Baby Knitting Pattern.
What is particular about baby patterns?

You have to be a little bit creative to make a baby knitting pattern. Any regular pattern will work. Just remember that you are going to make knitting for baby. It means that quality of yarn, its color, and knitting pattern have to play together to make that special look of freshness and fun which always distinguishes good clothing for babies and kids.

On this page I started to create a small collection of baby patterns for knitting. Each baby knitting pattern presented here has a chart and a short description. Check the chart symbols if necessary at Baby blanket knit pattern page. A few different techniques are used to make these patterns. But all of them have something in common. They make you smile. Let's look what we have here.

Patterns #1 and #2 are worked in stockinette stitch and use three colors. Each color is worked from its bobbin. To change colors of yarn in one row, make a strands across the back side of your knitting. If you don't like to knit using a few bobbins at the same time, there is a simpler alternative, which will produce the same effect.

Make all your work in the same color yarn. Use duplicate stitch to embroidery the chosen baby knitting pattern. The embroidery strand should be large enough to cover the knitting yarn.

To make a duplicate stitch: bring the yarn from the back of the work, leaving a 3-4 in long tail. The needle should emerge at the point of the "V", beneath the back strand of the stitch below. Follow the stitch path up the right leg of the "V". Slip the needle horizontally behind both legs of the stitch above. Follow the left leg of the "V" back down to the point.

In the table below short description can be found for each baby knitting pattern. For pattern #1 - #2 dimensions of the pictures are given for Gage: 1 cm = 1.8 st, 1 cm = 2.4 rows (Note: 1 in =2.54 cm). Do not bother with gauge too much.

If your gauge is a little bit different than mine, you will have your picture slightly squashed (short) or elongated (tall). You won't have any distortion, but only picture size change in case if the ratio: vertical gage/horizontal gage is equal to 1.33 (2.4/1.8 = 1.33).

It is not a bad idea to embroidery eyes or use the eyes for dolls which can be found at your local craft store. It will add brightness and expressiveness to the pattern.

Pattern #3 and #4 are just a funny combination of the simple 4-stitch cables. In the pattern #4 use a needle or crochet hook to wrap a contrast strand around the narrowest part of cable.

	Pattern 1. 22 st.x 38 rows will make 12 cm x 16 cm picture: Gage:1 cm = 1.8 st, 1 cm =2.4 rows. Click for chart. (new window opens). Note: 1 in = 2.54 cm.
	Pattern 2. 22 st.x 24 rows will make 12 cm x 10 cm picture: Gage:1 cm = 1.8 st, 1 cm =2.4 rows. Click for chart. (new window opens).
	Pattern 3. Each owl is 10 cm x 5 cm. Gage:1 cm = 1.8 st, 1 cm =2.4 rows. To look at the enlarged picture. (new window opens). Click for chart. (new window opens).
	Pattern 4.To make swatch: Multiple of 16 stitches + 1. Click to enlarge picture. (new window opens).

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