Free knitting patterns for baby blankets and throw blankets knit with patchwork blocks. Many of the patterns are free. Updated 8/26/24
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Free Patterns
Sampler Afghan
Patchwork blanket with blocks in Basket Weave, Trinity Stitch, and Mock Cable. Designed by Caron. Aran weight yarn. A kit is also available.
Creative Advent Throw
Modular blanket with blocks knit in the round in Stockinette, Garter Ridge, and Buttons Lace. Knitting the squares from the center out creates triangle shaped quadrants. Fingering weight yarn. Designed by Cozy Up Knits. Pictured project by yarnloveturtle.
Botanical Garden Blanket
Patchwork blanket of botanical inspired blocks including Sunflower, Meadow, Maze, Verbena, Cornflower, Lavender, Potager, and Allotment. Designed for 8 colors, it's a great stash buster for DK weight yarn. Designed by Rosee Woodland. Pictured project by RhonaEA. Originally a KAL so the patterns are downloaded individually.
Harvest Blanket
Knit in four panels to reduce assembly, this patchwork blanket alternates sections of 4 row repeat Trinity Stitch and 2 row repeat Slipped Stitch Rib. Designed for 7 colors, it's a great stash buster for Worsted weight yarn. Designed by Lisa Richardson for Bernat.
Round About Baby Blanket
This marled stash buster baby blanket is a perfect way to use up leftover bits of sock yarn. Each square is worked from the center out beginning with a small square worked just in sock yarn. Then the worsted yarn is added held together with the sock yarn for a marled effect. Worsted and Fingering weight yarn. Designed by Jennifer Owens.
Elder Throw
Stash buster blanket with patchwork blocks in various sizes with stitches such as mitered squares, twisted lattice diamonds, slip stitch colorwork, lace, and more. Designed for 13 colors, it's a great stash buster for DK weight yarn. Designed by Lisa Richardson for Rowan. Pictured project by Lindacarole333
Chasing Cables Throw
Patchwork blanket created with blocks knit in 8 row repeat cables on seed stitch. Designed by Premier Yarns Design Team. Chunky weight yarn. A kit is also available.
Fern Blanket
Blocks with lace leaves and trees with bobbles create a patchwork blanket with a leaf lace border. Designed by Yarnsmiths. Great stash buster for Super Chunky weight yarn.
Sherwood Blanket
Stash buster throw knit in 3 strips of 4 blocks each of stitch patterns including Eyelet Twigs, Vertical Dash, Basket Weave, Quaker Ridge, Tile, Zig Zag Moss, Staghorn Cable, Quatrefoil, Diamonds, Eyelet Squares, Pennant, and Escalator. Great stash buster! Aran weight yarn. Designed by Antonia Shankland. Pictured project by mris
More Free Patterns
Leaf Squares Afghan
Patchwork blanket knit with leaf lace blocks knit in the round in 5 colors. Designed by Irina Poludnenko. Great stash buster for Worsted weight yarn.
Strawberry Summer Blanket and Picnic Bag
Gingham style blanket with strawberry motifs with matching Picnic Bag knit in a basketweave stitch and finished with hanging strawberries and flower motifs. Designed by Nicola Valiji. Fingering weight yarn. There's also a crochet version
Stripes and Cables Blanket
Patchwork blanket created with large blocks featuring two kinds of cables and striped stockinette. Great stash buster! Aran weight yarn. Blanket in Rico Creative Soft Wool Aran
Collective Blanket
Sampler blanket with blocks in 10 different textures including Garter Ridges, Vertical Ridges, Basket Weave, Stripes, Stocking St Ridges, Chain Stitch, Broken Rib, Moss Stitch, Seed St Blocks. Great stash buster! Aran weight yarn. Designed by Red Heart
12 Stitch Patchwork Blanket
Sampler blanket with 12 different textures including a variety of basketweave patterns, diagonals, chevrons, and more. Great stash buster! Worsted weight yarn. Throw in Schachenmayr Northern S8634. Available in English and German
Do It Your Way Blanket
Patchwork blanket knit with blocks Basket Weave, Double Moss Stitch, Seed Stitch, and stockinette. Butterflies and Mushrooms are embroidered though you could also use the charts for doubleknit or intarsia. Great stash buster! Aran weight yarn. Designed by Red Heart. A kit is also available.
Dream Catcher Baby Blanket
Sampler baby blanket created with squares knit in 6 different textures Harris Tweed Square, Harris Tweed Square, Pennant Stitch Square, Andalusian Stitch Square, Horizontal Dash Stitch Square, Stockinette Stitch Check Square, and Basket Stitch Square. Size 29 inches by 32 ½ inches. Designed by Susan B. Anderson. Worsted weight yarn. Pictured project by Beth2
Textured Blocks Baby Blanket
Sampler patchwork style blanket created from squares worked in just knit and purl stitches, including a heart shape, garter ridge, double moss, and dot texture. Great stash buster and portable project. Aran weight yarn. Designed by Stephany Lein for YARRRRN! Pictured project by snogle81
Patterns for Purchase
Fab Cotton DK Patchwork Throw
Beautiful patchwork throw with squares of Tree and Bobble, Large Cable Square, Heart and Bobble Square, Moss St Cable Square, Rib and Moss St Cable Square, Floral Square. DK weight yarn. Designed by carolrosa.
Provence Blanket
Patchwork sampler throw created with blocks of cables, lace, leaf motifs, bobbles, and more. Designed for at least 8 colors, this is great for stashbusting and using up leftover DK weight yarn. Designed by Knitting Network. A kit is also available.
Berry Pie Baby Blanket or Throw
Sampler blanket knit in alternating 9 different short-repeat stitch patterns. Knit as several vertical stripes of squares that are later sewn together so it's portable. You can combine yarns of different colors and of almost any weights so this is great for stashbusting and using up leftover yarn. Size is easily customizable. both written instructions and charts. Designed by Life Is Cozy.
Little Houses Blanket and Pillow
Patchwork blanket featuring houses in fairisle or garter stitch appliques. Matching pillow cushion pattern available. Approx 75cm (29½in) wide by 106cm (41¾in) long. DK weight yarn. Designed by Martin Storey
Lace Patchwork Blanket
6 square patterns are included in this patchwork blanket pattern. 4 blanket sizes. Aran/Worsted weight yarn. Designed by KnitSewMake
Space Blanket
Outer space patchwork blanket featuring Saturn, Earth, the Moon, a galaxy, and stars. DK weight yarn. Designed by Rubyandthefoxes.
Lots of Heart Baby Blanket
Easy blanket made of 4 different heart designs in knit and purl stitches.
