ugly sweater party!

Hat pattern sized child to adult.

Uses worsted weight yarn

Designed by Heather Walpole

#12. Winter Village Christmas Ornaments Knitting Pattern

The 7 miniature ornaments featured in“Winter village” found it’s inspiration from a Swedish countryside hamlet around Christmas-time. In a small village covered by snow you should be able to adventure them all: the Christmas tree, the heart, Sankta Lucia, the small wooden house painted in red with white plaster-work (“Torpet”), the “Pepparkaksgubbe” (gingerbread made into the shape of a man), the Christmas tree - and of course; the fat cat to chase the mice and drink the milk left out for Sankta Klaus.

All of the miniatures, with exception of the small house, could be stuffed or unstuffed - meaning that you can use them for multiple purposes: bookmarks, table decorations, hanging decoration

Uses fingering weight yarn

Designed by Anne B Hanssen

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