How to Knit the “Daisy” Baby Blanket [Free Video Tutorial & Written Pattern!]

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Daisy is a perfect example of a project not needing to be complicated to be interesting and modern. Using a simple simple one row repeat, Daisy is a beautifully soft garter stitch blanket, with little columns of purl stitches adding a tiny bit of texture just to make her stand out from the crowd.

She is fully reversible, which means she looks the same on her reverse and right side, I know lots of you out there love your blankets to have no right and wrong side, so hopefully Daisy satisfies that urge 🙂

She will work in any colour, or any weight yarn – let your imagination go wild and stash bust to your hearts content. I’ve knitted my sample in a soft heather colour, but I think Daisy would also work well in a bold bright shade, a variegated yarn, or even using blocks of colour to create horizontal stripes. She’s a great all rounder of a pattern!

I’ve popped a link to my video tutorial at the bottom of this post for those of you who prefer to have a more visual tutorial.

Happy Knitting!

yarn and sizing tips & tricks

The Daisy baby blanket pattern is knitted all in one piece, from bottom to top. In order to accommodate all your stitches, I recommend using a set of circular needles (at least 100cm long) as straight needles just won’t be long enough to fit your stitches on comfortably.

I’ve chosen DK (aka Double Knitting, Light Worsted, 3 Weight) yarn for this project, but don’t let that stop you from knitting it in your own preferred weight of yarn.

My instructions produce a baby blanket approximately 60cm x 80cm, perfect for using as a cot, pram or travel blanket. But don’t let that stop you from knitting this blanket in any size you want! I think it would look great scaled up as a Sofa Throw, Quilt or Bedspread!

I’ve deliberately designed this knitting pattern to be super easy for you to adjust the size of your blanket to whatever size you want/need.

To make the blanket longer, you’ll simply need to work more rows. As the Daisy baby blanket pattern is only a one row repeat, it’s incredibly easy to adjust the size!

To adjust the width of your blanket you’ll need to cast on more (or indeed less) stitches, it can easily be done using the pattern multiple of 6+1.

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Materials Needed:

• 4mm Circular Needles (to recreate this blanket 80-120cm is a perfect length)
• 400g of DK Yarn – I used Stylecraft Bambino in Heather
• Scissors & Tapestry Needle for sewing in ends

Written Pattern:

Stitches Used

• k – knit
• p – purl
• sl1pwyf – slip one purlwise with yarn in front.

Pattern Repeat

Foundation Row: Using the Long-Tail cast on, Cast on 133 stitches.

Row 1 (Repeat Row): k6, *p1, k5* Repeat *to* until 1 stitch remains, sl1pwyf

Repeat until project is desired length and cast off in pattern.

TOP TIP: It doesn’t matter which side you cast off on, but if you want a matching top and bottom edge, cast off on a row when the yarn tail from your cast on is at the bottom left hand corner of your blanket (assuming you used the Long Tail cast on)

I hope you love Daisy just as much as I do! If you’re looking for more knitted baby blanket inspiration then why not take a look at Harvey, Taylor or Noah.

video tutorial

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