How to Make Baby Blankets

Baby blankets don't just provide comfort and warmth for a newborn; they often serve as a keepsake for the rest of a child's life. Most baby blankets have an outer covering made of soft materials and an inner layer providing insulation. They are often made of fleece and cotton. Follow one of these templates to create a personalized baby blanket for the little one in your life.

Method 1
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Making a Fleece Tie Blanket

  1. You can choose any color or pattern you desire.
    • Fleece tie blankets are extremely easy to make because they don't require any sewing and fleece is a relatively cheap material. You can buy yards of patterned or solid colored fleece at any craft store.
    • For example, you might want to choose your child's favorite color or a theme pattern with animals, a sports team, or flowers.
    • You can also mix and match patterns and solids by using a single color on one side of the blanket and a patterned print on the other. In this case you will need one yard of each style you plan to use.
  2. Lay your first piece of fleece with the rougher side facing up and then lay the second yard of fleece on top, soft side facing up. In other words, the rougher sides of the fabric will be touching each other.
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  3. Slide your self healing mat under the fleece and cut off the rough selvage edges of the fleece using scissors or a rotary cutter. Make sure to use the lines on your template for a straight cut. You do not need to cut the other edges unless they are uneven or you are using a rotary cutter with a patterned cut.
  4. Pin your four-inch by four-inch square template to any corner of your fleece and cut around it so that there is an outward facing right angle chunk cut out. Repeat for the remaining three sides of the fleece.
  5. Take your tape measure and lay it across the fleece from the top of one right angle to the other so that there is a four-inch strip of fleece below the tape measure. It's helpful to pin the tape measure down so that it doesn't move.
  6. Keep the tape measure in place and use your scissors or rotary cutter to cut strips of fleece one-inch thick all along the four-inch section. Only cut to just below the tape measure line.
  7. You should now have fringes along all sides of the fleece that are one-inch thick and four-inches long.
  8. Continue to tie each fringe together until you have made your way around the entire blanket.
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Creating a Knitted Blanket

  1. You can use small or large needles for this project, just be sure to use one strand of yarn throughout if using a small needle and up to three strands for larger needles.
  2. You can cast on by making a loop with your yarn and threading the top strand under and through the loop.
  3. Grab the threaded strand and pull both strands tight until you have created an adjustable slipknot that allows you to alter the size of your loop. Place the slipknot on your needle and pull tight.
  4. Use the backward method to cast-on by twisting the yarn into a loop around your index finger and wrapping the loop over the top of the needle. You will have a single twist that allows you to pull the yarn tight around the needle.
    • If you are using size 7, 8, 9 or 10 needles, cast-on about 150 stitches for a medium-sized blanket. If using a size 11, 12 or 13 needle, cast on between 70 to 80 stitches. For even larger needles, cast on between 60 and 70 stitches.
  5. Once you've cast on your foundation row, use a garter stitch to knit your blanket to your desired size.
  6. Bind off your stitches by inserting the left needle into stitch you knitted first, and pulling it over the second stitch and completely off the needle.
  9. Use your needle to draw the loose end through the last stitch.
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Method 3
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Constructing a Double Crochet Blanket

  1. You may want to purchase yarn specifically for babies' skin, though any kind will work.
  2. To do so, slide a slipknot onto the crochet hook, wrap the yarn around the hook from the back to the front and draw a new loop through the knot.
  3. To do so, wrap the yarn around the hook, put the hook through the fourth stitch from the hook, wrap the yarn around the hook again, and bring a new loop through the stitch. Next, wrap the yarn around the hook again, bringing it through two of the loops on the hook. To complete the double crochet stitch, wrap the yarn around again and draw it through the last two loops on the hook.
  4. Repeat the double crochet stitch for the entire 132 foundation chain so that you create one double crochet stitch for each chain stitch.
  5. At the end of the row, flip your blanket so that the last stitch made is now the first stitch to be worked for the next row and make three chain stitches.
  6. Make one double crochet stitch in each double crochet stitch across the row and then flip the work again and stitch three chain stitches. This step will be your crocheting pattern for the rest of the blanket.
  8. Cut the leftover yarn down to about six inches and thread it through your needle, pulling it through the last loop on your crochet hook. Incorporate any loose ends into the blanket with small stitches before trimming the ends.
  9. To incorporate multiple colors, finish the last double crochet of a row and wrap the new color of yarn around the hook. Pull it through the remaining two stitches on the hook and continue crocheting with your new color.
    • Your baby blanket will be about 32 inches (81.3 cm) wide and 35 inches (88.9 cm) long, depending on the tightness of your crocheting.
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Sewing a Simple Baby Quilt

  1. Cotton is usually used in this style quilt.
  2. The batting and flannel should be a few inches bigger than the quilt top.
    • Use safety pins to hold the three materials together.
  5. Take off the masking tape and move it slightly to either side of the line just stitched, pressing it back onto the quilt diagonally. Follow the tape with the foot of the sewing machine to create a second diagonal stitch.
  7. This will create several small X shapes where these diagonal stitches meet the stitches you just created in the opposite diagonal direction.
  9. You may want to use a solid color here to tie the patterns you used together.
  10. Sew the 3 and 3/4-inch strips together on the short side to make a long piece of fabric about 5 yards (4.6 m) long and fold it in half lengthwise.
  11. Make sure to cover all four sides of the quilt.
  12. Leave a 1/2-inch seam.
  13. You can use any stitch of your choice for this step.
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      Things You'll Need

      For the Fleece Tie Blanket

      • Tape measure
      • Straight pins
      • 4 inch (10.2 cm) x 4 inch (10.2 cm) square cutting template
      • Scissors or rotary cutter
      • Self healing mat
      • Sewing pins

      For the Knitted Blanket

      • Approximately 1,000 yards (914.4 m) of yarn
      • Knitting needles (size of your choice)

      For the Double Crochet Blanket

      • 18 ounces of medium worsted-weight yarn
      • Size H crochet hook

      For the Simple Baby Quilt

      • 1 1 ⁄ 4 yards (1.1 m) printed decorative quilt fabric
      • Rotary cutter and cutting mat
      • Quilt batting
      • 1 1 ⁄ 4 yards (1.1 m) woven flannel
      • Bent safety pins
      • Masking tape
      • 1 yard (0.9 m) solid cotton fabric
      • Sewing pins
      • Sewing machine

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      References

      1. http://www.marthastewart.com/264118/simple-baby-quilt

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      To make a fleece tie baby blanket, start by layering two 1-yard pieces of fleece so the rougher sides are touching. Next, cut off the rough edges of the fleece, as well as a 4 by 4 inch square from each corner. Then, lay a tape measure across the fleece from the top of 1 square to another so there's a 4 inch strip of fleece below. Finish by cutting the fleece into 1 inch strips and tying them in double knots all the way around the blanket. To learn how to knit a baby blanket, keep reading!

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