Knitting for sports – free patterns, ideas, and color matching! College and pro sports fun for all
Great gifts? It goes without saying that if you’re looking for a “slam-dunk home-run” gift to for any sports fan, or aspiring college student (we now have an NCAA school yarn color matching section) – knitting something up in team or school colors is goanna be a “hat trick” (even if it’s not a hat).
Knitting is a great way to pass game time, weather you’re into watching the game or not. Knitting can also be a great way to show support for your favorite team or school -by making a hat, scarf, blanket, ball, or other work in team colors!
And guess what – picking colors with our COLOR PICKER is FUN – so many yarns and so many colors! The COLOR PICKER is an awesome tool which identifies closest color matches from the thousands of yarns we carry in the colors of your team or school. You’ve got to try it. Here’s a how-to-intro video to get oriented:
Free patterns to the rescue?
Once you have your yarns picked out – time for a pattern. We’ve done some scouring of the world wide web, and here are some of our favorites that can be knit up in team colors. Free patterns? Yup, that is what we found! We’ve also included some of our favorite tried-and-true (but possibly not free) patterns.
This Soccer ball, and this one too, are pretty awesome – quick and easy, works for rabid soccer fans as well as for kids, dogs and kitties. For those wanting a larger variation – here is one that die-hard fans will love! Pick American or English soccer team colors for these projects.
Here is a great knit scarf pattern for team colors – simple, cozy, great for anyone [you know] heading off to college in the fall! The School Spirit Striped Scarf (below, right) is a quick and easy pattern that’d work with any team or school colors!
The last lace scarf and color block scarf from SportsFanKnitting add a little in complexity but are a wonderful way to support any team with style!
How about a knit football pattern? Fun to “throw at the TV in case of a bad call” according to one pattern designer. Pattern works with two colors “out of the box”. Two patterns to choose: pattern one (left) or pattern two!
Oh- football season approacheth: unbeknownst to you, you need a baby football hat (a crochet version available too) very cute. Not necessarily a great match for team colors, but too cute to pass up. The adult football hat with charts for the whole alphabet is pretty fun too (pdf here) and more agreeable to creative coloring.
We also have a great Fiber Trends school colors hat pattern, the Plymouth slouch hat, and our very own Halcyon Blake designed Checkerboard Hat that are all tried and true favorites!
Hockey fans rejoice! Truth be told though, this hat really could be adapted to any sports team!!! Here are a couple great knit hat patterns for team colors adapted to lettering. There are not many teams “pre made” but the patttern can easily be adapted with the lettering charts that Emily Matisz has also made available. Find your team’s colors in yarn here.
These socks are knit up in team colors with a logo top and bottom – the pattern requires a bit of “do-it-yourself” spirit, but any sock knitter has that, right? Very fun. Baseball fans – the photo on the right is a more detailed pattern that has many major league baseball teams charted, some with, and some without pinstripes; go Sox! (or any other team you like – find yarn colors here)
A stylish throw needed for your sports-watching couch? In your teams colors out of delectable yarn? Yes, you can do that with this free pattern and how-to, and our team colors in yarn color picker!
Need knitting pattern for baby football sweater
Thanks for contacting us! We do not have a football specific pattern, we recommend searching Ravelry for some great options, or contact our customer service team here:
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Need a pattern for a Columbia University Afghan
Thanks for getting in touch! Unfortunately we’ve not found too many University specific patterns. Most folks will use a charting program to graph out the logo or pattern for a particular school. We recommend this one:
https://www.stitchfiddle.com/en/chart/create/knitting
Hope that helps, have fun with the project!
I need patterns and yarn in Drexel University colors.
Hi Kathy,
Thanks for the question. You can find the closest matches for Drexel colors below. They are not “official colors”, but, they may work depending upon your needs.
For heavyweight yarns here:
https://halcyonyarn.com/team-yarn-colors/ncaa/drexel-dragons/heavy
and medium yarns here:
https://halcyonyarn.com/team-yarn-colors/ncaa/Drexel%20Dragons/med
and light yarns here:
https://halcyonyarn.com/team-yarn-colors/ncaa/Drexel%20Dragons/light
If you need pattern resources other than what are listed in this post, let me know with details. However, unfortunately we do not have any school or team specific patterns “ready to go”. Many customers end up creating their own designs using Stitch Fiddle (https://www.stitchfiddle.com/en), since most teams do not have official patterns that we have found.
Hopefully that helps and best of luck with your project!
Amos
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do you know if i can get a pattern to knit a tottenham hotspurs jumper for a small child. really appreciate it if you could find out for me. thank you in advance colette
Hi Colette, They have a great logo! Unfortunately, I don’t know of any patterns specifically for the Tottenham Hotspurs. The best suggestion I have is to use a site like https://www.stitchfiddle.com/en to help chart out a logo. Several of our staff use that site and love it. Let us know if you try it how it comes out!
I am looking for a pattern for an afghan for American University.,
Hi Carole,
If you want to create something with an AU logo, you may have luck with uploading a logo image to the site below; it helps you to convert an image to a knitting or crochet chart. Here is the site:
https://www.stitchfiddle.com/en
One of our pattern designers uses that site a lot and says it’s straight forward and very cool.
If you’re just wanting to make an afghan with AU colors (but not a logo) you could do something like this (free pattern)
https://crafts.tutsplus.com/tutorials/how-to-knit-a-blanket-with-color-blocks–cms-21871
or for crochet something like this:
https://halcyonyarn.com/knitting/43300300/jo-sharp-vintage-crochet-blanket-pattern- ,
you can also google “free afghan color blocks pattern”:
https://www.google.com/search?q=free+afghan+color+blocks+pattern&oq=free+afghan+color+blocks+pattern
and there are a ton of interesting results. Hope that helps with ideas, let us know with follow up questions!
Hi, I’m looking for patterns for Northeastern University .
It can be for a blanket, crochet.
Hat, knitted
Scarf
Jacket
Something with Huskie, The Logo, also Women’s Rowing (Crew team )
Thank you!
Hi Debbie,
Thanks for your interest in knitting team patterns! We don’t have patterns for specific teams, instead we recommend a couple of very easy to use charting software programs: Stitch Fiddle, or Chart Minder. Either of these will allow you to translate the team logo, as well as custom lettering, to a knitting graph sized to your choice of gauge so that you can use it in whatever basic pattern you choose. These are knit specific, but could be used to determine where to land your crochet stitches as well.
For a simple hat pattern check out Emily Matisz’ designs on Ravelry. A good knit jacket is James Cox’s recent unisex Bomber Jacket, which works in most worsted weight wools. For a scarf, any stockinette stitch in your choice of gauge will work to incorporate a charted team logo.
Sorry we don’t have a more custom option, but this way you get to create exactly the combination you want. I hope this helps!
Happy stitching,
Gretchen
I need help finding a pattern for Boston Bruins hats to fit a mans head.
Hi Sally,
We don’t have such a pattern specifically. The best I can suggest is the guidance provided by ChemKnits, who has a Bruins logo chart / pattern here: http://www.chemknits.com/2011/10/bruins-logo-knitting-chart.html
She sugggests that the log would fit on her generic hat here: http://www.chemknits.com/2011/10/generic-skullcap-knitting-pattern.html
Hope that helps you to get started – let us know how it goes and/or if you find a better pattern that we can share as I’m sure there are others interested as well.
Best of luck! Amos
What patterns do you have for the Anaheim Ducks?
Hi Susan, We don’t, unfortunately, have any specifically for the Anaheim Ducks. The best suggestion I have is to use a site like https://www.stitchfiddle.com/en to help chart out a logo. One of our designers uses that site and loves it. Let us know if you try it how it comes out.
I’m looking for a pattern to knit the Ohio university bobcat logo or Ohio university
I am looking for a knitted afghan pattern with a soccer theme. I have found numerous crocheted…anyone able to help
I am looking for a knitting pattern for Boston College emblem to be knitted into an Afghan. Any help would be appreciated, thanks Margaret.
Hi Margaret, I don’t know of sources for “official logo patterns”, but, I think you can make / chart one yourself with a little fiddling around. You’d just need an image of the logo, then you upload it to something like this site:
https://www.stitchfiddle.com/en
There are other sites too, but our pattern designer likes and uses that one. It helps you to convert an image to a knitting or crochet chart. Make it as big as you like and then just have fun picking colors! Best of luck!
I am looking for pattern directions for knitting a New England Patriots afghan. I ordered what I thought was a pattern from you and it was only a grid and I can’t figure out how to convert. I love the design but I can’t make it work.
Hi Diane, New England Patriots afghan sounds awesome! If you want to re-create the Patriots logo, you may have luck with uploading an image to this site, and it helps you to convert an image to a knitting or crochet chart: https://www.stitchfiddle.com/en . One of our pattern designers uses that site a lot and says it’s straight forward and very cool. If you’re just wanting to make an afghan with Patriots colors (but not a logo) you could do something like this (free pattern) https://crafts.tutsplus.com/tutorials/how-to-knit-a-blanket-with-color-blocks–cms-21871 or for crochet something like this https://halcyonyarn.com/knitting/43300300/jo-sharp-vintage-crochet-blanket-pattern- , you can also google “free afghan color blocks pattern” https://www.google.com/search?q=free+afghan+color+blocks+pattern&oq=free+afghan+color+blocks+pattern and there are a ton of interesting results. Hope that helps with ideas, let us know with follow up questions!