"Teddy Blanket" - Afghan Beginners Knitting Pattern For Home - Blanket Knitting Pattern For Home in MillaMia Naturally Soft Merino

Teddy Blanket by MillaMia – Beginner Knitting Pattern for a Pram or Cot Blanket

The Teddy Blanket is a cheerful, generously sized knitted blanket designed for newborns and young babies. Created by MillaMia, this pattern produces a finished blanket measuring 92.5 cm (36½ in) in length and 75 cm (29½ in) in width — large enough to use comfortably in a pram, buggy, or cot. With its bold, optimistic stripe sequence and soft yarn choice, it makes an ideal handmade gift for a new arrival.

What Is Being Made

This pattern produces a single flat blanket worked in a playful multi-colour striped design. The finished piece is one size only, intended to fit a pram or cot. The stripe layout uses five colours in a carefully balanced sequence, giving the blanket a vibrant, modern look that is equally suitable for any baby.

Design and Colourways

The main suggested colourway uses five shades of MillaMia Naturally Soft Merino:

• Daisy Yellow (142) — three 50g balls
• Grass (141) — three 50g balls
• Fuchsia (143) — two 50g balls
• Scarlet (140) — two 50g balls
• Peacock (144) — four 50g balls

A suggested alternative colourway is also referenced in the pattern, featuring shades including Midnight (101), Snow (124), Seaside (161), Plum (162), and Forget Me Not (120), offering a cooler, more muted palette for those who prefer a different aesthetic.

Techniques Used

The Teddy Blanket is rated as a beginner level project, making it an excellent choice for those who are relatively new to knitting but want to create something beautiful and practical. The primary techniques involved are:

• Stripes — the pattern is built around a repeating sequence of coloured stripes, giving knitters practice in changing yarn colours cleanly and consistently
• Worked in the round — the pattern is knitted using long circular needles, which makes managing the wide width of the blanket far more comfortable than using straight needles; the circular needle acts as a flexible cable to hold all stitches without strain
• Slipped edge stitch — the pattern instructs knitters to slip the first stitch of every row, which creates a neat, firm, and professional-looking selvedge edge along both sides of the blanket

Stitches Used

The entire blanket is worked in garter stitch — the simplest of all knitting textures, created by knitting every single row. Garter stitch produces a squishy, reversible fabric with a characteristic ridged texture that lies flat without curling, making it particularly well suited to blankets. Because only the knit stitch is required throughout, this pattern is genuinely accessible to beginners. The repetitive nature of garter stitch also makes the knitting process relaxing and meditative, allowing progress to feel swift and rewarding.

Materials and Needles

The yarn specified is MillaMia Naturally Soft Merino, a sport weight yarn (50g / 1¾oz balls). This yarn is crafted from soft merino wool, making it gentle against a baby's delicate skin — an important consideration for any baby knit. The recommended tension is 25 stitches and 50 rows to 10 cm (4 in) over garter stitch.

The required needle is a 3.25 mm (US size 3) circular knitting needle, ideally 80 cm (29 in) or 100 cm (40 in) in length. The longer cable is recommended specifically to accommodate the full width of the blanket comfortably during knitting.

Who This Pattern Is For

The Teddy Blanket by MillaMia is perfectly suited to beginner knitters