This beautiful baby blanket in the pictures below is full of soft, delicate texture, that will keep your baby warm and super cozy, while still being breathable, so it's a fantastic gift for the future parents! If you know basic crochet stitches, go for it and don't forget to let me know in the comments which colors you've used!
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Find original free pattern on cloud9knots.com, or read more about it on Ravelry.
Sparkle Sedge Blanket
The first of the warm welcome baby blanket ideas is a nice, cuddly and decently warm blankie with sparkles. Moreover, it also has some truly wonderful texture patterning, perfect for little fingers to play with.
Cupid and Valkyrie Blanket
- Designed by Alicia DeHart
Gorgeous colors, delicate and subtle stripes and a modern border - all of that and more is the perfect definition of this amazing knitted blanket in the pictures below! It's made by Alicia DeHart and she used two skeins of self-striping yarn to make it. Do you like it? Let me know in the comments!
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Crochet Cozy Clusters Baby Blanket Free Pattern and Video Tutorial
If you're looking for a fun, quick project, This gorgeous crochet baby blanket is just what you've been looking for. The cluster stitch is an amazing pattern and has a really nice stylish look to it. This thick and soft blanket is sure to keep your baby cozy and warm in the upcoming winter months. The Cozy Clusters Baby Blanket Free Crochet Pattern is designed it to be crocheted with a large hook and bulky weight yarn. It builds up super fast for those of you who don't have the patience for larger projects. You can customize easily to make it bigger or smaller. This sweet little baby afghan is the perfect gift for baby showers, your new bundle of joy, or for birthdays of little ones. Thanks Alnaar for sharing this wonderful free crochet pattern. The link for the free pattern is provided below photo. Happy crocheting.
Crochet Fireside Throw Blanket
This crochet fireside throw blanket will look so beautiful this fall. The colors remind me of an autumn sunset or a warm fire burning in the fireplace. I love to use crochet items that are useful to help bring the colors of the season into my home decor. Have you ever stood in the yarn store or in your yarn stash and let your yarn tell you what your next project will be? I do that often. Sometimes, I will have a project that I plan on doing; look through my yarn stash, and end up making something completely different. Seems crazy, right? At times, when digging through the yarn, a color combination will jump out at me and gives me inspiration. This blanket is made using the block stitch that has been slightly modified. In the past, when I have crocheted the block stitch, alternating the yarn colors every other row left a ton of yarn ends to be weaved in. Therefore, while I love the look of the block stitch, the sewing in of the yarn ends made me veer away from this beautiful stitch. Carry the Yarn up the Side of the Blanket! Yup, no more weaving in tons of yarn with each color change. It was not easy to figure out.
Jagged Scrap Yarn Afghan
For this project you will need: HOOK: 5 mm hook or size H hook for the US YARN: All the scrap yarn colors were worsted weight yarn 4 ply US, 10 ply AU Also the Off white color I used in between as well. I was able to get 10 rows of Off white before I had to change to a new skein. I used 2 and a 1/2 skeins of it, but I didn’t make a border. If you wish to, then I would grab a third. I didn’t want to use much of this color because it's a scrap yarn afghan and don't want you to have to go get more yarn. About the color pattern Since this pattern uses scrap yarn, I won't be telling you which colors to use. I used this color wheel to help me organize my color choices. I've never been a fan of the mixed color of scrap yarn afghans so I decided to do mine in a more organized fashion starting with my Maroons, Reds, Oranges, Browns, Yellows, Golds, Greens, Blues, Purples, Pinks and back to the beginning of the color list. Feel free to go with what feels right to you. This Jagged Scrap yarn afghan is made using a stitch I discovered while playing around with yarn. I don't know why all my discovered stitches mostly use two stitches to create and this one is no different. Lol. But other than the butterfly stitch this one is surely the most easiest one to recreate! Let me take you step by step on how to make this stitch so you can use it in making your own scrap yarn afghan to use up some of your left over wool.