Free knitting patterns for throws, afghans, and baby blankets knit with quilt inspired log cabin construction. Updated 4/29/24
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Free Patterns
Good Morning Blanket
Cheerful colors and garter stitch create a quilt inspired log cabin blanket. 2 sizes. Designed for more than 30 colors, it's perfect for mini skeins or stash busting. DK weight yarn. Designed by Purl Soho. A kit is also available.
A-Maze-ing Log Cabin Blanket
4 different blocks display the versatility of log cabin construction with garter stitch stripes, stacks, mazes, and more. Great stash buster for Worsted weight yarn. Ultra Alpaca MKAL designed by Berroco Design Team
Itty Bitty Sock Yarn Bits Blanket
Log cabin blanket stash buster designed showcase your left over sock yarn. Knit one as a baby blanket or join several together for a larger size throw. Fingering weight yarn. Designed by Christine Long Derks.
Baby Log Cabin Afghan
Baby blanket with a look of overlapping squares, created with 16 log cabin blocks knit in garter stitch with self-striping yarn for extra color dimension. Sport weight yarn. Designed by Irina Poludnenko. Pictured project by imagreenmom
Abstract Rainbow Blanket
Garter stitch stripes meet at the corner in a log cabin variation. Super Bulky weight yarn. Designed by DROPS design.
Spiral Log Cabin
This spiral variation of the log cabin blanket uses 2 colors in garter stitch. Any weight yarn. Designed by Anne Rutgrink. Pictured project by megchen who put four blocks of the pattern together.
Infinite Rainbow Throw
The squares of this modular blanket are worked with garter stitch in a modified log cabin design. The squares are knit separately and then sewn together. Size 54" square. Worsted weight yarn. Designed by Joyce Fassbender
Light and Dark Log Cabin Afghan
I love the way these log cabin blocks are knit half in bright colors and half in darker colors. The designer created this pattern for two colorways of multicolored Aran weight yarn, but you could also substitute individual solids. Let-the-Yarn-Do-the-Work Log Cabin Afghan designed by Sally Melville
Color Blocks Knit Throw
12 easy blocks created with garter stitch in log cabin construction to look like concentric squares. Designed for 7 colors, it's a great stash buster for Worsted weight yarn. Designed by Kristi Simpson
More Free Patterns
ABC Quilt
Log cabin-based baby blanket which renders all 26 letters of the English alphabet into rectangles, parallelograms and triangles. There are no purl stitches of any kind in this pattern. Great stash buster for Aran weight yarn. Designed by Kate Welham
Log Cabin Quilt Blanket
Classic style log cabin blanket worked in one piece with garter stitch, with each section growing from the previous sections. Aran weight yarn. Designed by Red Heart.
Cosmic Rainbow Afghan
Colorful modular afghan with blocks knit in a modified log cabin style with stockinette and garter stitch strips. Designed for 15 colors it's perfect for stash or scrap yarn. Worsted weight yarn. Designed by Irina Poludnenko for Lion Brand Yarn
Box of Blocks Throw
Easy log cabin blanket knit in garter stitch with multicolored yarn. Size 33” x 33” square. Bulky weight yarn. Designed by Universal Yarn Design Team
Paintbox Log Cabin Blanket
Designed especially for multicolored yarn like Noro Kureyon, this log cabin blanket is created of garter stitch squares knit in strips, each square is one skein. Aran weight yarn. Designed by Katherine Keyes
Amazing Log Cabin Blanket
Quilt inspired throw knit in striped blocks pieced together in log cabin construction. 2 Sizes. Sport weight yarn. Designed by Anna Valles for Purl Soho.
Grandmother’s Log Cabin
Colorful take on the classic log cabin blanket with blocks knit in garter stitch stripes. Finished Size: 40" x 52". Designed for 7 colors, it's also a great stash buster! Worsted weight yarn. Designed by Amy Gunderson.
Modern Log Cabin Blanket
Quilt inspired throw knit in garter stitch rectangles. Designed for 9 colors, it's a perfect stash buster for Super Bulky weight yarn. Size: Approx 50" [127 cm] square. Designed by Bernat.
Slip Stitch Sampler Log Cabin Throw
This quilt inspired blanket uses the same log-cabin design 6 times in different color combinations knit with easy slip stitch and mosaic colorwork. 50 x 75 in. (127 x 190.5 cm) Aran weight. Designed by Irina Poludnenko for Lion Brand Yarn. Pictured project by alisonberry28
Mountain Cabin Afghan
25 Blocks are worked separately, then sewn together. Each Block begins with a Center, then 8 Logs are worked around the Center. Great use for stash or scrap yarn. Designed by Irina Poludnenko for Lion Brand Yarn. Pictured project by slbrn3
Patterns for Purchase
Baby Cabin Blanket
This baby blanket mimics the look of log cabin quilts, though it does not use log cabin construction. Using mosaic slipped stitch colorwork, it is worked from end to end in 7 sections with 11 separate panels and has written and charted instructions. DK weight yarn. Designed by Lisa Featherstone
Ezy Log Cabin Blanket Throw
Garter stitch blanket inspired by the Pennsylvania Dutch Amish Quilts with geometric patterns and color blocking. Size 42" X 46". Bulky weight yarn. Designed by Edna Hart.
Portholes Log Cabin Quilt
This modular knit blanket is a modern take on a traditional log cabin design. It is knit in squares which are sewn together to give the circular effect. 3 sizes. DK weight yarn. Designed by Julie Taylor
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Flying Geese Blanket
This knit version of the traditional quilt is knit with strips of triangles, or ‘geese,’ which are made separately, so it makes a great portable project. The strips are then joined to squares in a log cabin technique. Designed by Ann Hahn Buechner. Pictured project by annaforsyth. One of the patterns in Mason Dixon Knitting
Log Cabin Baby Blanket
No longer free. Baby blanket or lap throw knit in what looks like moss stitch with log cabin construction. Designed by Wendy Kippax. DK weight yarn.Size: 95 cm x 95 cm (this can be altered by changing the number of rounds)
Log Cabin Blanket and Cushion
Individual knitting patterns for matching log cabin throw and pillow squares is knitted individually in log cabin constructionand then sewn together. Designed by Amanda Clark for Shuttermonkey Designs. Aran weight yarn.
Next in Line Afghan
Reversible log cabin blanket knit in garter stitch continuously from the center outward using four colors of worsted weight wool. There are no seams - nothing to sew. Instructions are given for two sizes, a smaller throw or a larger afghan. The pattern is named Next in Line because the contrast color of each log is the main color of the next log. Great for stash yarn. Designed by Bonnie Sennott
Striped Log Cabin Baby Blanket
Knit with a chunky weight yarn and a #10.5 needle. The sample was knit with approx. 80 yards each of 14 different colors. You can repeat colors as often as desired. Finished measurements approx. 35"x 35". Great for stash yarn. Designed by The Knitting Niche
Decorator Throws
This book contains six afghans and a pillow including Aran Textures and Cables Afghan and Pillow, Log Cabin Throw, Zig Zag Throw, Cable Panels Throw, Lighthouses Afghan, and Fall Foliage Afghan. Several are knit in panels and seamed.
