How to Knit the “Sadie” Baby Blanket [Free Knitting Pattern & Video Tutorial]

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Say hello to Sadie! My newest baby blanket pattern. I had lots of fun knitting this sample blanket earlier this year, and I’ve been excited to show it to you all!

The Sadie Baby Blanket combines soft garter stitch borders with textured Sand Stitch and Stockinette panels, giving it a clean, modern look.

I love creating blankets that use simple stitch combinations to create texture and interest whilst not being overly complicated.

Knitted during the warmer months of last spring, I picked a soft lemon yellow for my sample blanket.

However, I think the simple design of Sadie lends itself to being knitted in almost any shade of yarn and I’m looking forward to seeing what shade you all pick for yours!

The Sadie Baby Blanket pattern is a 20 row repeat, longer than some of my simpler designs.

However don’t let the longer repeat daunt you, this blanket is deliberately designed to be an easy going knit with not too much counting.

Not only does the Sadie baby blanket use a super simple stitch pattern, it also has lots of repetition across this repeat making it an easy knit even for the beginners amongst you.

To make things even easier, I’ve included a free video tutorial at the bottom of this post to guide you through the pattern step by step.

Perfect if you’re a visual learner or just like having a bit of extra guidance alongside the written instructions.

Is this pattern reversible?

I get a lot of people asking if my blankets are reversible, so I thought it might be useful to include a little snapshot of what the back looks like.

As with a lot of my blankets, Sadie is not a reversible design, the back is a lot plainer than the front. That being said, the reverse isn’t ugly or messy in any way, it just doesn’t match the texture of the front.

Right Side

Wrong Side

yarn and sizing tips & tricks

The Sadie baby blanket pattern is knitted all in one piece, from bottom to top. In order to accommodate all your stitches, I recommend using a set of circular needles (at least 100cm long) as straight needles just won’t be long enough to fit your stitches on comfortably.

I’ve chosen DK (aka Double Knitting, Light Worsted, 3 Weight) yarn for this project, but don’t let that stop you from knitting it in your own preferred weight of yarn.

My instructions produce a baby blanket approximately 60cm x 80cm, perfect for using as a cot, pram or travel blanket. But don’t let that stop you from knitting this blanket in any size you want! I think it would look great scaled up as a Sofa Throw, Quilt or Bedspread.

I’ve deliberately designed this knitting pattern to be super easy for you to adjust the size of your blanket to whatever size you want/need.

To make the blanket longer, you’ll need to work more repeats of the Middle Section (the top and bottom border are worked the same regardless of the size of blanket you knit).

To adjust the width of your blanket you’ll need to cast on more (or indeed less) stitches, it can easily be done by casting on an ODD number of stitches for the middle textured panel, and then adding an additional 18 stitches (9 for each side) for the garter stitch edging.

The super simple pattern repeat makes the Sadie baby blanket knitting pattern ideal for when you really don’t want to have to sit and work out how many stitches you need to achieve the perfect size.

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Materials Needed

• 4mm (Size 6) Circular Needles (to recreate this blanket 100cm is a perfect length)
• 400g (approx 1000m) of DK Yarn – I used Stylecraft Bambino in the shade Yummy Yellow.
• Scissors & Tapestry Needle for sewing in ends
• 2 Stitch Markers

Written Pattern

Stitches Used

• k – knit
• p – purl
• sl1pwyf – slip one purlwise with yarn in front.
• Pm – place marker
• Sm – slip marker
• WS – Wrong Side
• RS – Right Side

Bottom Garter Stitch Border

Foundation Row: Cast on 137 Stitches. (I use the Long Tail Cast on)

Knit 15 rows as follows: K until final stitch, sl1pwyf.

Main Pattern Repeat

Row 1 (RS): k9, pm, k until 9 stitches remain, pm, k8, sl1pwyif.

Row 2 (WS): k9, sm, p until 9 stitches remain, sm, k8, sl1pwyif.

Row 3: k9, sm, k until 9 stitches remain, sm, k8, sl1pwyif.

Row 4: k9, sm, p until 9 stitches remain, sm, k8, sl1pwyif.

Row 5: k9, sm, k until 9 stitches remain, sm, k8, sl1pwyif.

Row 6: k9, sm, p until 9 stitches remain, sm, k8, sl1pwyif.

Row 7-9: k9, sm, k until 9 stitches remain, sm, k8, sl1pwyif.

Row 10: k9, sm, p until 9 stitches remain, sm, k8, sl1pwyif.

Row 11: k9, sm, k1, *p1, k1*, repeat from *to* until 2nd marker, sm, k8, sl1pwyif.

Row 12: k9, sm, k until 9 stitches remain, sm, k8, sl1pwyif.

Row 13: k9, sm, k1, *p1, k1*, repeat from *to* until 2nd marker, sm, k8, sl1pwyif.

Row 14: k9, sm, k until 9 stitches remain, sm, k8, sl1pwyif.

Row 15: k9, sm, k1, *p1, k1*, repeat from *to* until 2nd marker, sm, k8, sl1pwyif.

Row 16: k9, sm, k until 9 stitches remain, sm, k8, sl1pwyif.

Row 17: k9, sm, k1, *p1, k1*, repeat from *to* until 2nd marker, sm, k8, sl1pwyif.

Row 18: k9, sm, p until 9 stitches remain, sm, k8, sl1pwyif.

Row 19: k9, sm, k until 9 stitches remain, sm, k8, sl1pwyif.

Row 20: k9, sm, k until 9 stitches remain, sm, k8, sl1pwyif.

Repeat Rows 1-20 a total of 12 times (or until project is 8cm shorter than desired length).

Before beginning top edging, work rows 1-7 from the pattern repeat and then move on to top edge instructions.

Top Edge

Knit 15 rows as follows: K until final stitch, sl1pwyf.

Final row (Row 16): Cast off knit wise with right side facing.

I hope you love Sadie just as much as I do! If you’re looking for more knitted baby blanket inspiration then why not take a look at Toby, Taylor or Noah.

video tutorial

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