10 Adorable Thanksgiving Knits for a Fun Turkey Day
Christmas gets a lot of knitting attention, but there’s another important holiday to knit for.
How about knitting for Thanksgiving?
Thanksgiving is a great day…time with friends and family, a delicious meal, and a big fat turkey named Tom..let’s celebrate it with knitting goodness!
There are so many cute decorations you can create for turkey day. Most of them use small amounts of yarn. In fact, several projects are perfect stash-busting.
I rounded up 10 super-cute projects including turkeys, pumpkins, turkey hats (er, hats for you with turkeys on them…not hats for turkeys), festive garland, tiny dressed mice, a dishcloth, and even some pumpkin pie!
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How To Use Your Thanksgiving Knits
Decorate your Thanksgiving table
Decorate the mantel or a side table in the living room
Knit holiday hats for family members
Create Thanksgiving stuffed toys for children
Hang garland from the mantel, staircase, or over a doorway
Give as hostess gifts
10 Thanksgiving Knitting Patterns
#1. Mini Pumpkins Free Knitting Pattern
Decorate your Thanksgiving table with these cute mini pumpkins. Designed by Kristin Russo, these pumpkins are small easy knits that you can whip up while watching TV or having coffee with a friend. Add a little poly-fill and you have plump stuffed pumpkins. They are great for using up stash yarn. I think it would be great to add some essential oils or spices like cinnamon and cloves to create a festive fall pomander.
#2. Trevor Turkey Stuffed Animal Knitting Pattern
Add some festive cheer to your life, whatever the season! At 23cm/9in tall when seated, Trevor is a lot smaller than the average turkey - but what he lacks in height, he makes up for in cuddliness! The colour change on his neck is worked using slipped stitches so there’s no intricate intarsia or fiddly Fair Isle.
Better still, you don’t need any extra materials to create that terrific turkey tail, which is around 23cm/9in at its widest point, just yarn and stuffing! (Don’t panic, Trevor - that’s toy stuffing, not sage and onion…)
All pieces are knitted flat on straight needles (although most can be knitted in the round). They’re then seamed and attached using mattress stitch
Uses DK weight yarn
Designed by Trish Robert
Get Knit Picks Swish DK Yarn for this project
#3. Turkey Says What? Hat Knitting Pattern
GOBBLE GOBBLE! It’s time for turkey! Make this adorable Thanksgiving-inspired hat that features little turkeys with bright orange waddles dancing around. It uses worsted weight yarn so it’s bright, happy and perfect for the holiday season!
Get Ewe Ewe Wooly Worsted Yarn for this project
#4. Tiny Turkey Knitting Pattern
This tiny turkey is a quick knit that will remind you to be thankful for the little things. Bring him to your Thanksgiving gathering as the smallest centerpiece ever! Project uses Knit Picks Palette fingering weight yarn.
#5. Chic Little Pumpkins Knitting Pattern
Two little pumpkins, one cabled and one ribbed, are sure to become some of your favorite autumn decorations. I adore these pumpkins in a natural white cotton yarn, but you could make them in orange for a more classic pumpkin look. These are knitted in the round, but a very quick project. Make a couple to take as host gifts for Thanksgiving dinner, or to adorn your mantel for Halloween night. Designed by Rachel Borello Carroll.
#6. Mayflower Mice Knitting Pattern
Mice are ready for the Thanksgiving feast and dressed in their finery. The mice stand six inches tall and are knit using DK weight yarn. The Pilgrim mice carry apples and pumpkin pie while the Native American mice care corn and berries. Designed by Alan Dart.
#7. Fall GarlanD Knitting Pattern
Crisp chilly days, colorful leaves, hot apple cider and pumpkins! Knit some beautiful fall ornaments to make a garland, to top a gift, to gift to a special teacher, or to put in a bowl on a coffee table. The pattern includes four patterns for a pumpkin, acorn, pinecone and a leaf. All of the fall ornaments are worked up fingering weight yarn and you only need a small amount for each.
#8. Turkey Party Hat Knitting Pattern
It’s time to do the turkey dance! A little to the left and spin around to the right. Get your waddle shaking with this adorable beanie. Grab 3 balls of Wooly Worsted yarn and whip up this hilarious stranded knitting hat.
#9. Turkey Dishcloth Knitting Pattern
Thanksgiving TURKEY knitting pattern for dishcloth or wash cloth. PDF format. How fun to have some of these for your Thanksgiving celebration or take as a hostess gift. Unique, original design by Aunt Susan.
#10. Pumpkin Pie Knitting Pattern
One more piece of pie. This simple pie recipe (er…pattern) can be used to make any kind of pie you desire, including single crust pies with meringue or a dollop of whipped cream, or double crust pies like cherry and blueberry. Uses worsted weight yarn and designed by Sarah Elizabeth Kellner.
Which of these Thanksgiving projects is your favorite? How will you be using them? Let me know in the comments below.
