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Stitch a Sweet Leaf Blanket for Baby

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leaf bunting baby blanketI didn’t do any adorable newborn photos when my daughter was a newborn, but I know a lot of people really love to do them, and knit accessories are a great way to make baby look even cuter.

This leaf-shaped blanket from Susan B. Anderson would be great to use in a newborn photo shoot or as a gift for a little one.

It’s a pretty simple design, with a button to close the blanket over the baby and the stem of the leaf slides through a loop toward the bottom.

The pattern runs $9, and I’ll bet once you’ve made one you’ll want to make them for all the babies to be in your life.

[Photo: Spud & Chloe, via Ravelry.]
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Comments

  1. I have made a few of these now.

    I was inspired to choose this leaf pattern based on the Australian artist and children’s author, May Gibbs, who wrote about Gumnut Babies. For fun, read “How to be a Gumnut Baby” at Natureplayqld.org.au.

    To go with the blanket, I knitted an newborn sized Bluebell hat as another project: http://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/blog/2017/05/bluebell-hat-knitting-pattern/

    They make a great combination with a fun story to go with them.

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Add Mushrooms to Your Knits with these Fun Knitting Patterns

A few years ago I wrote a post that was full of patterns for knit mushrooms, but I don’t think I ever did a post that was knitting patterns with mushrooms on them, so today’s the day. 

I love the Fungi Beanie from Jacki Bean, which calls for worsted weight yarn and uses duplicate stitch to add the mushrooms and other details. I think the colors she used for the design are tonal/multicolor so it doesn’t use as many colors as it looks like, but you can use whatever red, green, brown and white yarn you have in your stash for those details. 

How about some mushroom socks? The Magic Toadstool sock form Stone Knits includes a ring of mushrooms around the leg, contrasting heel and toe and a little more colorwork at the toe for extra cuteness. As shown it uses four colors and comes in three sizes. 

Or there’s the Fairy Ring Socks from Katie Green, which have mushrooms of two sizes on the legs, plus a bit of wavy grass. They have a contrasting cuff, heel and toe and some colorwork flecks in the body of the sock as well. This one is available in eight sizes to fit everyone from a baby to an XL adult. 

This trippy cowl from Hunt Hand Knits looks like a lot of fun to knit. The Fungus Among Us Cowl is shown using four colors of DK weight yarn, though you can do it with as few as two if you’d rather. 

Stitch some mushroom mittens with this cute pattern from Holly C Watson. This design uses three colors, and it’s shown with a self-striping yarn on the mushroom caps, which makes the colors change without you having to do any work. The pattern is charted but it’s a pretty easy repeat. The mittens are one size. 

If you don’t feel like knitting mushrooms but still want to give your project a touch of the forest, the Toadstools Cardigan from Julie Taylor may be what you’re looking for. It’s stitched as a plain cardigan worked in DK weight yarn and sized for newborns up to 4 years old. The mushrooms are added with embroidery and the pattern includes the design, which you can trace onto water soluble stabilizer to stitch the mushrooms onto your sweater. Or anything else you want. You can find this pattern on Ravelry.