Baby blanket

How-to Questions
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Hello all, Im fairly new to the knitting world, my boyfriends mom is teaching me. A friend of mine is having a baby soon, and i Would like to knit her a baby blanket. Remeber I’m a begginner. So lots of the things I find, I have Nooo idea what to do. Any suggestions? :slight_smile:

Anna

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www.knittingpatterncentral.com has lots of free patterns to choose from.

Find one that doesn’t look too hard, and have a go. Between your BF’s mom and the people here, there’s lots of help available.

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Knit one row purl one row, is simple and looks great! If you don’t know how to purl a blanket then just knit the whole thing. Good luck! BTW: I recommend baby yarn its soft and comfortable!

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I was going to suggest a garter (knit ever row) given that stockinette (knit one row, purl one row) will tend to curl at the edges without a border. Garter would be fine if you choose a nice soft fine yarn. You can look forward to feeling a sense of pride and achievement with your first item :slight_smile:

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Oops yeah it would! Try knit 2 --whatever you do in the middle until last two stitches–knit 2. So it won’t curl! Do that on all rows!

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Good option sugarfunpouch :slight_smile:

7

Thanks! I actually got that idea froma washcloth pattern.

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http://ruhamas.com/knitting/freePatterns/Easiest_Baby_Blanket.pdf

i found this nice blanket, very simple. However it says circular needle, would I be able to use straight needles and still get the same outcome? I already have baby yarn, i love it! :slight_smile:

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Yes, you can use straights for that not a problem.

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I’m not sure 75 stitches (for a blanket 29" across) will fit on size 15 straights … it might get very crowded. I think you might have to use circs to hold all your stitches … but you would use them like straights … knitting back and forth .

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Good point Debbie. I used to fit that many stitches on and more…but it was a major squeeze. It also depends on the length of the straights of course. Circs would be indeed preferable.

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well the 75 stitched did fit. I decided to use my 8 needles, and somewhere downt he line i noticed i dropped a stitch :frowning: and i couldn’t fix it becasue i caught it way to late, so i have to start over. but the when i undid my blanket, it didn’t look long enough to be a blanket. Am i doing something wrong?

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If you have the correct number of stitches on and the gauge is correct it will be fine. I started to make a blanket on straights and thought the same and now it is 3/4 done I realised I cast on too many stitches. The real width reveals over time.

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i have done this one it looks very nice when finished.