Betsy Baby Cardigan Knitting Pattern

I love a good raglan sweater, and this little raglan cardigan for a baby is both simple and adorable.

The Betsy Baby Cardigan from Lion Brand Yarn is a little short sleeved, buttonless cardigan that uses eyelets to shape the raglans. Which would cause a lot of people to say this is a sweater for girls, but I think little boys can wear it, too. (Or change the increases to something non-lacy if you’d rather.)

The pattern is available in four sizes, from newborn to 18 months, and is worked in a fine weight yarn. The yarn called for is a lovely organic cotton but you can use your favorite lightweight yarn.

This would be a great little sweater to knit for summer babies, and it will be super cute with a long-sleeved shirt underneath in the fall.

You can grab the free pattern when you subscribe to get Lion Brand emails, and you can also buy all the supplies in a kit if you like.

[Photo: Lion Brand.]

Looking for more knitting patterns for knitted Cardigans? Check out these Knitting patterns we found on Etsy.

For the past few years I’ve taken part in a Christmas in July blog hop that encourages people to get a jump on their making for holiday gifts.

I love to use yarn I already have for these projects in the hope that people will consider what they already have that they can use to make projects for themselves or to give as gifts.

This year it was a couple of knit baskets made using partial balls of yarn left in my stash from other projects.

They use the same basic pattern but the first one is made with two colors of bulky yarn, and the second used two strands of worsted weight yarn held together, which made the gauge about the same, but I cast on fewer stitches to make a smaller version.

The bottom of the basket is square, though you can make them rectangular if you’d rather. Then I just knit up the sides in rounds until I was about to run out of yarn. This gave both baskets rather short sides — maybe more like a tray than a basket — but you can keep knitting as long as you like to make the sides of your basket as tall as you want.

They’re worked in seed stitch, which keeps the edges from curling and adds a nice texture to the baskets.

Of course this also allows you to use even more odd balls from your stash. I’d love to make a big one someday combining lots of different yarn. I mean, I’d probably use it to store more yarn, but that’s a fine thing to do.

As it is, these little trays are great for sitting on your desk or bedside table to hold little things that always seem to appear there. I like to use one to hold the supplies for whatever project I’m working on, things like little scissors, my tape measure, a crochet hook, etc.

And they would make good gifts on their own or as a container to hold some other goodies if you like.

You can find the free pattern for these stash busting baskets over at Our Daily Craft.

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