Use up leftover, stash, and scrap yarn with these knitting patterns for blankets, throws, and more. Updated 9/7/26
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Free Patterns
Kindling Blanket
May only be free for a limited time. Use up your yarn scraps with this colorful variation on a log cabin blanket knit in garter stitch. DK weight yarn. Designed by Georgie Nicolson.
Elbridge Afghan
Easy striped blanket knit with a 4 row repeat Old Shale / Feather and Fan lace stitch. Quick knit in Super Bulky weight yarn. Designed for 5 colors it's great for stashbusting. Designed by Irina Poludnenko for Lion Brand.
- Get the free knitting pattern - download link is below kit info
- Get the recommended Wool-Ease® Thick & Quick® Bonus Bundle® Yarn at Amazon
Patchwork Blanket
Modern patchwork blanket knit in two strips of 6 colors and finished with a garter stitch border. Quick stash buster for Super Bulky weight yarn. Available in English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Spanish. Designed by Katia.
Campfire Blanket
Easy cozy throw knit with simple garter stitch stripes. Designed for 9 colors it's a great way to use up stash Aran or DK weight yarn. Designed by Seth Richardson.
Sedona Throw
Inspired by colors and textures of the Arizona landscape, this sampler blanket features ten sections knit with Seed Stitch, Eyelet texture, Diamond Lace, Basketweave, and more. Designed for 10 colors it's great for de-stashing Super Bulky weight yarn. Designed by Kountingsheep.
Striped Blanket
Designed to use up all your scraps and oddballs, this throw is knit with the "magic ball" technique in garter panels joined with garter stitch borders. Great way to use up leftover sock yarn. Designed by Nicolette Kernohan.
Color Pennant Afghan
Three Strips are made separately, then sewn together following a diagram to make the Afghan. Each Strip consists of 22 triangles worked using short rows. Great use for stash or scrap yarn. Designed by Irina Poludnenko for Lion Brand Yarn
Color Mosaic Blanket
May only be free for a limited time. Geometric blanket knit in 16 garter stitch blocks, each knit with striped triangles that are assembled to form the diamond shapes that remind me of a quilt. Perfect stash buster for leftover Aran weight yarn. Designed by Sonia Savoulian.
Waffle Stitch Throw
Quick stash buster blanket knit with a 4 row repeat. Knit in super bulky yarn on larger needles, the designer says this blanket is a good weekend project. 2 sizes. The pictured blanket used one skein each of 5 colors, so it's great for stash busting. Designed by Vanessa Ewing.
Lizard Ridge Afghan
Blanket knit with rippled stripe based on Barbara G. Walker’s Short-Row Stripes square in her Learn to Knit Afghan book. Two options: Constructed of 24 individual blocks or knit in one piece. Knit with multicolored Noro Worsted weight yarn. Designed by Laura Aylor.
- Get the free knitting pattern
- Get the recommended Barbara Walker's Treasury Of Knitting Patterns at Amazon
- Get the recommended Noro Kureyon yarn at Amazon
Tessellating Time Blanket
Stash buster throw knit with colorful triangles in a modern patchwork style knit with intarsia in one piece. Great stash buster for Aran weight yarn. Designed by Sheep and Tides.
More Free Patterns
Sunshine Day Baby Throw
Worked in stockinette stitch with 2 strands of yarn held together for marled colors. Changing colors held together creates a blended stripe effect. Rated very easy by Ravelrers. Great for stashbusting. You might want to add a garter stitch border and edge to prevent curling. Designed by Lion Brand Yarn. 2 strands of Aran yarn held together for Super bulky weight.
Yellowstone Blanket
Colorful striped throw knit with beginner friendly garter stitch. Great stash buster for bulky weight yarn. Web pattern is free. Designed by Jessica Reeves Potasz of Mama In A Stitch .
Book Cover Blanket
Perfect stash buster for readers. For each book you read, knit a mitered square with yarn colors to match the book cover art in garter stitch. Any weight yarn. Book Blanket Recipe designed by Katy Banks. Pictured projects by designer, tuco12, and knittyblue
Old Shale Waves Blanket
Easy striped baby blanket knit with a 4 row repeat old shale lace stitch. . Each repeat uses between 15-17 yards sot it's great for stashbusting leftover yarn. Bulky weight yarn. Designed by Carroll Davis-Johnson for Darn Knit Anyway.
Chunky Garter Throw
Striped stash buster blanket knit in garter stitch. Aran weight yarn. Designed by Checkheaton.
Color Cascade Blanket
May only be free for a limited time. Throw blanket will with staggered rows of stripes knit with garter stitch with color changes using intarsia. Great way to use up leftover Aran weight yarn. Designed by Sonia Savoulian.
Good Karma Grid Blanket
Stash buster throw constructed of large mitered square blocks knit in garter stitch. Bulky weight yarn. Designed by Premier Yarns Design Team.
Bundle of Joy Baby Blanket
Easy garter stitch baby blanket of colorful stripes. Great use for leftover yarn! DK weight yarn. Designed by Judith Thiery. Available in English and German.
Lone's Advent Calendar Blanket
Sample is a small version of the full Advent blanket which will be knit of 6 strips of 8 squares (2 squares each day of Advent). The squares are knit with self-striping yarn in garter stitch with garter stitch borders in a contrasting color. Fingering weight yarn. Lones Julekalendertæppe designed by The Playful Knitter.
Library Blanket
Inspired by brimming bookshelves this striped garter stitch blanket is perfect for book lover. 2 sizes Crib and Throw. Great for mini skeins or stashbusting. Designed by Purl Soho
Fall Horizons Throw Blanket
Easy stash buster blanket knit with a 4 row repeat lace in autumn colors. Designed for 7 colors of Bulky weight yarn, it's a great stash buster. Web pattern is free. A printable pdf are available on Etsy. Designed by Jessica Reeves Potasz at Mama In A Stitch.
Patterns for Purchase
Kaleidoscope Blanket
Quilt inspired blanket knit with triangle patterns in what looks like garter stitch. Designed with 5 colors, it's great for stashbusting or mini skeins. Finished size 90 x 90cm (35 x 35"). DK weight yarn. A kit is also available. Designed by Nicola Valiji..
Jelly Roll Blanket
Stash buster blanket inspired by the Jelly Roll Quilt knit in strips of garter stitch joined as you go. Great for using up leftover Fingering or DK weight yarn. Designed by Kay Jones
Watercolors Baby Blanket
Texture, color, and multiple stitch patterns work together to create this whimsical baby blanket. Designed with 7 colors, you can use more or less, and it's great for stashbusting or mini skeins. Finished size is 30" x 32". Worsted weight yarn. A kit is also available. Designed by Susan Barstein.
Crowley Blanket and Hat Set
Matching baby blanket and hat knit with slipped stitch honeycomb stripes. Designed for up to 8 colors, it's a great stash buster for DK weight yarn. Designed by Taiga Hilliard.
Daybreak Blanket
Inspired by dawn coming up in a town, this throw features rows of houses knit in garter stitch in a variety of colors including Cool Blue, Wasabi, Persimmon, Plum, and more. Great stash buster for DK weight yarn. One of the patterns in At Home With Margaret Holzmann Book - 10 Knitted Blankets.
