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60 More Quick Baby Blankets review

Betty is getting this one!

Last week I told you about the great new book 60 More Quick Baby Blankets, and this week I’m giving you a chance to grab a copy.

If you have babies on your knit list, or like to knit for little ones for charity, this book has a great collection of patterns for a variety of techniques and skill levels.

If you’d like a chance to get a copy of this book, leave a comment on this post before the end of the day Sunday, Oct. 22. I’d love to know if you have a favorite pattern for baby blankets (mine is a diamond brocade pattern I first knit from a pattern shared by my grandmother when I was in high school).

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

Looking for more Baby Knitting patterns? Check these out on Etsy.

Comments

  4. This book would be perfect for me! I’ve knit or crocheted a different pattern for every baby I’ve made a blanket for. No specific favorite as of yet.

  5. Sarah, I bought this book after your review last week and I want to tell everyone that it has some really great patterns in it. I see many in here that I want to make, most of them larger for around the house, but right now it’s so hard to choose. If you like to give baby blankets (or bigger) for gifts, this will be a good book for you – and Christmas is just around the corner!

  7. So many babies and so little time. I love to give handmade gifts to friends and work family when a little one is expected. New ideas are always welcome. My favourite isn’t a blanket, it’s a cocoon. I found a very simple one that I’ve modified and everyone loves them.

  8. This would be a great book to have for the grand babies and great grand babies! Thank you for the opportunity to win.

  11. I enjoy knitting for babies and toddlers, and have gifts on hand for new arrivals. I certainly would enjoy using new patterns for baby blankets (or bigger sizes for nappers!)

  12. I’m a senior and I like to knit and crochet baby blankets for grandbabies of friends also the little gift shop of our local little hospital. This book would be so wonderful to have!

  13. I tend to make classic cabled blankets for babies but the patterns in this book look so fun! I KNOW my new great-nephew could use a new blanket or two for the winter. Thanks for the chance to win the book!!

  14. I would love to have a book of updated patterns for baby blankets, as the one I use currently is from my mother, who was knitting blankets for all of us in the 60’s and 70’s!

  16. I love to change it up and use different patterns all the time. This book would be a great addition to my library. Thank you for a lovely giveaway.

  17. What a treasure trove this book would be for me. I love patterned blankets for babies so would be honored to win a copy of this book. Love your giveaways. TY.

  18. I just finished Daphne’s Blanket and love the look. My other favorite is Grandma’s dishcloth, many ways to alter. Thank you for the chance to win a copy.

  20. I love to knit baby blankets and because there are so many great patterns out there, I like to knit a different pattern each time I make one. Thanks for offering the book.

  22. I have a tendency to craft the one big granny square blanket, making it slowly bigger as the baby gets older before I’ve finished the gift

  24. My favorite pattern is a k4, p4, four-row checkerboard with garter stitch borders. The pattern has no wrong side. My aunt made them for my children, and I took up her torch. Recently, a friend asked me to mend the one I’d made for her son in 1979. It had a large hole about 3″ x 5″, with many broken strands! I still had some leftover yarn from that very blanket, so I made two checkerboard patches, tied off all the ends, and put a patch on both sides.

    I’ve recently won a book from you, so don’t put me in your drawing. Thanks for your blog!

  26. I love a simple garter stitch blanket as it can be squished by little fingers and bounce back .This book would be a welcome addition to our church mission projects; thank you for a great giveaway.

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Fun Halloween Cowls to Knit

One of the fun things about knitters is that we will use a holiday theme on any kind of project. From Easter bunny socks to Christmas sweaters, there’s no combination of holiday motif and knitwear genre we won’t combine. 

Case in point: Halloween cowls. 

This fun cowl from Sweet Vireo Designs features large carved pumpkins and little cats and skulls. It uses two colors of DK weight yarn and I love the multicolored yarn for the background color on this one. And the braids! So cute. 

Spooky Season by Jocelyn Tunney (also on Ravelry) uses fingering weight yarn in two colors to make a design with crescent moons and eyes. There are two circumferences and two heights available so you can make it a neck hugger or a slightly bigger project if you like. 

Make more moons with the Broom Riding Cowl from Vanessa Ewing Knits. This two color pattern looks extra fun with a multicolored yarn for the colorwork, but you can use a solid as well. It calls for DK weight yarn but there is also a fingering weight version if you have some yarn in your stash you want to use. 

Jinx Made has another fun Halloween cowl, this time covered in skulls. South Philly Skulls uses DK weight yarn and comes in two lengths, and there’s also a matching hat pattern, both of which can be found on Ravelry. 

The Ghost Stories cowl from Melissa Knit Wear is a two-color cowl with ghosts of different sizes on the body. It uses DK weight yarn, and average sized skeins will allow you to get two cowls out of two skeins. It also calls for stitch markers to help you keep your place in the chart. 

Or stitch up a cowl with a giant bat on it. The Nightling Cowl from Jen Immer uses DK weight yarn in two colors and has moons and a large bat on it. This pattern can be found on Ravelry. 

How about spooky trees? The Weirwood Cowl from Andrea Krüß-Anders is inspired by the weirwood trees in the Game of Thrones books, and is worked in two colors of fingering weight yarn. You can find this free pattern on Ravelry. 

If a bandana cowl is more your thing, try Cowloween from Tellybean Knits (on Ravelry). This colorful design is worked from the top down and features pumpkins, ghosts and candy colored stripes, and is worked in a light fingering weight yarn. There are kid and adult sizes available.