Adorable knitted Bow-ties - quick and super easy!

I mentioned the other day that we’re spending Christmas with friends this year, going on a long road trip up to PA and so in an effort to keep the cost of the holidays down we decided not to buy each other presents – but I’m a bit sneaky and so I didn’t buy them presents but I did make them some little token gestures all the same.

Like these adorable little bow-ties! I made these for my dog and as a gift for my friends dogs but they’d also work really great as a hair-bow “stocking stuffer” for a little girl (just substitute the knitted ring on the back for a hair tie). These are easily the fastest and easiest thing I’ve ever knitted – I also just kind of winged it so this is more of a suggested method than a tutorial, but they’re super easy so you can’t go wrong.

Directions:

Cast on approx. 15 stitches. Knit all the stitches on the right side (front) and purl all the stiches on the wrong side (back) and keep going until its approx. 5 inches long.

To make the little ring for the back cast on 2 stitches and do the same as above until it’s about 1 ½ inches long (of a little longer if your dog has a big collar). Skip this step if you plan on making it with a hair tie.

Weave in the loose ends and then sew the ends of the knitted piece together forming a ring. Tie a piece of yarn around the middle and pull tie – this creates the bow shape. Shape the little knitted piece into a ring shape and then sew in place on the back of the bow. Wrap the middle section with yarn several times – this covers up any messy stitching etc (If you’re making a hair bow simply hold the hair-tie at the back of the shaped bow and wrap with yarn several times this will hold the tie in place).

Super quick and easy – but I’m much more of a fan of Boomer’s festive look than he is. When I pulled out the camera to take a photo of him in his dashing Christmas gear he blew a big raspberry at me! Cheeky!