Yearly Date Ornament Knitting Pattern

Knit a beautiful Christmas ornament with any meaningful date on it with this easy yearly date ornament knitting pattern!

three round knit ornaments in red green and gray with the numbers 2021 2015 and 2010 on them

I know some of you have been asking for new Christmas ornament knitting pattern for a couple of years now so this year, you’re in for a treat! I have a whole bunch to share and they’re all both easy and SUPER cute.

The first pattern is this adorable Yearly Date Ornament knitting pattern. These date ornaments are knit flat (yay!) and include instructions for knitting them with ANY date on the front that you want. That’s right, ANY date! Of course I’ve created colorwork charts for the obvious years, but I’ve designed this pattern to includes patterns for digits 0-9 so you can knit any date you want on your yearly date Christmas ornaments.

three round flat knit ornaments in green gray and red with the dates 2010 2015 and 2021 on them

You can knit the year your children were born, or the year you were married or even a year in the future when something is GOING to happen. It’s totally up to you, isn’t that fun?! I mean, if you want to knit your PIN number, you could do that too, ha!

I had one lovely reader who knit my monogram ornaments for her entire extended family one year (how awesome is that?) and I was thinking these would be fun to knit to memorialize a special holiday gathering. For example, if there was one year where you had a holiday family reunion, you could knit everyone an ornament with that date on it.

Here are three different years that I knit, they really did knit up super fast and you have the choice to make the back side the same or, if you want the project to be even speedier, I’ve explained how to knit one side plain also. It’s up to you!

round green ornament with red ribbon loop with the date 2010 on the front in white

round gray ornament with red ribbon loop with the date 2015 on the front in red yarn

red flat circular knit ornament with red ribbon hanging loop with the date 2021 knit on the front in white yarn

These cute yearly ornaments would be super adorable tied on top of presents and packages as well! Basically, they’re amazing and I hope you knit many of them. You know me, I love a smaller scale project because there’s almost instant gratification and you can make more than one if you want to! So, are you ready to get started? Let’s go!

Yearly Date Ornament Knitting Pattern

Finished size: approx. 3.4 inches in diameter before stuffing
Gauge: 20 st. = 4 inches

Worsted weight yarn in a main color and an accent color
US 7 (4.5 mm) straight knitting needles
Polyester fiber stuffing
Yarn needle
Sharp scissors, needle, matching thread
Ribbon

(If you need help, my favorite knitting reference book for everyone from beginners to advanced knitters is THIS ONE!)

This cute pattern is available for sale only. When you purchase this pattern, you’ll get an instant download PDF pattern in a few nicely formatted easy-to-print pages that includes written instructions and step by step photos. This pattern is available in my Etsy shop or on Ravelry where it will also be permanently stored in your Ravelry pattern library.

Happy Knitting!

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Cassie May

Craft and Knitwear Designer at Little Red Window Design

Welcome to Little Red Window! I’m Cassie, a professional craft and knitwear designer working in the field for more than 10 years. I have a degree in Art History from Northwestern University and a Master's Degree in Architecture and Design from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. I've designed more than 300 separate knitting patterns, hundreds of craft projects, and I love to bring joy to your crafts and knitting with well-designed, easy to understand tutorials and patterns.

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