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Knit a Simple Blanket for Baby

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easy baby blanket knitting patternI love a good, easy baby blanket pattern, and one that you can use for stash-busting is great, too. I recently gifted a Garter Stitch Stripe Baby Blanket to some new parents and it has quickly become a favorite because it’s super squishy and not at all fancy. (While heirlooms are great, I want to make things people will actually use.)

It’s the same with the Quick and Simple Striped Blanket that Chelsey at Tastefully Eclectic knit. She used the Unending Love pattern from Expression Fiber Arts. She used four different colors of yarn, but you could make each stripe a different color or throw in a couple more colors, whatever you like.

The pattern is super easy, using Garter Stitch, Stockinette and Seed Stitch, so it’s great for newer knitters who need practice with basic stitch patterns and following a knitting pattern with easy instructions.

[Photo: Tastefully Eclectic.]Looking for more Baby Knitting patterns? Check these out on Etsy.

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  1. Thanks for sharing, Sarah! You’re absolutely right, this blanket is PERFECT for beginners who want to practice new stitches outside of garter!

  2. I submitted my comment before I finished reading. Whoops! I agree, I prefer knitting things people will use. And thanks for spelling my name right. You wouldn’t believe how rarely that happens. 😛

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Knit a Stunning Shawl That Wears Like a Collar

I’m honestly not totally sure what to say about the Sun King shawl pattern from Ursa Major Knits other than isn’t this cool? You should probably make one. 

This modular design is worked in two parts, the “waxing” and “waning” sections. Both pieces are asymmetrical and use the same yarns in different ways to mix up the colors and make it even more interesting. 

You can choose to use two contrasting solid yarns, a solid and a gradient or two complimentary gradients for your yarns. And you can use any weight of yarn and whatever gauge you like to make shawls of different sizes. There are also a bunch of different size options (seven, in fact) that take the project from a little collar like design to something more like a scarf to a large shawl that wraps around the neck to keep you warm. 

The sample projects use fingering/lace weight yarn, but you can use whatever you have on hand to make your own beautiful version of this shawl. Using lace weight, you’ll need twice as much of one color as the other.

There are lots of yarn suggestions on the pattern page on Ravelry, and I love the color choices the designer made so much I’d definitely be tempted to use the same colors they did (there are a couple of different versions on the pattern page if you want to see how it looks in different sizes and different colors). 

I love the little diamond shapes a the edges of the pieces, which add a little more drama to the project, as if it needed more. 

I’m still not sure this boils down to anything beyond this project looks really cool and you should probably knit it, but that’s pretty much how I pick all the projects I share, so I guess that’s fine. You can check it out for yourself and grab a copy of the pattern on Ravelry. 

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