Chances are there’s a baby in your life—maybe your own kid, or a niece or nephew, or maybe a friend is expecting. One of the best gifts for new parents and their babies is a cozy baby blanket! There are tons of free patterns for crochet baby blankets that can be made in six hours or less. Just grab some soft snuggly yarn, and let’s take a look at what you can make!
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1. Granny Square Baby Blanket
Let’s start off with a super easy pattern that works up quickly. I’ve made this blanket myself, and the pattern is great! The pattern calls for three colors of aran yarn, though other yarn weights can also work well, and you can choose the perfect color combination to match your nursery. You’ll only need to know easy stitches, plus the picot stitch for the border.
2. Deluxe Baby Blanket
This baby blanket has a gorgeous delicate lacy design. It looks absolutely amazing in a gradient yarn, like Cotton Kings Sultan Deluxe, a fingering weight cotton yarn. The pattern calls for easy stitches plus the shell stitch and V-stitch, and there are tons of photos to guide you through making the blanket. The pattern is very repetitive, so once you learn those stitches, you’ll be able to whip up the blanket in no time.
3. Easy Crochet Baby Blanket
For this blanket with its fun square-hole design, you’ll need just two skeins of Premier Basix or another soft worsted-weight yarn. The pattern calls for simple stitches and is worked in repeated rows, so this blanket is an easy, quick project. There also are instructions for size adjustments and an optional picot border.
4. Moss Stitch in a Square Crochet Blanket
This baby blanket looks amazing in self-striping yarn like Caron Big Cakes, but you could also choose another worsted gradient yarn or switch between a variety of solid-color yarns as you work. The blanket is made using the moss stitch, which is very easy to learn. Plus, you can add fun tassels!
5. Rainbow Ripple Baby Blanket
This blanket has a very fun and colorful star-like design. Just choose your favorite colors of worsted yarn—the designer’s pastels look amazing, but so would any number of color palettes. You’ll need to know basic stitches plus the large and small shell stitches, which are explained in the pattern. And before you get started, make sure you know how to block your blanket to help it keep its shape.
6. Crochet Rainbow Moss Stitch Blanket
Here’s another baby blanket with a fun rainbow color palette. It uses the easy moss stitch and alternates between colorful yarn and white yarn for a speckled design. It’s super easy and will work up quickly, so it’s a good beginner pattern as long as you’re comfortable with color changes.
7. Crochet Modern Granny Blanket
This blanket is similar to a granny square, but it’s worked in rows instead of rounds. It uses basic stitches—mostly double crochet clusters—and is a great customizable project because you can choose any of your favorite colors for the stripes. It also works up quickly and can be adjusted to any size!
8. Baby Sea Turtle Blanket
This turtle baby blanket is so adorable and fun! I especially love how the designer chose sand and sea colors to make it look like the turtles are crawling into the ocean. You’ll need knowledge of easy stitches and how to work in the back loop only—that creates the chevrons that look like ocean waves. The turtle appliques are made with Kristin Jacobs’ amigurumi sea turtle pattern, which you can find here.
9. Sunflower Bloom Blanket
This gorgeous floral blanket is made of 42 granny squares, so once you get the hang of the square’s design, the project will work up super quickly! You’ll need DK yarn and knowledge of basic stitches plus the back-post half-double crochet stitch. And you could even use other yarn colors to make whatever flower you want in your granny squares!
10. The Sweet Granny Baby Blanket
Here’s another blanket made of granny squares. The pops of color among the white squares, plus the picot border, make it absolutely stunning. You’ll need Lion Brand Wool-Ease yarn or another similar worsted yarn, plus knowledge of basic stitches and the picot stitch. Don’t worry if you don’t know the picot, since the pattern explains it!
11. Crochet Sedge Stripes Baby Blanket
This blanket is the perfect choice if you want to learn a new, easy stitch: the sedge stitch. This stitch gives the blanket a fun texture, and there’s even a YouTube tutorial linked to show you exactly how to do it. It’s also a very beginner-friendly pattern since it doesn’t call for a border. So pick up your favorite colors of chunky yarn, and you’ll have a baby blanket in no time!
12. Tributary Free Beginner Crochet Baby Blanket
This blanket is super-duper soft, perfect for keeping a baby cozy! The designer used Lion Brand Baby Soft Boucle, which is discontinued, but you can find a similar fluffy yarn using YarnSub. You’ll also need Mandala Baby or a similar DK-weight yarn for the colorful contrasts. The pattern calls for easy stitches, and because you’ll be working into spaces instead of the stitches themselves, it’s actually quite a simple project even with fluffy yarn.
13. Shell Stitch Baby Blanket
This blanket uses one of my favorite stitches: the shell stitch. It’s a very beginner-friendly pattern because and there’s a photo tutorial for the shell stitch and because gauge isn’t important. So pick up your three favorite colors of worsted-weight yarn, and you’ll have a baby blanket in just a few hours!
14. Crochet Pink Gingham Blanket
This is a gorgeous baby blanket that looks just like a whimsical picnic blanket! I love the pinks, but you can choose any three colors that will look good together in a gingham pattern. You’ll only need to know single crochet for the body of the blanket. The border is a bit more complex, but the pattern describes it well, so this is still a good pattern for beginners as long as you’re comfortable with color changes!
15. Continuous Crochet Baby Blanket
This baby blanket looks amazing in gradient yarn, though you could also choose a solid yarn or do color changes between rounds. Since it’s worked from the center out, you can also make it whatever size you want. Changing yarn weight is also a good way to change the size of the blanket. And since you’ll only need to chain and double-crochet, this blanket will work up quickly!
16. Bernat Simple Chevron Baby Blanket
This blanket has a fun chevron zig-zag pattern, and you can use your two (or more!) favorite colors for the stripes. The pattern calls for Bernat Baby Blanket yarn, so your blanket will be super soft and snuggly. Plus, you only need to use easy stitches, and the pattern is easy, quick, and meditative.
17. Easy and Fast Crochet Baby Blanket
Last but not least is another cozy striped blanket made with Bernat Baby Blanket yarn. According to the designer, this is a very quick project, and you can make it in just three hours! The pattern is written in UK terms, so if you need to translate that to US terms, check out this blog post. This blanket is super easy to make, and there are even video tutorials for both left- and right-handed crocheters.
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