Best Knitting Gift Ideas (2024)
Discover the perfect knitting gifts for your favorite crafters with my newly curated list for 2024.
Whether you’re shopping for a seasoned knitter, a beginner, or yourself, this guide includes treasures to match every budget and bring joy to all yarn lovers.
Bullet Journal - My Year in Yarn 2025
Meet My Year in Yarn – a bullet journal and project log both for knitters and crocheters! With over 140 pages of unique layouts, it helps you journal, plan, log projects, set goals, track habits, keep inventories, finish WIPs, and more. Blending elements of a journal, planner, vision board, and coloring book, My Year in Yarn is a special keepsake for you and every yarn lover in your life.
Portable Wrist Yarn Holder
Introducing the Mini Minder – your must-have sidekick for knitting and crochet on the go! Each Minder is handmade with beautifully detailed woodcut designs. Each Mini Minder includes a hand-assembled base and spindle, a cotton carrying bag, a genuine leather strap, and easy instructions to assemble.
Books for Knitting Library
Browse my must-have knitting resources that knitters will love displaying on their craft room shelves, including the newest releases:
- Modern + Cozy Knit Blankets by Jessica Potasz
- Gilmore Girls: The Official Knitting Book by Tanis Gray
- Gnomes of Grimblewood by Sarah Schira
Please also check out my own Knit Stitch Pattern Book, available on Amazon!
Yarn Kits
Shop yarn knits curated with premium yarn and knitting patterns to knit up your favorite gift items.
Gift Card from Local Yarn Shop (LYS)
An incredibly thoughtful idea for knitters is a gift certificate from your loved one’s Local Yarn Shop in any denomination to fit your budget. Find your nearest yarn shop by searching with the Knitting Fever tool.
Personalized Yarn Bowl
Their favorite downtime stitching just got more personal with this stoneware bowl that keeps yarn untangled. Custom design by Leslie Nieto from The Mud Place.
Lighting for Knitting at Night
Easily see your knitted work while crafting with the use of extra direct lighting. Magnifiers are a great help, too!
Sheep Gifts for Wool Lovers
Knitters who love wool are also crazy for cute little sheep home decor items, including footstools, socks, yarn bowls, ceramics, and more!
Mannequin Dress Form
My mannequin dress form with a tripod stand is a new favorite! Display, style, and design your knitwear to turn an ordinary room into an immediate knitting studio!
Wrist Ruler Bracelets
Wrist Ruler Bracelets are a cute, stylish way to keep a useful tool to measure the length of a project when knitting on the go.
Yarn Swifts and Ball Winders
Having one’s own Yarn Swift and Ball Winder is a really fun way to keep your yarn organized and pretty while saving valuable time. It instantly makes your craft or knitting room spring to life… a yarn shop at home!
Knit Blocking Mats
These knit blockers are great to interlock together to achieve the size necessary for your knitted project. Just fit the blocks together like a jigsaw puzzle in any configuration. This set comes with a grid design, 100 T-pins, and a storage bag.
Circular Needle Holders by DellaQ
These organizers have a clean, modern aesthetic, hold needles up to Size 17/12 mm, and a zippered pouch for those extra notion bits which makes them as easy on the eyes as they are on the wrangling of those unwieldy circs!
Knit Sock Blockers
Sock blockers are perfect for knitting, drying, and photographing wet socks. You can maintain the shape of handknit socks, as well as use them when presenting knitted socks as gifts.
Yarn Bag Storage Organizers
It’s so great to have an efficient tote organizer bag with lots of storage, big enough to hold multiple yarn projects. It’s also great for taking on road trips, keeping your knitting project and tools available and really well organized.
Yarn Bowls
I love having yarn bowls featured throughout my home. They’re a great way to display your favorite yarns, as well as current works in progress.
Knitting Mugs
Designed By Professional Artists, these stylish mugs with a Stockinette graphic texture look fantastic on the table and brighten up your kitchen. AmorArc Large Colorful Coffee Mugs Set of 6.
Knitting Row Counters
Knitting Row Counters are a fun little way to quickly track your knitting rows for simpler projects, especially while knitting in public or on the move. Check out my entire product review and video tutorial on these little Digital Row Counters.
Wool & Cashmere Shampoo
WASH DRY-CLEAN KNITS: Clean knits at home—including wool, cashmere, merino, mohair, and blends—no dry cleaner required.
Stork Crane Scissors
If you regularly watch my knitting videos, then these little gold Stork Scissors are familiar to you. I first saw these little cuties at my favorite local fabric shop. Now you can cut your little yarn ends along with me, too!
Knitting Needle Sets
My favorite interchangeable circular knitting needle set by Addi Click creates 24 different circular knitting needle combinations. The interior of the knitting needle case is lined in really pretty satin with a light pink and green graphic pattern design.
Enamel Pins for Knitters
Adorable Lapel Enamel Pins Knitters will love with yarn, sheep, llamas, cats, and more! Enamel pins are so popular these days.
Lint and Pill Remover
Easily shave off those little pill balls on your well-worn knitted projects. 3 shave heights, 2 speeds and 3 shaving hole sizes for suiting different types of fabrics
Knitting Needle Gauges
Knitting Needle Gauges help you check your knitting needle size once you’ve worn the lettering of your knitting needles. Never guess their size again!
Knitting Project Arm Tote Bag
I love the little sheep design on this canvas project travel wrist bag to hold my knitting needles, yarn, and supplies. It's the perfect size for carrying my work in progress from room to room.
Yarn BonBons
Gifting some sweet, colorful yarn always looks great in your stocking or knitting gift basket. Yarn Bon Bons are little tasty samples of different yarn colors for small, quick knit projects. Knitters can NEVER have too much yarn… Never!
Knitting Needle Point Protectors
Knitting Needle Point Protectors help keep stitches securely in place for works in progress. It’s taken me a while to purchase my own, and now I have an extra sense of security after putting my knitted work down. Adding these little stitch stoppers helps prevent knitting mistakes by keeping stitches securely on your needles. See more about how well these work to keep your stitches on your needle >
Consider sharing this list with loved ones to inspire gift ideas or indulge in a little treat for yourself!
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Knitting gifts are more than just tools and materials—they’re a way to celebrate creativity and connection. By choosing thoughtful items tailored to a knitter’s passion, you’ll give a gift that keeps on giving, project after project.
Kristen McDonnell
Author & Designer
After publishing her first knitting tutorial video, Kristen founded StudioKnit LLC. Enamored with teaching online, she films knitting lessons and designs from her vibrant production studio on Half Moon Bay’s California coast.
Kristen McDonnell is the author of the highly acclaimed book Knit Stitch: 50 Knit + Purl Patterns featuring vintage and unique designs.