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Because Everybody Needs More Baby Knitting Books, Right?

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Kim is getting these cuties!

This week’s giveaway is of two little baby knitting booklets from Leisure Arts:

Cute & Cozy Sweaters and Blankets by Starla Kramer has four sweater patterns and matching blanket patterns — the blankets are all rated easy and the sweaters intermediate because of shaping.

Adorable Baby Sweaters by Judy Lamb has six sweaters — one easy, one easy plus, three intermediate and one intermediate plus.

You can see all the patterns at the links above.  Looking for more Baby Knitting patterns? Check these out on Etsy.

If you’d like a chance to win these, leave a comment on this post before the end of the day Sunday, June 4 (though honestly I’ll be on vacation then so go ahead and enter all the giveaways you want for as long as you want until I get back June 11). I’d love to know the last thing you knit for a baby. I recently finished a gigantic baby blanket I started in 2007 (insert eye roll here).

Thanks for visiting, commenting and sharing, and good luck!

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  2. The last thing I knitted for a baby was a hat for a couple at church. I would love to win these books for a lady at my knit group. She knits for babies all the time.

  3. I would like to win these as I need to vary my baby patterns. Thank you for the giveaway chance

  4. Since I’m at the stage of life where babies (of the ‘grand’ sort) are making their arrival, these books would be a wonderful addition to my library! As for what I’ve created recently – just finished making some photography prop outfits out of mohair for the baby photo business being run by my son and daughter-in-love.

  6. I am just finishing up my 3rd baby blanket. Just taught myself to knit last summer and I am addicted! Thanks!

  7. I am knitting a baby sweater right now for an upcoming baby shower. I had search online for baby sweater patterns they are hard to find in our area. Even Joann’s only had patterns for hats.

  8. The last gifts I made for a special baby were a ripple blanket, a wee teddy bear, and some lovely shoes. They were loved much. Have a nice vacation.

  9. The last thing I finished for my niece’s baby was a blanket. I am now working on a couple of baby hats.

  10. I made a cardigan for my 2 year old grandson and starting a woven blanket for his brother who is joining the family in September

  12. I’m knitting baby cardigans for a friend to sell on behalf of our local hospice.

Have you read?

Stitch a Simple Sack Hat that Looks Like a Turkey

If your family is the sort to do a turkey trot for Thanksgiving, or even just to take family pictures, you’ll want to get started knitting up some Turkey Sack Hats with this pattern from Underground Crafter. 

The pattern uses super bulky yarn and is rated easy. It’s knit flat but there are a few skills in here around the shaping of the eyes, which includes changing colors, working bobbles and doing a wicked purl 3 together decrease. Twice. 

But that’s all in one row, and the rest of it is pretty simple. The beak is worked separately and sewn on, and the side of the hat is stitched up to make it into a hat. 

What’s great about this one is that it comes in 10 sizes, ranging from newborn to adult large, so you really can make one for everyone in the family. And because it uses super bulky yarn you can knit a bunch pretty quickly if that’s a thing you’d like to do. 

It’s also fun because you could use this base pattern to make different animals or for different holidays. Make it all in orange and stitch on a jack o’lantern face for Halloween, or make a white one that’s a snowman, for example. 

In any style this would also be a fun gag gift for that person in your life who has everything or doesn’t want gifts, or if you do a secret Santa or white elephant gift exchange at work or elsewhere. 

And make sure whether you’re making it a turkey or some other character that you include the pom poms at the top! They’re just so cure and a great way to add a bit more color to the project, and they’re easy to make. (See also: ways to make a pompom with yarn.)

You can grab the free pattern at the Underground Crafter website. 

[Photo: Underground Crafter]