Nuutti Baby Blanket in Novita Nalle - NFFP007 - Downloadable PDF

Nuutti Baby Blanket in Novita Nalle – Knitted Corner-to-Corner Baby Blanket Pattern by Sari Nordlund

The Nuutti Baby Blanket is a charming, tactile knitted baby blanket designed by Sari Nordlund and published by Novita. Available as a free downloadable PDF, this intermediate-level knitting pattern produces a square blanket measuring approximately 70 cm x 70 cm (28 in x 28 in) — a generous size ideal for swaddling, pram use, or nursery decoration. The finished piece is decorated with playful pompoms along two opposite edges, making it as delightful to look at as it is practical.

What Is Being Made

This pattern creates a soft, square baby blanket worked entirely in seed stitch using a corner-to-corner construction. The blanket is knitted diagonally from one corner to the opposite corner, first increasing to build the full width, then decreasing back down to a single point. This clever construction creates a naturally square shape without the need for seaming, and it introduces a beautiful colour-block effect as three different yarn colours transition across the blanket's diagonal.

Techniques Used

• Corner-to-corner knitting: The blanket begins with just 3 cast-on stitches and grows one stitch per row using kfb (knit front and back) increases at the beginning of every row until the edge reaches 70 cm. Decreases are then worked symmetrically at the beginning of every row using skp (slip 1 knitwise, knit 1, pass slipped stitch over) until only 3 stitches remain and are bound off.
• Colour changes: Three colours of Novita Nalle yarn are introduced at specific diagonal measurements — Linen begins the blanket and is worked until the edge measures 46 cm, Gooseberry continues through to 70 cm and into the decrease section, and Squirrel finishes the final 24 cm of decreases. This creates a striking three-tone diagonal stripe across the finished blanket.
• Pompom making: Fourteen pompoms of approximately 4 cm in diameter are made using all three yarn colours and attached — 7 to each of two opposite sides — adding a whimsical, tactile finishing touch perfectly suited to a baby gift.
• Wet blocking / steam finishing: The completed blanket is pinned to measurements wrong side up, then misted and allowed to dry or lightly steamed to even out the seed stitch texture and set the final dimensions.

Stitches Used

• Seed stitch (moss stitch): The entire body of the blanket is worked in seed stitch, a classic two-row repeat where knit and purl stitches are alternated and then reversed on the following row. Specifically, Row 1 works *k1, p1* across; Row 2 purls the knit stitches and knits the purl stitches. This creates a beautifully textured, non-curling fabric that is especially well-suited to baby blankets as it lies flat without any border treatment.
• kfb (knit front and back): A simple, neat increase used at the beginning of every increase row to grow the blanket diagonally.
• skp (slip 1 knitwise, knit 1, pass slipped stitch over): A left-leaning decrease used consistently at the beginning of every decrease row to mirror the increase section and maintain the diagonal shape.

Materials – Yarn, Needles, and Gauge

The pattern calls for Novita Nalle, a DK-weight yarn, in three colourways:

• (061) Linen – 100 g
• (751) Gooseberry – 150 g
• (645) Squirrel – 100 g

Novita Nalle is a soft, baby-friendly DK yarn well-suited to delicate knitted items. The recommended needle size is Novita 4 mm (UK 8 / US 6), or