I’m sharing the third of five weekly roundups including handmade gift ideas as part of the sixth annual Christmas in July Make Along! Last week’s theme was handmade gift ideas for anyone and this collection includes 20 crochet, knitting, and sewing patterns for cowls and scarves, hats, blankets, fingerless mitts and gloves, a hotpad, mini trees, a hooded cardigan, a cowl, slipper shoes, a cup cozy, a travel roll, a messenger bag, earmuffs, a heating pad, and a pen and pencil holder, along with 12 more ideas to get your creative juices flowing!
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20+ Free Handmade Gift Ideas for Anyone
Last week’s theme for the Christmas in July Make Along was gifts for anyone. It’s never too early to get a jump start on the handmade holidays! Today’s roundup includes 20+ free crochet, knitting, and sewing patterns for handmade gift ideas for anyone, including a garment, accessories, and home decor project. Find your next project in this collection of gift ideas for anyone on your handmade holiday list!
8 Free Crochet Patterns for Anyone
These 8 free crochet patterns for handmade gifts include hats, a blanket, a hotpad, mini trees, fingerless mitts, and a hooded cardigan.
- Bucket Hat by City Farmhouse Studio: This bucket hat pattern includes a video tutorial and is available in 6 sizes so you can make a matching set for the entire family.
- Skating Penguin Pals C2C Blanket by Nana’s Crafty Home: This adorable pattern uses the popular corner-to-corner (C2C) technique.
- Popcorn Hotpad by Yarn Craftee: This thick and textured hotpad makes a great gift for folks with new homes or apartments, neighbors, and more!
- Nordic Christmas Tree Amigurumi by Raffamusa Designs: These adorable, Scandinavian-style trees can be gifted as ornaments, gift tags, wine bottle tags, or keychains.
- Blydol by Revel Designs: These knit-look fingerless mitts make perfect gifts for musicians, teens, folks working in chilly offices, and more!
- Honey Spiced Hat by Oombawka Design Crochet: This bulky yarn hat pattern is available in 11 sizes from preemie through adult large and can be paired with the matching Honey Spiced Scarf pattern.
- Hooded Granny Cardigan by Jera’s Jamboree: This hooded granny cardigan pattern made with the popular granny stitch is available in 8 sizes from S to 5XL and is a perfect gift for those in milder climates.
- Toasty Travels Beanie by The Crochet Fix: This knit-look beanie pattern includes guidelines for child, tween, woman, and man sizes.
6 Free Knitting Patterns for Anyone
These 6 free knitting patterns for handmade gifts include a cowl, fingerless gloves, a beanie, a blanket, slipper shoes, and a cup cozy.
- Aspen Leaf Cowl by Hooked for Life: This gender-neutral cowl uses a stitch pattern that evokes leaves.
- Guymon Gloves by Banana Moon Studio: These fingerless gloves are knit flat and seamed and make a great gift for teens and adults alike.
- Knit Flat Beanie Hat by Fox and Pine Stitches: This simple seamed hat pattern is available in 6 sizes from 0-3 months to men.
- Nove Blanket by Knitted Landscape: This beginner-friendly color blocked blanket is knit in strips and seamed.
- Choose Your Own Adventure Slipper Shoes by City Farmhouse Studio: This pattern recipe includes instructions for making a crochet, knit, or machine knit slipper shoe in any size and a video tutorial.
- Basic Coffee Cozy by ChristaCoDesign: This easy peasy pattern is perfect for the coffee lovers on your gift list.
6 Free Sewing Patterns for Anyone
These 6 free sewing patterns for handmade gifts include a travel roll, a winter hat, a messenger bag, a pen or pencil holder, earmuffs, and a heating pad.
- Travel Roll by Try It – Like It – Create It: The pattern includes written instructions, a free PDF download, and a video tutorial for this simple travel roll that’s easy to customize for pens, crochet hooks, and more!
- Reversible Fleece Hat for Winter by Fleece Fun: This ultra warm fleece hat pattern is available in 10 sizes from 0-3 months to adult extra large and includes a video tutorial.
- Large Messenger Bag by AppleGreen Cottage: This pattern includes a laptop pocket, phone sleeve, and a flap closure.
- Notebook Pen or Pencil Holder by Life Sew Savory: This pattern makes a great gift for anyone that likes to keep it old school including folks into planners, journaling, doodling, and more!
- Mistletoe Earmuffs by Wild & Wanderful: These cozy earmuffs are great gifts for folks living in colder climates. Pattern includes video and photo tutorials.
- DIY Microwave Heating Pad by Sweet Red Poppy: These make great gifts for folks with aches and pains as well as athletes.
Still looking for more handmade gift idea inspiration? Check out this roundup for 12 more handmade gift ideas for anyone: 12+ Handmade Gift Ideas for Anyone including crochet, knitting, and sewing patterns.