{"id":1054,"date":"2012-01-21T08:59:43","date_gmt":"2012-01-21T05:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/?p=1054"},"modified":"2012-02-15T09:09:14","modified_gmt":"2012-02-15T06:09:14","slug":"seeds-trees-baby-blanket-knitting-free-pattern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/2012\/01\/seeds-trees-baby-blanket-knitting-free-pattern\/","title":{"rendered":"Seeds and Trees Baby Blanket {free pattern}"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I love gifting baby blankets. They take longer than a cardigan and a hat, but they are satisfying to make. You might remember seeing me start <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/2012\/01\/wednesdays-wips-knitting-demons\/\" target=\"_blank\">this<\/a> a couple of days ago. It was a rough start but once I settled on a stitch pattern I liked it was nice and easy. I used an acrylic yarn because babies leak and I want the mommy to just throw it in the washing machine. It is soft and textural. I love texture and the vertical stripes add enough visual interest to make it really pretty.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Untitled by ChocolateMintsInaJar, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Seeds-and-Trees-Baby-Blanket.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7166\/6691249411_bbd9668a8c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is for a baby boy and I wanted it to look sophisticated and not scream baby so I went for a deep denimy blue. I hate the pale blues and pinks they use for baby stuff.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Untitled by ChocolateMintsInaJar, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Seeds-and-Trees-Baby-Blanket.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7150\/6691250645_d8f431fb2c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The seed stitch border is an alternative to the garter stitch but still makes sure that it doesn&#8217;t curl at the edges, which I just hate.<\/p>\n<p>Do you want to make one?<\/p>\n<p>The pattern is available for free, just click the link to get it, a chart is also included.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Seeds-and-Trees-Baby-Blanket.pdf\">Seeds and Trees Baby Blanket<\/a> (click this link or any of the images to get the pattern)<\/h2>\n<p><a title=\"Seeds and trees baby blanket by ChocolateMintsInaJar, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Seeds-and-Trees-Baby-Blanket.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7162\/6724664429_41f9265dc3.jpg\" alt=\"Seeds and trees baby blanket\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love gifting baby blankets. They take longer than a cardigan and a hat, but they are satisfying to make. You might remember seeing me start this a couple of days ago. 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