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Easy Blanket Knitting Patterns

December 28, 2023 by Sarah White

Now that it’s officially winter in the Northern Hemisphere, it seems like the perfect time to start knitting a blanket. I have a couple of different blanket projects (one knit and one crochet) that come out of hibernation for the winter, so I can work on them while sitting under them. Hopefully one day they will be done and I can enjoy them all year. Here are some pretty (and pretty easy) blanket knitting patterns for you if you need something to work on/snuggle up to this season.

The Issy Blanket by Make Play Repeat on Etsy caught my eye because I happen to have some leftover Yarnicorn yarn from We are Knitters that I tried to use on a sweater I ended up not liking. This pretty blanket uses simple stitches and super bulky yarn to get lots of texture and warmth without a lot of work.

Or try an even easier texture with this basketweave variation on this afghan from Fifty Four Ten Studio on Etsy. It’s worked in bulky yarn and has an easy to learn pattern. It comes in six sizes, from a baby blanket to an extra large throw.

If you have a lot of leftover yarn you’re looking to use up, the Garter Squish from Stephen West (a free pattern on Ravelry) might be just the thing. It’s worked in garter stitch with two strands of worsted weight yarn held together to make a bulky weight. Or you can combine more strands of different weights — as long as the gauge is similar it won’t be a problem.

This one is maybe a little harder than some of the others because it uses more than one color, but mosaic is such an easy method of colorwork that I wanted to include this one, too. The Tweedle Doo blanket from Yarnspirations uses a solid color and a striped version of worsted weight yarn, and the pattern is all knits and slip stitches, so it’s actually really easy to do. You could also make your own stripes with leftovers from other projects if you wanted.

Another great way to use your stash, or coordinating yarn you buy for the purpose, is on a sampler blanket that uses several different colors of yarn and stitch patterns. Sharon’s Glamping Blanket from Casapinka is a great option in this genre. It comes in four sizes (for cats, babies, dogs or the back of the couch) and uses bulky yarn. You can get the pattern on Ravelry.

Or combine different stitch patterns but in a solid color (or add stripes as you like) with the Eris Blanket form Etsy seller PURE by Linda Whaley. All the patterns use just knit and purl stitches, so it’s a great way to learn some new pattern stitches if you’re a newer knitter. This one is worked in DK weight yarn.

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Embellish Your Knit Dishcloth with Flowers

One great thing to knit when the weather is warm (or honestly any other time) is dishcloths and washcloths. They are fun and easy projects and a great way to play with new skills. Pretty washcloths make cleaning a tiny bit more fun, and they’re great to have on hand as a quick addition to a store-bought gift. 

The Daisy Delight Dishcloth from Yarnspirations is a fun one for using leftover bits of green in your cotton yarn stash. What looks like the bottom in the picture is actually the left side as you knit it, and each little color section is worked with its own ball of yarn, intarsia style. 

That’s a little fiddly for a washcloth, but the effect is cute, and it’s a simple way to learn the basics of intarsia knitting (as well as reading a chart) if you don’t already have those skills. 

One the knitting is done, you add the flowers with a bit of lazy daisy embroidery, which is really easy to do even if you’re not that into embroidery. You could also potentially add flowers in duplicate stitch if you’d rather. 

This may be the most work you’ve put into a dishcloth, but isn’t it adorable? It would be fun to use as a hand towel through the spring and summer, and if you already have some leftover green yarn from other projects it should be pretty easy to do. 

You could also take this same concept and make it different colors. All dark green stems with stars on top might be reminiscent of Christmas trees, or brown with daisy stitch on top in different colors could be trees in the fall. 

However you stitch it, this looks like a fun little project for knitters who are comfortable with intarsia and reading charts or who are ready to try those skills. 

You can grab the free pattern from Yarnspirations. 

[Photo: Yarnspirations]

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