Knits for Babies, Royal or Otherwise

Apparently Kate Middleton is about to have the second royal baby soon, and baby knitting patterns are cropping up all over. We all just love to knit for babies, whether they’re actual royalty or we just want to treat them as such. So here are some patterns to get you started knitting for the babies in your life.

Red Heart has released a Royal Knit Onesie pattern, complete with pink and white stripes and picot edgings for extra cuteness. They also have a free ebook with 12 knitting patterns for babies that you should check out.

Yarnspirations has a great little collection of pint-sized projects for spring; I particularly like the Funny Bunny Pullover, which could be made plain for any time of year and is sized for 6-24 months. They have some easy baby booties, too, and the Happy Go Lucky Ducky is a little toy babies and little kids alike would love.

Lee Gant has a couple of great patterns for cashmere baby hats if you really want to pamper the new little one.

And Love Knitting has a couple of collections of baby booties and cardigans for little ones you might also want to check out (free download with registration).

What do you like to knit for babies?

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

Looking for pullover and sweater patterns? Check these books out.

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It’s always a good time for a bookmark, and even more so as we start thinking about back to school time. Reading is more fun when you have a pretty bookmark. That’s just science.

Plus bookmarks are fast, portable, and a fun way to try out different skills. So let’s get busy with some bookmark knitting patterns!

This set of three bookmark knitting patterns from Lucky Fox Knits includes one worked in garter stitch, an easy eyelet lace and one with eyelets running down the center. I love the little I-cord for the tassel!

Add a simple textured stitch to a bookmark to make it a little more fun. This one from Franciscan Gypsy is called the paper towel bookmark, and I’ll bet you can pick it out above just from that description. This one calls for fingering weight yarn.

Another pretty allover pattern is this slip-stitch lace design from Handy Little Me. Inspired by Taylor Swift’s Speak Now, it’s a sweet little design worked in fingering weight yarn. This one is a little extra fun because it has two tassels.

I love this undulating wheat ear bookmark pattern from KMKnits Shop. It’s an interesting stitch pattern perfect for advanced beginner knitters, and it uses sport weight yarn.

A lot of knit bookmarks have a bit of lace, and they’re actually a great way to pick up some lace knitting skills on a tiny project that doesn’t have to be perfect. I like this lacy one from Val Knitting Shop, which is inspired by daisy petals. It calls for fingering weight yarn.

The Jasmine Bookmark from Valentina Fezova-Georgieva is another pretty lace pattern that’s a little more complex but still totally doable. It calls for fingering weight yarn and is available on Ravelry.

If you want a more literal inspiration of flowers in your bookmark pattern, try the pair of floral bookmarks form Warm and KnittedS. One has a little rosette and the other just has leaves. They look like I-cord but they’re actually worked flat on two needles and will stitch up in no time for a last minute gift or to tuck into your latest read.

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