Trying to find Dinosaur knitting patterns for boys?
Knitting for little boys can be so very satisfying, particularly when you already know that they have a passion for dinosaurs. One of my sons adored them and we collected what we believe to be anatomically correct models. Each had their Latin name stamped on the belly. He loved them so much, even as a pre-schooler, and learnt all their names. I remember driving in our little car laughing to myself as he sat in the back seat in his booster chair singing the latest name he wanted to commit to memory Carrrr-charadontosaurus, carrr-charadontosaurus. Haha
Image left: This was my son’s request for the Easter Bonnet Parade. At school, all the kids paraded hats with bunnies, chickens and eggs. My son walked proudly with this as his bonnet!
I learnt their names as the collection grew as well. It’s a long time ago now but I do remember a few of them. There were the most popular ones: T-rex, Stegosaurus, Triceratops and the enormous Brontosaurus for which we chalked out a life size version on the road to take a look at how big it really was. Lesser known ones were Parasaurolophus with a fancy bony head, Iguanodon a vegetarian with a thumb spike for digging roots, Velociraptor that showed up later in the Jurassic Park movies, Quetzalcoatlus flying in the sky, Plesiosaur in the sea that might have been the Lochness monster, plus one that sat low to the ground and had a huge spiky knob on the end of the tail it could swish at hungry carnivores.
Dinosaur movie favourite
His favourite videos Jungle Book and Mary Martin’s Peter Pan were soon set aside once we got a copy of Disney’s fabulous animation from the year 2000 simply called “Dinosaur”. The animation was superb showing how each one might have moved, the textures of skin, feathers and spikes, little ones versus big ones. It’s typical of Disney to include traumatic experiences into the storyline to terrify the kids but my son played this movie a million times over.
I started knitting much later so never got the chance to look for Dinosaur knitting patterns but I thought it would be fun to peruse what is around and give you a selection you might like to look at yourself.
Dinosaur hat knitting patterns
Dinosaurs in the Jungle Beanie by Joan Rowe A stunning 3D picture beanie with tree overhanging a Stegosaur and two Bachiosaurs. https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/dinosaurs-in-the-jungle-beanie
Dinosaur Sunset by Richard Boxhall
A recent pattern released just last year with a gradient background, cameo shapes, wide rib base and pom pom. https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/dinosaur-sunset
Inger Berg has made a series of dinosaur round top beanies. Images below.
Triceratops and Pterodactyls in the background. https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/triceratops-dinosaur-hat-2
Stegosaurus complete with tail spikes https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/stegosaurus-dinosaur-hat-3
T-Rex colour work in two different poses. https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/t-rex-dinosaur-hat
Dinosaur Hat by Sproglets Knits released last year. Very cute with stegosaurus spikes over the top and lots of scales in the main fabric of the hat. https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/dinosaur-hat-24
Dinosaur Hood Knitting Patterns
Hooded Dinosaur Hat by Krystle’s Krazy Knits – a really fun dinosaur hood or balaclava with sizes from 1 year old to teenagers. It’s a quick knit in worsted/aran weight yarn with either Triceratops horns or Stegosaur spikes. https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/hooded-dinosaur-hat
Dinosaur Sweater Knitting Patterns
Dino by Martin Storey. One of the Designer team from Rowan Yarns has created this lovely intarsia T-Rex skull in two colours of their SoftYak DK weight yarn. Sizes from 3-12 years. https://knitrowan.com/en/products/dino
Dynomini by Amy Gunderson. Two colours used to make a big dinosaur head. Sizes from newborn right up to adult. Each size is charted to scale the dinosaur head matching the armhole. You can make one sweater for yourself and one for you child. https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/dynomini
Here are more specific dinosaurs to suit the tastes of your child.
Triceratops Dinosaur Hoodie by Denny Gould. Lovely two tone with raglan sleeve intarsia in aran or worsted weight wool. Sizes range from 2 to 12 years. https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/triceratops-dinosaur-hoodie
#01 Dinosaur Sweater by Christine Foley from Family Circle Easy Knitting 2005. This is an older pattern featuring a wonderful stegosaurus with the tail draping down one arm and 3D spikes or fins standing out down the length of the sleeve. Knitting in DK weight yarn the sizes are 2, 4 and 6 years old. Being an older pattern, I’ve found it on the Archive website. The chart is on page 4 and the instructions on page 8. https://archive.org/details/Family_Circle_Easy_Knitting_2005-04/page/n7/mode/2up
There were other older patterns that were fantastic but they don’t seem to be available any more. Some could be found as second hand magazines on eBay and Etsy but there’s no point me linking to them as one sale will mean the link is no longer valid.
Velociraptor Dinosaur Sweater by Linda Moorhouse
Lovely clear intarsia full body for sizes ranging 24-30 inch chest. https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/velociraptor-dinosaur-sweater
Dinosaur Mittens, Socks and Slippers
Jurassic Sock by Emma Bermudez – this knitting pattern has got to be the funniest. My my, Emma does has a sense of humour. Sizes range from 3 years to adult working with Fingering weight yarn. Sew a suede sole on the bottom so they can be worn outdoors when it’s dry. https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/jurassic-sock
Dino-Mitts by Kjersti Lunnan. I know my son would have loved this knitting pattern. Using DK weight yarn it shapes the fingers into two T-Rex style claws plus a thumb. What a great gift. https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/dino-mitts-2
Dinomitts by Umme Yusuf. Similar name but very different styling and a great idea for very young boys and girls. It doesn’t mention any other size other than being designed for a 5 year old. However, with the dinosaur features you might be able to alter them to fit different hand sizes. https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/dinomitts
A great pattern for Adults
Dinosaur Cowl knitting pattern by Mary P. Hunt
Although most of the patterns above are for children, this cowl pattern is really outstanding in this two tone colour work. Sizes can be changed by simply changing the weight of the yarn. It’s quite fun to look through the projects attached to this knitting pattern so you can see the different colour choices knitters have made.
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/fossil-frenzy-cowl
So that should keep you going for a while. If you see any other really outstanding Dinosaur knitting patterns, drop me a line.
Happy knitting!
Annabelle Drumm
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