Free knitting patterns recently added to In the Loop Knitting including Christmas projects, sweaters, hats, baby clothes, mitts, and more. Most patterns are free. Updated 12/16/24
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Free Patterns
Holly Jolly Gift Pocket
Gift Card Holders shaped like Christmas trees with pockets. Perfect for using up scraps of DK weight yarn. Designed by Tori Gurbisz.
Strawberry Pompom Hat Chunky
Quick and easy hat with sizes for the whole family designed to look like a strawberry with seed flecked red body and green crown with pompom. Sizes: Newborn to Adult. Designed by Tara Marie. Bulky weight yarn.
Christmas Grinch
Grinch toy knit flat. Size 6.29 inches (16 cm) in height. Aran weight yarn. Designed by WorldCountryToys. May only be free for a limited time.
5454 Little Miss Romy Set
Baby layette with baby cardigan, bonnet, ballet shoe booties, and mitten set with eyelet lace and contrasting trim. Sizes Preemie to 12 months. Fingering weight yarn. Designed by Sirdar
Umbrella Weather Mitts
Fingerless mittens with stranded colorwork umbrellas below lace raindrops with a latvian braid at the cuff. 2 sizes. Fingering weight yarn. Designed by Gillian Hagemann.
Glendon Cable Hat
Unisex hat with a densely cabled pattern in an 8 round repeat with a generous ribbed brim. Suitable for men and women. Worsted weight yarn. Designed by Yarnspirations Design Studio
Glacier Scarf
Colorful reversible scarf inspired by the mountainous landscape of Colorado knit with intarsia. Designed by Ahna Bartlett. Great stash buster for Bulky weight yarn.
Snow White Mittens
You'll be the fairest of them all with these colorful mittens inspired by Snow White's clothes with a corrugated rib cuff that look like her sleeves, blue and yellow hand like her dress, and red bow like the one she wears in her hair. 3 sizes. Sport weight yarn. I'm Wishing Mittens designed by Erica Lange.
Partridge in a Pear Tree
Christmas ornament featuring a happy partridge with more than its share of pears under its wings. Size Height: 10cm / 4 inches. DK weight yarn. Designed by MurisKnits.
More Free Patterns
Rainbow Chameleon Socks
This smiling chameleon is the perfect subject for rainbow self-striping yarn in these toe up socks with short-row heel. Fingering weight yarn. Ylypee ("proud" in one dialect of Finnish) designed by Marjukka Vuorisalo. Pictured project by seymor
Button Up Cowl
Easy one skein buttoned neckwarmer knit with an 8 row repeat cable pattern. Uses one skein 160 yards (146 m) of Aran weight yarn. Designed by Christine Adams
Cardigan and Beanie 7332
Baby cardigan knit with a 2 row repeat cable rib texture with matching beret hat with cable rib brim and cable column on the crown. Sizes Newborn to 24 months. DK weight yarn. Designed by Saprotex International Design Studio
Guildwood Pullover
Men;s long-sleeved sweater with arrow and braided cables on the front and a turtleneck collar. Sizes XS to 5XL. Bulky weight yarn. Designed by Gayle Bunn
Terra Blanket
Easy buffalo plaid throw knit with a two row repeat seed stitch in two colors with two strands of yarn held together to create the plaid transition. Designed by ChiWei Ranck. Aran weight yarn. Web version of pattern is free. PDF version available for purchase.
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My Little Man Sweater
Child's long-sleeved pullover in two colors knit with the dandelion stitch in an 8 round repeat. Sizes 5 years to 12 years. Aran weight yarn. Designed by FRAYA.
Leopard Print Wrap
Leopard spot motif created with intarsia and finished with a neat icord edge. Bulky yarn. Designed by Yarnspirations Design Studio
BriocheStarter Hat
Easy reversible hat knit with 2 color brioche in a 2 round repeat. Worsted weight yarn. Designed by Raina Kruus.
Ember Scraper Mitt
An easy practical mitten for winter has an open end so you can hold the ice scraper handle securely and keep your hands warm. Use Aran weight yarn (2 strands held together) for a marled effect. Designed by Cirilia Rose.
Bonus Patterns for Purchase
Calville Shawl
Triangular shawl with a section of diamond trellis below a textured top and bordered with easy lace. DK weight yarn. Designed by MerryweatherKnitting.
Candy Kisses Baby Blanket
Easy lace baby blanket with stripes of garter stitch and texture. Worsted Weight yarn. Designed by Candylou
Jurassic Sock
T-Rex Dinosaur Socks in sizes all the way from 3 years to adult large! Fingering weight yarn. Designed by Emma Bermudez
Rosehip Legwarmers
Leg warmers in two lengths knit with a 4 round repeat berry stitch. Aran yarn. Designed by Margaux Hufnagel.
Elena Shawl
Mesh lace shawl with ends long enough to wrap around your body. 2 sizes and the small size only takes one skein of Fingering weight yarn. Designed by Devanalana.
Gingerbread Boy and Girl
Christmas toys inspired by gingerbread cookies knit flat and seamed. Size 13cm (5 inches). Designed by GrayBearAkswokrat.
