10 Free Baby Blanket Knitting Patterns
Knitting for baby is so much fun!
The projects are quick, easy, and receive all of the gratifying ooohs and aaahs you can ever imagine, especially at a baby shower.
I’ve rounded up 10 free baby blanket knitting projects for you to cast on now.
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10 Baby Blanket Free Knitting Patterns
#1. Leafy Baby Blanket Free Knitting Pattern
A quick project on larger needles, using two strands of yarn. I was inspired to make it as my good friend was having a baby, and the nursery theme was “In the Woods”.
It’s a lace pattern that uses left and right slanting decreases on both right and wrong side rows. The pattern has both charted and written instructions.
The gauge is approximately 1 pattern repeat (15 sts) = 11,5 cm. As this is a blanket, you can easily play with it, making more or less of pattern repeats.
Uses sport weight yarn held doubled
Designed by Leyla Alieva
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#2. Take a Sunrise Baby Blanket Free Knitting Pattern
Take a Sunrise blanket is easy to knit with worsted or Aran weight yarn. The pattern includes instructions for six (6) blanket sizes.
Uses worsted weight yarn
Designed by Fifty Four Ten Studio
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#3. ABC Baby Blanket Free Knitting Pattern
Swathed in this blanket knit with the heavenly soft Knit Picks Comfy Worsted, your little one is sure to find sweet dreams. Garter stitch borders surround 9 classic baby blocks including A, B, C, a duck, a sailboat, a heart, a star and two 4-square blocks. Easy enough for a beginner to knit, this blanket is sure to become a treasured favorite.
Uses worsted weight yarn
Designed by Jenny Williams
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#4. Pastel Rainbow Baby Blanket Free Knitting Pattern
Feather and Fan wavy baby blanket in gorgeous pastel colours.
Instructions are given for basic feather and fan pattern together with pattern for a pastel rainbow baby blanket. This will enable users to make their own customised baby blanket.
The example baby blanket I made used just under 300g of double knitting yarn and is approx 60cm x 90cm.
Uses DK weight yarn
Designed by Stitchylinda
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#5. Dean’s Baby Blanket Free Knitting Pattern
This pattern can easily be modified to make it larger or smaller as well as changing the border. The coin stitch pattern is a multiple of 4 stitches plus 1.
The finished size is 40” x 45” after washing and being loved for one year.
Important Note: In order for the coin stitch to “pop” you need to knit tighter than normal. If you’re having trouble try using a smaller needle size. Also block gently to avoid flattening the bubbles.
Uses aran weight yarn
Designed by Tree Crispin
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#6. Meadowland Baby Afghan Free Knitting Pattern
This square garter stitch afghan is made from four triangles that you join as you go while alternating two different colors of Lion Brand Mandala. Only one seam joins the first and last triangle. Fringe is created by picking up stitches around the afghan once the center is complete.
Uses
Designed by Irina Poludnenko
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#7. Cuddly Knit Baby Blanket Free Pattern
36" x 36"
Uses aran weight yarn
Designed by Sandi Rosner
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#8. Phoenix Blanket Free Knitting Pattern
Super easy, quick to knit and easily customized, this throw was designed to highlight and tame the long color repeats in yarns like Noro. Inspired by the Noro Striped Scarf, the blanket is knit flat using mostly knit stitch (1 row purl, 5 rows knit). Gauge is not important in this project, as long as you are happy with the size of the blanket and feel of the fabric.
Sizes:
Baby Blanket - about 25X30 inches (63X76 cm)
Lap Blanket - about 35X40 inches (89X102 cm)
Throw - about 50X60 inches (127X152 cm)
The sample was made in the lap robe size, 400 grams of Knit Picks Chroma Twist Bulky in color Groovy (Color A) and 200 grams Knit Picks Chroma Twist Bulky in color Pegasus (Color B).
The results are most dramatic when the colorways are quite different from each other. You can also use solids, variegates or any combination you like.
Uses bulky weight yarn
Designed by MadScience Designs
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#9. Pebble Blanket Free Knitting Pattern
Pebble is a perfect quick knit to gift a new baby. It will easily become a favorite for cuddling.
This cuddly little blanket is worked flat. The edges will roll in slightly from a stockinette edge to give it a cozy, relaxed look.
Includes tips to customize blanket size.
Uses bulky weight yarn
Designed by Wild and Oats
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#10. OpArt Baby Blanket Free Knitting Pattern
In this blanket, I have done the same thing. By starting at the center and making increases every row in the same spot, the increases end up making a spiraling square. By making the lines thin at the center, and increasing in width as they move outwards, an illusion is created that the center is further away from the viewer than the outside edge. Pretty cool, don’t you think?
This pattern also appeals to the developmental process of infant vision. Babies are born color blind, and with very poor vision (about 20/400 for a normal infant at birth. They are naturally attracted to high contrast, black and white images, since these are more distinct to them. From a distance of a foot or so, a newborn will be able to distinguish only the larger stripes on the edge of the blanket, with the thinner ones fading away into a solid gray, as the baby matures, the thinner stripes will become distinct. To an adult, however, it’s a fun, funky pattern with an optical illusion of a square tunnel spiraling away.
Uses DK weight yarn
Designed by Melissa Dominguez
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