Super Easy Baby Blanket Knitting Patterns

Whenever there’s a new baby in your life, whether it’s your own or someone in your friend group or family is having a baby, there’s a strong drive among all knitters to cover that little thing in knits. And every baby is cuter when surrounded by tiny knit things.

My favorite thing to knit for babies (and I’ve knit a whole book of baby knits) is baby blankets, because you can make them any size and use any stitch pattern you like and they are sure to be useful. The main thing is they don’t have to fit, which is great because newborns come in a lot of different sizes and they grow really fast.

If you’re in the market for some new baby blanket knitting patterns to add to your collection, check out the Doodle Pip Makes Etsy shop. They have (as of this writing) 54 downloadable patterns for baby blankets, all using knits and purls to make cute designs on the surface of the blanket like hearts, bunnies and flowers.

And lest you think these patterns are too girly, there are also dinosaurs (as in the blanket pictured above) and boats. And plenty of patterns that have allover stitch patterns rather than surface designs that make an image.

While some of them are a little more complicated than others (again, like the dinos since there are different patterns across the blanket rather than one large pattern or a repeating one), they’re all doable for newer knitters because they include row by row written instructions rather than having you work from a chart.

In their shop you will also find a few full kits for knitting blankets and coordinating hats, as well as a few already knit projects. Many of their patterns are also available as printed patterns if that’s something you’re into.

[Photo: Doodle Pip Makes]

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I’ve shared a lot of Christmas stocking knitting patterns over the years (see posts 1, 2, 3 for example) but what if you want to knit a stocking for a non-human member of your family. If you’re looking for Christmas stocking knitting patterns for your cats or dogs, this is the post for you.

These large paw print stockings are perfect for either dogs or cats, so they’re great to knit if you have both. They are worked in the round using DK weight yarn, and the stocking measures about 17 inches/43 cm from the top to the heel. You can get the pattern from nicolaluke.

The K4 Project has a super cute Kitty Christmas stocking pattern, which is worked in worsted weight yarn. They also have a dog version, or you can buy both and get a discount if you have both dogs and cats to knit for. Both projects have two patterns, showing how to work the stockings flat or in the round.

Put your dog into a Christmas scene with this stocking pattern from ifanhourChild. It shows a dog in a dog house in the snow, and has room for the dog’s name at the top. It’s worked flat using worsted weight yarn and the pattern includes charts for many small and medium dog breeds (there’s a separate listing for bigger dogs) so you can stitch a dog that looks like yours.

Annie’s Woolens has both dog and cat stocking knitting patterns that are worked in worsted weight yarn in the round. You can change up the colors to suit your pet if you want, and they come with an alphabet chart for personalization. Or you can stick with holiday colors and buy a kit to make the dog or cat stocking.

Waiting for Santa Paws is a pattern from Kate Agner on Ravelry that would be cute for a dog or a cat. It looks like a leg with a paw print on the bottom part of the foot and more paw prints running around the top of the leg. This is a great option if you don’t want to mess with a heel turn because it doesn’t have a heel, because dogs and cats don’t have heels so why would their stockings?

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