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Animal appliques are great projects for making products kids will just love to bits. You could take even the most mundane blanket and breathe some life into it just by incorporating a simple animal there. Imagine how good a truly attractive blanket will be!
Spike Stitch Blanket with Flamingo Applique
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Farm Animal Blanket
This beautiful blanket will be a perfect gift for both a baby and a child for any occasion. The eye-catching C2C design will be quite an easy and fun project to make. The designers made a free pattern not only for a blanket but also for appliques. Together with the Farm Blanket pattern, you can get appliques of horses, sheep, cows, chickens, pigs, sun, and apples. The finished blanket is approx. 80 cm x 90 cm.
Skills: Easy Designer: Passionatecraft2
Go to the pattern: Farm Animal Blanket
Undersea Sweetness
If your child feels better surrounded by the water than on a farm, please consider the Undersea Sweetness Blanket Free Crochet Pattern. The marine topic with lots of free sea creature appliques will astonish not only kids but also adults.
Skills: Easy Designer: Passionatecraft2
Go to the pattern: Undersea Animal Blanket Free Crochet Pattern
Seven Raindrops Square
The Seven Raindrops square is a part of a larger Earth Day celebration project that is meant to be a 10-page crocheted book. However, it’s also a great idea for a standalone project, such as a trivet or potholder, or a square for a blanket or afghan. With this little brolly, you need fear no rain! Also, look forward to the book’s other pages by Earth Day (04/22).
Skills: Easy Designer: Sarah Zimmerman
Go to the pattern: Seven Raindrops Square Free Crochet Pattern
Teddy Bear Baby Set
Teddy Bear Baby Set- Blanket, Hat, Booties – Free Crochet Pattern is here.Cute Jungle Friends Blanket
What better way for your baby or toddler to learn their animals than by having them on their blanket? Make one with a whole menagerie! The pattern includes instructions on how to make lions, monkeys, giraffes, zebras, tigers and elephants. The whole blanket is about 30″ across. The beautiful pastel backgrounds will greatly compliment any nursery decor.
Skills: Easy Designer: Passionatecraft2
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Owl Square Blanket Free Crochet Pattern
The Owl Square Blanket is a fun, playful square that uses the ever-popular owl motif as its centerpiece. It’s a very useful pattern for any kids’ project, like a blanket or a bed cover. Each owl can be made unique by varying the color of its yarns, and the squares can be added to make large projects.
Skills: Easy Designer: Passionatecraft2
Go to the pattern: Owl Square Blanket Free Crochet Pattern
Teddy Go Round Baby Blanket
Sometimes you want to get into a serious project, sometimes you want to be whimsical and cute. The Teddy Go Round afghan is one of the latter. It’s a beautiful project with four polar bear Teddys having a grand ole time. This pattern is an easy crochet design, and will serve equally well as a throw or a rug for a baby to stay on. It’ll be a fun departure from your other wonderful projects and a great way to keep your hand in as you wind down the summer.
Skills: Easy Designer: Craftbits.com
Go to the pattern: Teddy Go Round Baby Blanket Free Crochet Pattern
Cuddly Sheep Baby Toy Pram Blanket
This beautiful blanket, which can be transformed into a cuddly sheep toy, will be a hit among mothers and babies. Its neutral colours will make this pattern a perfect gift for any baby shower. The blanket is approximately 39″ by 29″, but you can easily adjust it to any size you need. It will be a great addition to any baby room, and you can also consider making more ami sheep to add a more “sheepy” room decor.
Skills: Easy to Intermediate Designer: Crafting Happiness
3-in-1 Cuddly Sheep Baby Toy Pram Blanket – visit the free pattern site.
Beautiful Baby Blanket with Bear Applique
While video tutorials are not for everyone, here is a great one on how to make this absolutely lovely teddy bear blanket. The tutorial is super easy to follow, the stitching is simple and works up very quickly, but the piece de resistance is the teddy bear applique, which is absolutely adorable. The video tutorial is about 20 minutes long, but once you get a hang of the basic stitch, your fingers will just fly. As shown, the blanket is in blue and pink, but there is no reason why you shouldn’t play with the colors for a more contrasting effect.
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Hannah’s Unicorn Blanket CAL – Paid Pattern
Hanna’s Unicorn Blanket is a CAL that starts on January 17th and will last for 6-7 episodes. It’s a lovely, colorful piece (as befits a unicorn, of course) with a super-cute central unicorn panel and rainbow-colored concentric borders. The finished CAL will be almost 42″ square. Join in, make unicorns and build your crochet community with this wonderful CAL project.
Skills: Easy Designer: Melanie Grobler
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Unicorn Dreams Blanket
All of your baby-blanket necessities in one pattern: hearts, balloons, flowers and rainbows. These easy squares are the building blocks for the Unicorn Dream Blanket, and attractive projects in therir own right. A link to a free pattern is at the end of the post.
Skills: Easy Designer: Lisa Hooper
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3 in 1 Farm Horse Folding Baby Blanket – Paid Pattern
Here is a crafty idea for a baby blanket, play carpet, and plushie, all in one. This beautiful horse is made from soft, fluffy worsted yarns that give it a wonderful springiness and depth. It will be great to put your baby on or cover them up. Also, when folded up, this horse makes a gorgeous, soft stuffed toy for your child to cuddle and play with. It’s a great project to become the most favorite aunt or grandma in the family.
Go to the pattern: 3 in 1 Farm Horse Folding Baby Blanket Free Crochet Pattern
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