Lullaby Baby Blanket Knit Pattern | Free Easy Baby Blanket Knitting Pattern + Video Tutorial

For the blanket, that will work. This is Bernat Baby Sport in baby blue, for babies. You can change the color, of course, but this is what I used for the picture, and we're going to use some leftover, making a sample. I am not going to make it as big as the actual finished blanket. I'm going to do just a shorter sample size so that you can get through the pattern a little quicker. But with that yarn, we're going to use 3.5 millimeter needles, US 4s. These are from Timo, and I have to say, I don't love them. They came with a twisty cord. I apologize. I am doing a shorter cord, but you'll want a 40 inch to accommodate all of this. These have just been really wonderful to work with them, and the numbers are very easy to see. It's just, like, I was very surprised by the center link to this call that I got these from. Go watch that if you want. I'll also put the needles in the description if you want to check them out for the price. Awesome. Then you're going to need a couple of stitch markers. Um, I kind of like the smaller, or the smaller needle, so I'll just grab a couple of those out of here. You're going to need a few of those to mark where your edges are. I love this row counter. I'll link this too. It's so satisfying. So I'm going to use this to keep track of where But of course, But first, if you like free patterns, be sure to hit the like, subscribe, and notification bell so that you never miss out when they are released. Now back to the pattern. Okay. To get started, what you're going to do is cast on 146. What I'm going to do is cast on 32. So I'm going to do two stitch repeats and then our border. So that will be the same. You'll just have extra stitch repeats. So cast on 146. I'm going to do 32. I'm just doing a long tail cast on. That one works perfectly fine. If you have a favorite cast off, go for it. Let me get 32 and then we'll start our pattern. Okay I've got 32 you should have 146 cast on and now we're ready for our border. So these are going to be some setup rows. We're just going to knit for 11 rows back and forth. We're creating a garter edge so that it doesn't fold, roll, whatever. So we're going to just knit for 11 rows. This is where my handy This handy dandy stitch counter is going to be super helpful. So I will see you on row 12, which we will set up our stitch markers to do our actual repeat and start the body of the blanket, but for now just knit away for 11 rows and I'll see you in a little bit. Okay, I've got all 11 rows done of our beginning border. So the next step is our setup row for our stitch markers. So what we're going to do is we're going to knit nine, so knit nine stitches, and then we're going to place one marker. And then we're going to knit across until we get to the last nine stitches. So if you want to put like a locking stitch marker here in the meantime just so that you know you don't even count backwards and not have to think about it, that comes in handy. So you can go one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine. And you can place a stitch marker like that if you have one. And then you can just knit across without having to think about it or stop when When you get close, you count. Here is my other spot on my regular stitch marker. Like these, these are rubberized so they kind of like they don't make a lot of noise when they're on your needle so I'll link those if those look interesting to you. But you should have nine more stitches to knit and these stitch markers are going to be your visual cue for your border because your border is going to be garter all the way around so As you're working, you knit to the marker, that's your border, you have your stitch repeats, and then knit to the border, or knit the border. So that is what those two are for, just to make it easier so you don't have to count nine every single time. Okay, so for row one of the body, we're kind of starting our count over just to make it easier. We are going to have a 12-row repeat, and it's not too difficult, but you do want to keep track, so I'm resetting this to 1, because our body starts at 1. And then we're going to first knit to our marker and slip it. Okay, now we're going to have one stitch before our repeat. So our one stitch is going to be a purl, purl 1, and then our stitch repeat starts. So our stitch repeat is going to be knit 3, purl 3. So we're going to knit three stitches, purl three stitches. Again, I've done two repeats on this one, so knit three, purl three. So you're going to do that all the way across, and you'll have one stitch left over before your marker. You had one stitch before your repeat, one stitch at the end of the repeat, and that's going to be a purl. Then you'll slip your marker and just knit to the end. Slide my marker, so I don't forget where I'm at. Now we're going to knit to our marker again. That'll be just the norm. And then we will slip our marker once we get there, and we'll have our first stitch before our repeat. This one's going to be a knit one, so it's kind of what you just did, you'll knit the knits and purl the purls, basically, for this row. So we're going to knit three again, because there's a purl on the last row, so you'll see we have knit again, so we're going to knit three, and then purl three. So we have three purls there, and the stitch pattern repeat across, multiple six, so knit three. Do that across until you get to that last stitch before your stitch marker and this one is going to be a knit one again and then knit to the end. Now for row three and four you are repeating rows one and two. So we'll be doing knit to the marker, purl one, purl three, knit three, So, one knit, turn it, knit, knit one, knit three, four. We're just going to repeat that. So I will come back at the end of row 4 and then we'll get going to row 5 where we just finished row 4. Now we're going to do some new stuff. However, the beginning is the same. So we're going to knit to the marker and slip out. For row 5, the very first stitch is going to be a knit. It'll be different because we've been purling, so now we have a knit. We're going to do a special stitch, so we're going to yarn over first, and then we're going to do an SK-2. So we're going to slip one stitch as if to knit. So when you do that, this would be to purl. We're going to go from the left to the right to knit. So slip that, so I'll have our yarn over here, and then we're going to knit two together, and then slip that back over. Be careful not to grab your yarn over, since it's kind of out there doing nothing. And then we're going to yarn over, and then we're going to knit three. Those were purls below, so now we're knitting those. And that gives us that kind of twisted, gathering stitch. So again, our repeat is yarn over, SK2 as if to knit, knit two together, and then slide that slipped one over, and then we're going to yarn over, and we're going to knit over again, yarn over, SK2, yarn over, knit three. So you continue that all the way across until you get to that one last stitch, and then that one's going to be a knit one as well. And that is the end of Row 5. And as a reminder, if like the SK-2B, if you're not remembering the steps, I have the written pattern down below so that you can grab that and work along with Row 6 pretty easy. First thing we're gonna do is do our knitting stitch marker. Always when you're looking at the written pattern, you'll see that it says that the edge stitches are not included. So this row is literally all purl. However, the edging is not included, so you always knit the edging, slip your marker, and then listen to the instructions, which in this case, Row 6 is all purls. I'm just purling all, make sure you don't lose your yarn overs as you go, and then it's back to knitting. And after this row, we are halfway there with three repeats, so not too different yet, I don't think. Row 5 is really the only kind of strange row, I guess you might call it. This is the only row where we're doing anything other than really knitting and purl. So for row six, or seven, sorry, we're going to knit to the marker, and then we're going to kind of go back to what we were doing before with just knitting three, purling three, and slip the marker. We're kind of going the opposite this time. So we're going to purl one, and then our repeat's going to be purl three, knit three. So knit three, purl three, now we're going to purl three, knit two, cross, and then you'll Then you'll come to that. So we're going to knit one, and then we're going to purl three, knit all the way across to that last stitch before your marker, like the way you did below, and you're going to copy that, so knit three, and here's the last one, it's a knit, so we're knitting one. All right, now we're ready for row nine. So rows nine and 10 are gonna be. 12, 7, and 8. So we're doing the same thing. We're going to knit to the marker, then we're going to do whatever our stitch below was, which of course is a purl, one purl, then we're going to do our repeat of three purls, three knits, turn to the marker, knit one, and then purl three, knit three again. So keep on going. We'll come back at row 11, where we're going to do another SK2P row. And then we'll be almost done with the repeats. Okay, here we are, row 11. So what we're going to do this time, we had our skps at the beginning. We're going to offset them, so now we're going to do our SKPs, our SK2P over on the second portion of our pattern repeat. So that can kind of help you if you forget to keep track of your rows to look. You're good at counting stitches and knowing what row you're on. That will help you looking for those sk2ps. Knit to the marker, slip it, and then knit one. And then our repeat is knit three. You see we have purls below, so we're doing the opposite. And we're going to yarn over and SK2P. So slip as if to knit, knit two together, and then slip that knit. And we're going to do another yarn over to make up for that lost stitch from that decrease. And knit three again. And do another. Two together. We're going to yarn over, say that, and then slip that over, and yarn over, and then we're at the last one. You will go farther than me, but I'm already at the last one, and that'll be a knit for me. And knit those down. One more row to go. Let's take a look at that real quick. So now we've got our twisties up here that are offset from the ones below. Then row 12 is going to be a repeat of row 6. We're just going to purl once we pass, and once we get to the stitch marker, once we slip the stitch across and get to the marker, and then you have successfully done all 12 rows of the repeat at this point. So, what you will do... Is repeat 1 through 12. 12 more times, so that will give you the same size blanket that I have noted in the pattern. Otherwise, you can... Make it as long as you want, and you can widen it if you'd like to, it's multiples of six, so you can add six stitches to make it even wider, you know, look at your gauge and see what you get. Once you finish those twelve repeats, then we're going to do another eleven stitches or eleven rows of our border. So you'll continue on, make it however big as you'd like, just remember twelve. stitches or 12 stitches, 12 rows of your border at the end and you'll bind off knit-wise and then your blanket will be complete and it will look like the one pictured. So not a difficult project, you just need to keep track of your rows so get something to help you with that. But I hope you enjoy making it and I would love to see what you make so be sure to tag me. All of my socials are below. That is the Lullaby Baby Blanket. pattern stitch repeat. And until next time, I'm Deja with Knit and Crochet Ever After, and thank you for watching.