Somehow our Super Easy Baby Blanket is always just right. We’re so excited to bring this truly super easy pattern to you once again, this time in our new totally machine-washable and totally lovable superwash wool yarn, Daily Wool!

Super Easy Baby Blanket in Daily Wool | Purl Soho

Seven stripes, one or two skeins each depending on the size you choose, all in garter stitch… This blanket couldn’t be simpler or more wonderfully appealing!

Super Easy Baby Blanket in Daily Wool | Purl Soho

If you know how to cast on, knit, and bind off, you’re ready to start your own Super Easy Baby Blanket! There’s nothing to slow you down, not even a single purl stitch in the whole pattern.

Super Easy Baby Blanket in Daily Wool | Purl Soho

A pattern this straightforward calls for a truly wonderful yarn, and our squishy, soft new Daily Wool makes for a plush, practical, and beautiful blanket. It has a smooth, round structure that is resistant to pilling and delightful to knit, and being 100% superwash wool, it’s conveniently machine wash- and dry-able, too. A worsted-weight yarn, Daily Wool also knits up quickly, so you’ll meet your baby shower deadline!

Super Easy Baby Blanket in Daily Wool | Purl Soho

Mix and match 24 heathered colors to create a Super Easy Baby Blanket that’s perfect for the nursery. Or choose one of our Super Easy Baby Blanket Bundles, each with 7 colors of Daily Wool, from the botanically inspired Patio palette to the beautiful blues of Swimming Pool.

Super Easy Baby Blanket in Daily Wool | Purl Soho
Super Easy Baby Blanket in Daily Wool | Purl Soho

Pick up one bundle to make a crib size blanket or two to make the throw size, and cast on with Daily Wool for a baby blanket that will stand up to 24/7 cuddles! 

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Super Easy Baby Blanket in Daily Wool | Purl Soho

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Materials

Super Easy Baby Blanket in Daily Wool | Purl Soho

To make your own Crib (Throw) size blanket, you’ll need…

  • 1 (2) of Purl Soho’s Super Easy Baby Blanket in Daily Wool Bundles. One bundle includes 7 skeins of Daily Wool, 100% superwash wool yarn. Each skein of this worsted/aran-weight yarn is 164 yards/ 100 grams; approximately 1,148 (2,290) total yards required. We used the Tea Party, Patio, and Swimming Hole bundles for our samples.

You’ll also need…

Choose from 7 colorful palettes (6 shown above)…

TOP ROW

PATIO: Inchworm Green, Guinea Hen, Heirloom White, Chartreuse Green, Wild Onion, Golden Pink, Summer Sun

FLOWER POT: Heirloom White, Cinnamon Bark, Apple Blossom, Chartreuse Green, Flame Red, Golden Pink, Inchworm Green

MIDDLE ROW

TEA PARTY: Forget-Me-Not Blue, Apple Blossom, Pink Violet, Cinnamon Bark, Heirloom White, Mica Gray, Super Pink

EMPTY BEACH: Forget-Me-Not Blue, Cinnamon Bark, Mica Gray, Apple Blossom, Seaglass Blue, Heirloom White, Lake Blue

BOTTOM ROW

LUPINE FIELD: Sweet Pea, Purple Petunia, Pink Violet, Forget-Me-Not Blue, Heirloom White, Lake Blue, Seaglass Blue

SWIMMING HOLE: Seaglass Blue, Heirloom White, Teal Storm, Rain Shower, Mica Gray, Mountain Stream, Lake Blue

NOT PICTURED

GARDEN FENCE: Mica Gray, Wild Onion, Apple Blossom, Heirloom White, Chartreuse Green, Super Pink, Inchworm Green

GAUGE

18 stitches and 36 rows (18 ridges) = 4 inches in garter stitch

SIZES

Crib (Throw)

Finished Dimensions: 30 inches wide x 35¾ inches long (40 inches wide x 49 inches long)

SAMPLES: We knit the Crib size for all of our blankets.

PATTERN

With Color A, cast on 135 (180) stitches. We used a basic Long-Tail Cast On.

Row 1: Slip 1 knitwise with yarn in back, knit to end of row.

Repeat Row 1 until you have used as much of Color A as you can (approximately 5 (7) inches from cast-on edge).

*Next Row: With Color B, knit to end of row.

Continuing with Color B, repeat Row 1 until you have used as much of Color B as you can, ending on the same side you ended Color A.

Repeat from * with Colors C-G, making sure to always switch colors on the same side. For Color G, end with a couple yards left over for binding off.

With Color G, loosely bind off knitwise.

Weave in the ends and you’re done. Super easy!

Super Easy Baby Blanket in Daily Wool | Purl Soho
Super Easy Baby Blanket in Daily Wool | Purl Soho

Learn About Daily Wool + All Our Beautiful Yarns

This project is incredibly soft and conveniently machine wash- and dry-able in our beautiful Daily Wool, made from 100% superwash wool yarn! Spun into 4 tidy plies, this worsted/aran-weight yarn is un-prone to pilling, with a bounce to its step and a lovely stitch definition. Daily Wool is what makes knitting fun… 24/7!

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