Quick Last Minute Gift Knitting Patterns

Written By OdeKnitwear

The holidays are here, which so often feels like the busiest time of year. For us knitters, it is the time for us to flex our skills and knit one of a kind gifts for our favorite people, but sometimes ambition can get the best of us. I think every year I have been in the situation where I haven’t made it far enough through my gift knitting list at this point in December, and I need to turn it up a notch and move the plan B, which is the fastest (and cutest) patterns I can find!

I’ve put together a list of some quick knitting patterns that are perfect for your last minute gifting needs. These easy gifts will fly off your needles!

House Socks by Martin Storey

© Rowan Yarns, 2011

These stockinette stitch socks are knit in super bulky weight yarn, which will make them a super fast knitting project. The great thing about sock patterns is that you can customize the cuff height to suit how much time you have.

Sophie Scarf by Petite Knit

A woman is wearing a short brown hand knit scarf wrapped closely around her neck. The scarf is in garter stitch and comes to a point at each end. There is about 2 inches of each end hanging loose after the knot.

© PetiteKnit

The super popular Sophie Scarf by Petite Knit would make the perfect gifting knit because it is small, stylish, and beginner friendly. It comes in two sizes and only uses up to 104 yards of DK weight yarn, so this is also a great pattern to use up leftover or special skeins.

An image of a hand knit hat with a big fair isle floral pattern in pinks and reds with blue flecks between each flower, and a red, pink and blue striped cuff. The base of the hat is beige colored.

© Karen Westra

Knit with Aran weight yarn, this colorful hat has an intriguing floral pattern and striped cuff, which would make it an engaging pattern to speed through. This pattern is a great way to use up leftover scraps as there are 4 colors used throughout.

A light grey hand knit hood in stockinette stitch. The yarn is a mid weight and has a slight heather effect in the color and is slightly fuzzy on the surface.

© Rui Yamamuro

Balaclavas are still widely popular and easy to knit pieces that look stylish while staying warm underneath winter layers.

A cream colored hand knit had in brioche stitch with a folded back cuff is on top of a brown wool coat.

© Susanne Müller

Knit with yarns held together to create a bulky weight yarn, this brioche hat will fly off the needles as Brioche is very quick to knit in the round.

Light pink mittens knit in bulky yarn with allover texture on top of a snowy deck.

© Cate Savard

These super bulky mittens are a quick knit as the thick yarn means they don’t have many stitches. The modern texture would be fun to knit and the minimal shaping keep this a beginner friendly pattern for mittens.

Beret No. 3 by My Favourite Things

A woman with red hair has the and her face turned away from the camera is wearing a light blue hand knit structured beret in stockinette stitch.

© My Favourite Things

Berets are back in fashion and this easy beret by My Favourite Things is the perfect basic for any “knit worthy” friend’s wardrobe. The bulky weight pattern knit in the round will make this project go quickly.

Bay City Cowl by Michael Vloedman

A woman with black hair is in the woods in the Fall. She is wearing a bulky hand knit cowl that is color blocked with dark green on the top half and grey on the bottom half. She is also wearing a dark grey wool coat.

© Blue Sky Fibers

Worked in garter stitch both flat and in the round, this chunky cowl is advertised as a great first project. The super bulky yarn and size US 17 needles make this a super speedy knitting project. The basic shape would make this style easy to style with many cold weather outfits, perfect for gifting.

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