Free Knitting Pattern Lacy Baby Blanket

The Lacy Baby Blanket is a beautiful and delicate design that is perfect for a new baby. This pattern uses Bernat Baby Sport yarn, a soft and lightweight yarn that is perfect for baby clothes. The yarn comes in a variety of colors, making it easy to match the blanket to the baby’s room or nursery. The yarn is also easy to care for, it’s machine washable and dryable.

The pattern creates a delicate and elegant lace design that adds a touch of elegance to the blanket. The finished blanket is soft and warm, perfect for a baby’s delicate skin. The size of the blanket is perfect for a crib or stroller, it’s not too big or too small.

One of the benefits of knitting a baby blanket is that it can be a special and personalized gift for new parents. Handmade blankets are often made with higher-quality materials, which makes them more durable and long-lasting than store-bought blankets. Additionally, a handmade blanket can be customized to fit the baby’s room or nursery.

This pattern is free to download on the Mary Maxim website and it’s suitable for knitters of all levels. It’s a great way to create a beautiful and elegant blanket that will be treasured for years to come. The lacy design is timeless and it can be enjoyed for many years to come. So grab your needles and yarn, and let’s get started on creating this beautiful blanket!

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Knit a Blanket That Looks Like a Quilt

When I discovered Kate Atherley’s book Circular Knitting for Beginners and Beyond, I wasn’t sure there was enough to say about circular knitting to fill a book. It’s a pretty short book (144 pages) and includes 10 patterns to practice working in the round on small projects, and it provides a decent introduction to the various ways of working in the round.

The book covers using double pointed knitting needles, flexible double points and circular knitting needles with cables. It talks about working using the full circumference of a circular needle and various ways to work smaller circumference projects, such as using DPNs, magic loop and knitting with two circular knitting needles.

In addition there’s a discussion of preventing problems like twists and ladders, swatching in the round without actually swatching in the round, grafting, blocking and weaving in ends.

More specialized techniques likes knitting from the center out, stranded colorwork, helical knitting and jogless stripes are also explored, as well as working pieces like socks or mitts two at a time.

There’s also some information about seamless sweaters, including the different sweater designs that can be worked seamlessly (and why you might want seams in your sweaters) and how they are worked from the top down or the bottom up.

There are 10 patterns in the book, including a basic stockinette stitch cowl and one with a deliberate twist, wrist warmers, mitts and a pair of colorwork mittens, a hat worked in a solid color or in helical stripes, toe up and top down socks and a beret. It would have been nice to have a basic sweater pattern, too, since the book does talk about working larger garments with circular needles, but it’s still a nice collection of basic patterns worked in the round.

If you’re already comfortable working in the round in different ways, I’m not sure there’s much for you to learn in this book, but it is a good reference for people learning circular knitting or who maybe haven’t tried all the techniques yet or need skill building projects to try.

About the book: 144 pages, paperback, 10 patterns. Published 2026 by David & Charles. Suggested retail price $24.99.

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