Beautiful Baby Blankets to Knit

Honey Bee Bears, a designer on Etsy, has more than 40 years of knitting experience and has been designing for 12 years.

They specialize in baby blankets with lots of textured stitches and lace. They are based in England, and you can find their Etsy store here.

The pictured blanket is the Primrose baby blanket pattern, but there are so many cute ones it will be hard for you to choose the one you want to knit!

Looking for more information on knitting baby blankets? A couple of books I like are Knitted Baby Blankets and Cuddle Bags by Marta Skadsheim Torkildsen and 60 More Quick Baby Blankets (these patterns are all worked with Cascade 128 and Cascade 220 yarns, so they stitch up super fast compared to baby blankets worked on finer yarn). And of course our easy baby knits ebook includes a fun blanket pattern, too.

If you’d rather go your own way with blanket design, check out these awesome tips for knitting a baby blanket in any yarn and size you like.

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Why should the fireplace get all the fun? Instead of knitting stockings this year, why not whip up a pair of Christmas themed socks? These Christmas sock knitting patterns are lots of fun to make and you can wear them to holiday gatherings for years to come.

For our friends in the southern part of the world, there are the Christmas in July socks from the Kiwi Lodge – Kylie (Ravelry link). These shorty socks are covered in Christmas trees and have bright pink heels and toes for a tropical feel. There’s also an option to make a longer sock if you celebrate somewhere it’s colder.

Twin Stitches Designs (Ravelry) has a fun pattern with mix and match colorwork motifs you can use to build your own cozy Christmas socks. From the sample socks I see Christmas puddings, trucks hauling trees, Santa belts, ornaments and a couple of different borders. There may be more patterns included but the listing doesn’t say. Make a pair that matches or use different motifs on each foot for extra holiday cheer.

If you want to stick to Christmas puddings on your holiday socks, check out this cute pattern from Stone Knits. These lovely socks feature a band of puddings around the leg and a bit of holly by the toes.

These vintage holiday light socks from Grey Owl Knits by Sarah are classic looking and lots of fun at the same time. I love this color combination but of course you can make your lights and stripes whatever colors you like or have on hand. They’re worked using stranded knitting.

And if you’d like even more of a mix of patterns for your socks, try Barbara Ceglédi’s Christmas Chaos socks, a free pattern on Ravelry. The pattern includes 25 little motifs you can choose from, ranging from snowflakes and Christmas trees to elf hats, reindeer and hearts.

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