I’m finally finished designing and knitting my very first original knitting pattern! And to celebrate this accomplishment and Friday and Memorial Day and the beginning of summer, I’m giving it away free!
If you’ve been reading my blog for any length of time, you know that I knit and crochet lots of baby blankets. In fact, when I started this blog back in September 2009, my very first post was about a baby blanket I crocheted for my friend Quirk. The post remains one of the most popular ones on PaintingLilies.
Since then, I made a blanket for little peanut when I lived in the Dominican Republic. I knitted a tweed baby blanket and a blanket for lil’ bit last summer. And I kept warm during my winter in Boston with a modal-ly baby blanket. It seems like my friends can’t stop having kids, so I keep on knitting.
After finishing up my last blanket in the winter, I started to think that maybe I, too could design a pattern. It couldn’t be that hard, right? So I gave it a try. I only made it 2 inches into my first design before scrapping it. I frogged a few other designs before creating the Twin Leaf Baby Blanket pattern.
The blanket is knit with an 18-stitch repeating lace pattern. I chose to knit with sport weight wool and size 3.5 needles. (Yes, it takes some time to complete!) You could adjust the gauge and use a thicker yarn and larger needles, but I like the details that you see with this gauge.
I mailed the blanket to one of my very good friends from college whose little girl is due in June. She told me her husband was thrilled to receive something that wasn’t pink.
Do you want to knit this beautiful blanket for friend or for yourself? Because I like all of you, I’m giving away the blanket for free. You have 2 (easy!) options to have the blanket in your inbox in seconds:
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(You used to be able to pay with a Facebook post, too, but the feature is currently disabled. If you prefer to share via Facebook, use the links at the bottom of this post to “like” or share via Facebook. Then email me lindsay (at) paintinglilies (dot) com and I will send you the pattern.)
2. Sign up for the Painting Lilies Newsletter
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Feeling Generous?
Nothing’s stopping you from spreading the love on Twitter, Facebook, StumbleUpon, Digg… Your friends will love you for giving them something free!
If you download the pattern, I would love to hear your feedback and see pictures of your completed projects. I proof read it carefully, but please let me know if you find any errors so I can correct them.
The project details can also be found on Ravelry.
Happy knitting!
That is gorgeous!!!!! Love it!
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Thanks Jenny!
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I found your baby blanket on ravelry. It is gorgeous and I can’t wait to make it for my soon to be born grandson.
Ravelry has it listed as free but when I click the link I can’t find the pattern. I have signed up for your newsletter–Love your designs!
Please tell me what I am missing so I can get this puppy on my sticks!
Thanx,
Anne
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Thanks Anne! I sent you the pattern via email since you were having problems with the download.
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omg I just found this site and I LOVE it! The pattern is gorgeous and so is the colour. I’m sorry if this is too much to ask but where did you get that gorgeous yarn from?
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Hi Anna,
Thanks for your complements! The yarn is from KnitPicks (www.knitpicks.com) and is the Wool of the Andes Sport. You can see the full yarn details if you download the pattern or check out the link on Ravelry.
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Ravelry says this pattern is free, but I can’t find a link to download? I don’t do twitter or facebook. Ravelry is about as far as I go with “social media”.
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Jeri,
If you click on the link to subscribe (http://paintinglilies.com/subscribe) and enter your email address, a link to download the pattern will be emailed to you directly.
Lindsay
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I tweeted, but I’m still unclear how to get the pattern. It brought me back to this page. The blanket is gorgeous!
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hello,
how can a get the pattern of this verry nice blanket ? I don’t speak english fluently … had i miss something ??
et bravo pour cette magnifique blanket !!
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Rene,
Thanks for subscribing to my email list! I sent you an email with the pattern…some people have had issues with the download appearing due to pop-up blockers in their browsers.
Lindsay
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Its so beautiful.
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Thank you very much. The baby blanket is beautiful.
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I found this pattern through Ravelry. I can’t wait to get started on it! I have 3 very good friends that are all due the beginning of 2012 and I think this may be the perfect pattern for all 3.
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Thanks Jennifer! I would love to see some pictures when you finish the blankets!
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I have already subscribed and cannot get the pattern on ravelry either and I don’t tweet.Its beautiful and I’d love to have it.
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I love this baby blanket, and would love to make several to put away for my collage age grandaughters, just in case I am not here or able when they have their babies. I joined your mailing list but when I click on the spot to download the pattern, it just comes up on a blank page. I have tried it several times and have waited each time but with no luck. Thanks for sharing your pattern.
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Hi there!
I was just wondering what the dimensions of the finished product were. I’d like to convert it from a baby blanket to a full afghan and wanted to know where I’m starting from. Thank you so much!
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Lauren,
The dimensions of my blanket were 30″ by 35″ after blocking. You might want to adjust the gauge by using larger needles / a different type of yarn to make the blanket larger. It took me quite a while to knit this size with size 5 needles.
Let me know if you have other questions.
Lindsay
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I cannot get the pattern link to work. Can u email it to me? Thanks! Beautiful work!
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Christine Reply:
September 2nd, 2011 at 11:41 am
I too cannot download the pattern Help!
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I cant download this pattern can you email it to me please very nice
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I signed up, recieved the e-mail with the link to confirm my subscription, but no pattern link. There is an attachment, but all it get me is a box to add Lindsay Hunt to my contacts! I did that, but still no pattern link.
Sometimes I feel like such a dunce.
Sorry.
The pattern is lovely.
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I just found your site through a Ravelry search–I bought some yarn yesterday that’s very close in color to the twin leaf blanket’s. I love the blanket pattern–I’m going to cast on this afternoon! Thank you for a beautiful pattern! Jacki
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lindsay Reply:
September 25th, 2011 at 3:13 pm
I’m glad you like it, Jacki! Happy Knitting!
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lindsay Reply:
September 25th, 2011 at 3:14 pm
Jacki, I’m glad you like the pattern and hope you enjoy knitting the blanket!
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I can’t download from Ravelry. Help
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lindsay Reply:
October 20th, 2011 at 6:46 am
The pattern isn’t available on Ravelry. You will receive a download link if you sign up for my email newsletter or you can Tweet about the blanket and receive a link by clicking on the Pay With A Tweet Button.
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I signed up for the email newsletter, but I still can’t find the pattern to download. Help.
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lindsay Reply:
December 31st, 2011 at 12:54 pm
Tressa,
Sometimes people have problems with popups on the download. I emailed it to you, so you should have it in PDF form now.
Happy knitting,
Lindsay
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Hi lindsay, signed up for your newsletter and havent gotten anything back yet,(impatient I apologize) really love the twin leaf blanket and would love to have the pattern! thanks so much
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got the subscription taken care of but didnt get the download for the blanket? what am I doing wrong here-
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Andrea Reply:
January 4th, 2012 at 2:35 pm
thanks very much Lindsay, got the pattern and cant wait to give it a whirl!!
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Hi Lindsay – This pattern is beautiful and I would love to make it for a friend of mine who is expecting her first baby, but I am a beginner knitted (read: slow) and I am making 2 other blankets (how my 3 best friends got pregnant within 3 months of each other is beyond me!). I saw your recommendation to use a different yarn and bigger needles to make it go a little faster and was wondering what size needles you would recommend if I used a DK or worsted weight yarn?
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Lindsay Reply:
January 19th, 2012 at 11:52 am
Thanks Stephanie! All my friends seem to get pregnant at the same time, too!
I would go with at least a size 7-9 needle with that weight of yarn. The gauge isn’t too important with this pattern since you can adjust the size very easily. I would go with the recommended needle size for the yarn you choose and then decrease the # of stitches you cast on. The pattern is a lace repeat so you can easily remove a repeat or two once you increase the yarn and needle size.
I hope it goes well!
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Thanks, that is really helpful! I appreciate your advice and the quick response. I’ll post some pictures when I finish the blanket!
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Lindsay Reply:
January 19th, 2012 at 1:54 pm
I would love to see pictures! Post them on the Facebook Page facebook.com/paintinglilies when you finish!
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Hello! I got the subscription taken care of, but didn’t get the download for the blanket. What am I doing wrong? I would love to make one for a friend. Could I please have the pattern so I can make one for myself too?
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lindsay Reply:
February 20th, 2012 at 9:05 pm
Hi Linda,
You should receive an email once you’ve subscribed that gives you a download link. If you didn’t receive this, I can email you a PDF copy of the planket.
Lindsay
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I have subscribed to your website and I am unable to locate the free pattern for the Twin Leaf Baby Blanket. How can I get this? I love it!!
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lindsay Reply:
March 3rd, 2012 at 3:33 pm
Hi Lynn,
You should have received a link after you subscribed that would allow you to download the PDF. I’ll send it it you via email since sometimes popup blockers prevent you from downloading it.
Lindsay
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Hi
I want to say thank you for this lovely pattern! I can’t wait to start.
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