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Free Crochet Pattern – Rickrack Baby Blanket

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The Rickrack Rainbow Baby Blanket is a versatile and customizable crochet pattern that is perfect for creating a precious keepsake blanket for a baby. The pattern is designed to be easy to personalize, allowing you to choose the colors that speak to your creative spirit. It can be stitched using Red Heart Soft Baby Steps yarn, which is a soft and gentle yarn that is perfect for a baby blanket.

The pattern features the use of Rickrack stitch, which creates a unique and attractive texture that is perfect for a baby blanket. It’s easy to follow and suitable for crocheters of all skill levels, making it a great project for both beginners and experienced crocheters.

This pattern is perfect for those who want to participate in the selection of colors for a baby blanket, as it allows parents to choose the colors they prefer. It’s a must-have for any baby’s sleep space, providing a comfortable and cozy space for them to sleep and dream. It’s an ideal project for those who want to make a baby blanket as a gift or for donation. The Rickrack Rainbow Baby Blanket is a soft, cozy and customizable blanket that is perfect for a new bundle of joy.

Get the pattern here: Rickrack Rainbow Baby Blanket

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I have never stitched a greeting card, but I kind of like the idea of it. It’s a card and a gift all in one, and hopefully one the recipient will hang onto for years to come. 

This collection of easy and colorful greeting card cross stitch patterns from Susan Bates (via Gathered) are a great place to start if you want to stitch your own greeting cards. 

These text-based designs cover a lot of card-sending events, such as:

  • get well soon
  • happy birthday
  • thank you
  • thinking of you
  • congratulations
  • anniversary
  • new home
  • good luck

The lettering is done in gradients and there are other details like hearts and stars, a house key and a gift, depending on the text. There are full cross stitches and back stitch on all of the cards, and they use 15 colors for the cross stitching and six for the back stitching (and just two colors are used for both, so it’s 19 colors total). 

The designs vary a bit in size but the biggest one is 52 by 67 stitches, which comes out to 3.75 by 4.75 inches or 9.5 by 12 cm when worked on 14 count fabric or 28 count evenweave. The text suggests beads are also used in the patterns but there’s no note of them in the key, so go wild and add some beads if you like. 

Designs are worked on a price of 6 by 8 inch/15 by 20 cm fabric and then mounted to a card with a colorful baking piece of card stock behind it. This is easy to assemble with whatever cardstock greeting cards you have on hand.

You can get the free charts as a PDF from Gathered. 

Have you ever stitched your own greeting cards? I’d love to hear about it, or let me know if these inspire you to try. 

[Photo: Susan Bates via Gathered]