Comments on: Finished Object: Carseat Blanket

By: Luanne Redmond

Luanne Redmond — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 11:57:31 +0000

I know this is a response to a post made long ago, but in case you are still looking for a flexible pattern for a baby blanket, try this: use the diagonal cotton dishcloth pattern, where you cast on stitches, double decrease in the middle until you have a square, and then put garter stitch edging all around. I did one of these once for my niece and it was one of those projects that lives forever. I swear the kid will be taking it to college with her; it’s threadbare and torn up but still much-loved now that she’s 7. The beauty of the concept is that if you don’t have enough yarn you can make the border in something else. Only knitters would know or care that you ran out of yarn and substituted. I cannot remember the number of stitches cast on, but I do know it’s 72 for a dishcloth, so you could work from there (beginning knitting on needles will be twice the length of a side of the square). Thanks for the tips on rose stitch – I was working off an internet pattern that had an error in it, so I appreciate this explanation.

L. Redmond, Chicago, IL

By: anna w

anna w — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:30:22 +0000

I was looking for blanket ideas and your car seat blankie is lovely and different.

By: connie bedard

connie bedard — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:55:23 +0000

I have the pattern but I cnat figure out the “backward loop method”. do you have advice or a link to a video of this method? please. thanks

By: Darcy

Darcy — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:14:29 +0000

I am going to my yarn stash right away to make this blanket. It is so cute and I need a baby gift. Thanks

By: Wanda

Wanda — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:14:50 +0000

I would love a carseat blanket pattern. I’ve knitted baby blankets before, but honestly after knitting them 4 or 5 times, I’m done and really just refuse to do it anymore. I think a carseat blanket is good because it’s not too big. At baby showers, so many people buy baby blankets and usually so many are received, it hardly seems usable, but a carseat blnaket sounds like a good size and easy to work up.

By: Christy P

Christy P — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 01:02:25 +0000

Nice for those cold Wisconsin winters! You don’t _have_ to carry the baby around in the carseat, but in the wintertime, it is useful to bundle them up inside and just click it into the base rather than fussing with the straps in the cold cold outside. Having a little one actually made me warm up the car on a couple of occasions. It also made me re-think whether or not I actually had to go anywhere…

By: Gidgeflibbit

Gidgeflibbit — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:03:34 +0000

Yes! Pattern please! )

By: beverlyanne

beverlyanne — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 03:18:58 +0000

Adorable blanket. I’d love to have the pattern. Coincidentially, I just finished the rose pattern square from the Learn to Knit Afghan and was sort of fascinated by it. I also thought of it in connection with baby knitting – perhaps for the skirt of a little dress like Maddie’s.

By: Lee

Lee — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:13:33 +0000

Yes! Yes! Pattern please. So cute – would look good in any size. Thanks for sharing.

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:55:29 +0000

Lovely! I have slogged through one too many full-sized blankies, I think and this is a great idea. I like the style, too, a little bit vintage, a little bit modern.

Kathleen