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The Ultimate Baby Knit: Still River Baby Blanket

February 21, 2017 by Stitch&Unwind 44 Comments

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If there is a new baby coming into your life, you need to make the Still River Baby Blanket.  This comfy and cozy knit baby afghan is the perfect easy knitting pattern for the expectant mom, or first time grandma.  Making your own knit baby blanket for baby is not only relaxing, but a memory that will stay with you for a lifetime.  Because this blanket is so cuddly, it’s sure to be the one that baby claims as his or her favorite and will keep forever.  And every time you see this cuddly knit blanket, you’ll smile.  Don’t be surprised when “blankie” goes off with your suddenly very tall kid to college!

Still River Knit Baby Blanket

This pattern is a very versatile one that can be adapted to any gender, and really any size.  Make it smaller by doing fewer increases.  Make it bigger by doing more.  Change colors to do stripes.  You could even do one ball of five similar shades to give an ombre effect.  The possibilities are endless with this super easy knit baby blanket; but one thing is for sure, your little one is going to cherish it forever.

MATERIALS:

  • Lion Brand Hometown USA Yarn;  Charlotte Blue; 5 balls.
  • Circular needle size 13 (9 mm), 29 in. (73.5 cm) long or size needed to obtain gauge
  • Tapestry needle

GAUGE:

10 sts = 4 in. (10 cm) in Garter st (k every row).

NOTES:
Circular needle is used to accommodate large number of stitches. Work back and forth in rows as if knitting with straight needles.

BLANKET
Cast on 5 sts.
Row 1: Knit.
Row 2: K3, yo, k2.
Row 3: K3, yo, k3.
Row 4: K3, yo, k to end of row.
Rep last row until you have 90 sts on needle.
Next (decrease) row: K2, k2tog, yo, k2tog, k to end of row.
Rep last row until 5 sts remain. Bind off.

FINISHING
Weave in ends.


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  1. Rita says

    July 2, 2015 at 6:17 am

    Blankets and bed dolls for Momma. Patterns are hard to find for the bed dolls. I am looking for patterns for bed dolls that fit 11.5 fashion dolls and as I am now retired, I would love to find them free. Thanks

    Reply
  2. Maggie says

    July 10, 2015 at 10:50 am

    How is a “comfy and cozy crochet baby afghan” an “easy knitting pattern”?

    Reply
  3. sandra says

    July 26, 2015 at 8:55 am

    If I wanted to make this bigger how many stitches would I start with?

    Reply
    • joy robinson says

      March 3, 2016 at 8:22 pm

      same stitches just keep going until have desired stitches- 100.120. or more

      Reply
  4. Jayme says

    October 11, 2015 at 7:30 am

    Sandra, you will always start with the same amount of stitches on this pattern. Every yo (yarn over) you do increases the number on your needles. Then once you’ve gotten the size you want, then your decrease.

    Reply
  5. Paddye says

    February 12, 2016 at 4:09 pm

    Please give what the size would be using 5 ball of yarn.

    Reply
  6. nancy meehan says

    February 19, 2016 at 2:56 pm

    how can a person make this blanket with only 5 cast on stitches? i don’t understand this at all

    Reply
    • Chris says

      February 23, 2016 at 9:05 pm

      Every yarn over is an increase in addition to creating the border. Try it,

      Reply
    • joy robinson says

      March 3, 2016 at 8:24 pm

      starting in the corner and increasing each row

      Reply
    • John Griswold says

      September 9, 2016 at 11:32 am

      It’s like making a giant washcloth on the diagonal. I’m a guy, and I can do it 🙂 Give it a try!

      Reply
  7. Ruth says

    March 3, 2016 at 3:48 pm

    It’s super easy and fun (and I’m NOT an accomplished knitter!). You see progress quickly because you start with 5 stitches (it’s a corner). It’s easy to follow the simple pattern. I’ve made several of them and everyone loves them.

    Reply
  8. Valerie says

    March 4, 2016 at 1:41 am

    I use this same pattern to make dishcloths when I just want something simple to make.
    Nancy, when you cast on the five stitches and knit them the next row is a yarn over. This increases the stitches at the start of each new row. The blanket is knitted in a diamond shape. You can keep making it larger than what the pattern calls for by just continuing to do yarn overs. Then when it is as large as you want it you start to decrease until only five stitches remain.

    Reply
  9. Donna DeJardine says

    March 4, 2016 at 6:00 am

    This is an incomplete pattern and makes no sense whatsoever. Once you get your 90 stitches how many rows do you actually knit? Sorry I’ve been knitting a long time and this makes no sense at all!

    Reply
    • Tami says

      March 4, 2016 at 1:15 pm

      it would be 85 rows. You are starting with 5 in a corner of the afghan. you are adding a stitch each row. when you have 90 stitches, you have knitted 85 rows. (90-5=85)

      Reply
    • Doris Yakey says

      April 16, 2016 at 1:58 am

      I haven’t been knitting for that long and it makes total sense to me. Once you start knitting the pattern you’ll understand as you follow the pattern.

      Reply
      • Nuschler says

        January 20, 2017 at 5:37 pm

        @Doris

        As a neurologist I understand that many people have an easy time or hard time with 3-D or spatial relationships.

        What may seem obvious to you may be impossible for others. We are all different. Perhaps try to see from the other person’s viewpoint.

        Four out of five people have GREAT difficulty distinguishing left from right. Has nothing to do with IQ or education. Everyone’s brain is different.

        Let’s be nice to each other on forums–eh?

        Reply
    • Ruth Huddle says

      April 16, 2016 at 4:05 am

      It may not sound right but I also have been knitting for a long time too. What is there not to understand.

      As with all patterns I have always thought you must try it out first before saying the above.As I understand it the yarn overs are increases. So you DO end up with more stitches then you follow the decreases when it is big enough – a diamond shape that when turned round is a square.

      I make blankets in a slight varied way as I increase each end of every other row and have a stocking stitch edge – it is the same principal and all have been gladly received as gifts.

      Reply
  10. Denise says

    March 18, 2016 at 10:03 am

    Gutted! Just knitted some baby jackets for my Niece’s new baby and she doesn’t want them!
    They are knitted in various shades of blue, medium, denim, navy. Is it no longer fashionable
    to knit jackets for 2015 baby arrivals?

    What does everyone think?

    Reply
    • Doreen says

      March 30, 2016 at 3:00 pm

      It is still fashionable. I have given them to some of my friends and they really like them. We also have a farmers market here and they go very well

      Reply
    • Karen Kilpatrick says

      March 31, 2016 at 12:58 am

      Your niece is an ungrateful, insensitive jerk!!!! You made those jackets with love and she should have accepted them graciously and save them for when you visit if she didn’t want them. Or better yet, donate them to a hospital or shelter.

      Reply
    • Doris Yakey says

      April 16, 2016 at 2:02 am

      Knitted jackets are most certainly still in fashion. They always have and I don’t think they will ever go out of fashion. Yes, you niece is most certainly a very ungrateful person!

      Reply
    • Nuschler says

      January 20, 2017 at 5:33 pm

      Sell them on etsy.com Give them to domestic violence shelters or for the homeless. There are millions of homeless children out here.

      Never make anything for such ingrates again! I once quilted a beautiful crib sized blanket….fully embroidered while I was both working nights and going to college full time. I gave it to the first grandchild in the family–5 siblings.

      The haute couture mother–used to buying at Bloomingdale’s in New York, , used it for a cover for her barbecue grill.

      Last gift they ever got. Some people just don’t get how much work goes into handcrafted pieces.

      Reply
  11. Doreen says

    March 30, 2016 at 3:07 pm

    I am looking for the waffle pattern to crochet. Does any one have it. I want to make a blanket

    Reply
  12. Evelyn says

    March 30, 2016 at 10:38 pm

    I made this blanket and I thought it was weird also to start with only 5 stitches. As I progressed with the pattern I could see the blanket getting bigger. When I reached 99 stitches I started to decrease as the pattern says and I could see the blanket take shape. I used 3 skeins of Lion Brand Wool Ease Think & Quick and the end result was a 30″X30″ and perfect for a newborn to come home from hospital.

    Reply
  13. Denise says

    April 8, 2016 at 1:34 pm

    Thanks Karen, I now totally agree with your comment. Denise – UK.

    Reply
  14. Deb says

    April 9, 2016 at 7:00 pm

    Help! I am knitting my first baby blanket. This is what I have done. Cast on 3 stitches, knit one, yarn over, knit the rest of row. I am ready to start decreasing. Can I Knit one, knit two together, knit rest of row?

    Reply
  15. Laura says

    April 15, 2016 at 10:43 pm

    This is one of my favorite blanket patterns, there is no thinking and you don’t have to really follow a pattern, just increase until you have the size you want and then decrease. I have made many of these.

    Reply
  16. Dianne Brown says

    May 21, 2016 at 7:22 pm

    Do you have to use cicular needles? I don’t like wokrking with them can you use straight needles if so would size 10 be ok.

    Reply
    • Heather NZ says

      September 12, 2016 at 1:59 am

      I’m using straight needles – 9mm- am halfway through – and all is well…what a great easy and fast growing project.

      Reply
  17. Candy says

    June 5, 2016 at 8:10 pm

    How big does this end up being when using 5 skeins?

    Reply
  18. Anna says

    June 22, 2016 at 11:08 pm

    In the pattern, is there a different meaning for the abbreviations K and k?

    Reply
  19. Ella says

    July 5, 2016 at 4:15 pm

    This doesn’t make sense to me. So you knit the gauge, then at the beginning of the next row you cast on 5 sts. Once you knit the pattern until you have 90 sts, wouldn’t there be just an extra chunk of work at the edge?

    Reply
  20. Jean says

    July 6, 2016 at 7:53 am

    This really is a simple to knit baby blanket for anyone to Knit. Unfortunately I had to do it in two colours as I could not match the first lot of wool I used. But it is okay Very very easy for someone who does not knit with skill but knits with love! Looking forward to knitting it again when I know what our daughter in law is expecting. Pink or Blue.

    Reply
  21. Sandra says

    July 7, 2016 at 10:11 pm

    Would like to see more crochet for beginners and knit and more patterns so u can down load on a iPad ect

    Reply
  22. Debbie R. says

    August 20, 2016 at 10:07 am

    Just finished my first new river blanket project. I loved the pattern but not happy with the finished look. The 5 stitch cast on corners ended straight across not matching the other corners where decrease began. They were rounded and everything seemed to curl in on itself. Have any of you more experienced knitters tweeked this pattern to make it look more uniformed..Please advise. I dont want to give up future projects but the look really was disappointing. I am not advanced enough to figure this out on my own. Need expert advise.

    Reply
  23. Heather NZ says

    September 12, 2016 at 5:34 pm

    Question: Is it possible to make the blanket oblong/ rectangle shape or does it have to be square due to the stitch increasing formula? I like the way the centre is diagonal and thought there might be a simple way to adapt the pattern- thanks.

    Reply
  24. Maria Teresa says

    January 26, 2017 at 6:43 pm

    I just starting decreasing rows with this pattern and the border is coming out different than the rows increasing. Is there anything wrong in the pattern or is it me? The border following the pattern in the decreasing rows looks exactly like the border on the picture. My first triangle looks different than the second. Help!

    Reply
  25. A says

    February 4, 2017 at 7:38 am

    Send details please

    Reply
    • Maria Teresa says

      February 15, 2017 at 2:09 pm

      When decreasing doing 2 k2togs made the edge look different than the first part of my knitting project. But it looked just like the one in the picture. To keep up with the first part I only did 1 k2tog.

      Also, the blanket seems very heavy. I used the yarn indicated in the instructions and used 5 1/2 balls.

      Reply
  26. Della Cabral says

    February 17, 2017 at 5:55 pm

    For a beginner it is hard to understand how to read a pattern. Please help

    Reply
  27. Melissa says

    May 17, 2017 at 7:33 am

    I’m only about half way through the blanket, but I am wondering if there is a way to make the first corner more of a corner. Since I cast on 5 stitches it’s more flat than pointed. Can I add stitches to it at the end?

    Reply
  28. Lynn says

    February 3, 2018 at 9:51 am

    You can also knit this blanket with two strands of baby weight (3) yarn. I start by casting on one stitch, inc 1 each row until there are six stitches on the needle. Then I begin the k3, yo, k to end of row pattern. At the end, I stop the yo after I have five stitches left on the needle. Next two rows I K1, K2tog, k to end of row. With 3 stitches left, s1k, K2tog and pull the slipped st over your knitted stitch. Cut yarn and pull through. It makes the beginning and ending corners a little more exact.

    Reply
  29. Val says

    April 5, 2018 at 4:32 pm

    Is YO the same as yfwd or is it yarn round needle?

    Reply
  30. Winnie Sheen says

    April 10, 2018 at 6:40 am

    I too have used this pattern to knit dishcloths which require 42 stitches before decreasing.

    How does your blanket become so large with just 90 sts? It seems like there should be about 150 or more!

    Reply

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