Leafy Baby Blanket is an elegant baby wrap designed by Dorte Bak Knitting, featuring a beautiful leaf motif and a seed-stitch border. The blanket is worked back and forth on 3 mm needles and has a calm, repetitive pattern that makes it pleasant to knit.
The pattern recommends Merida from Lamana or Merino 200 Bebe from Lang Yarns, and uses a total of 200 g of yarn. The finished blanket measures approx. 75 x 75 cm after washing and blocking, and can easily be adjusted in size.
Leafy Baby Blanket is suitable as a baby wrap, pram blanket, or play mat, and is a timeless and lovely knitting project for baby.
Leafy Baby Blanket is a beautiful and timeless baby wrap designed by Dorte Bak Knitting. The blanket is decorated with an elegant leaf motif and finished with a classic seed-stitch border all the way around, giving the design a calm and harmonious frame. The finished blanket is soft, light and comfortable, making it ideal as a baby wrap, pram blanket, or as a floor mat for baby to lie on without getting cold.
The blanket is worked back and forth with a continuous seed-stitch edge along the sides. The leaf pattern forms the center panel and is knitted over a 16-row repeat, which is repeated both in width and length. This construction creates an even and balanced look, and the pattern opens beautifully after washing and blocking.
Leafy Baby Blanket measures approx. 75 x 75 cm after soaking and blocking. The size is easy to adjust if a more rectangular blanket is desired. This can be done by knitting 1–2 fewer pattern repeats in width and/or adding extra repeats in length. This makes the pattern flexible and suitable for different needs.
The blanket is knitted on a 3 mm circular needle (80 or 100 cm). Although it is worked flat, a circular needle is recommended due to the high stitch count, which is more manageable on a long cable.
The recommended yarns are Merida from Lamana (50 g = 200 m) or Merino 200 Bebe from Lang Yarns (50 g = 203 m). Yarn usage is 200 g regardless of yarn choice. Calculated yardage per 50 g is approx. 200–203 m.
Gauge after soaking and blocking is 23 sts in seed stitch and 27 sts in the patterned section on 3 mm needles. For the best result, thorough blocking is recommended, so the leaf pattern opens up and the blanket reaches its final shape.
Leafy Baby Blanket is a calm and satisfying knitting project that combines texture and lace in a classic design – perfect as a handmade gift for a newborn.
Dorte Bak Knitting was founded in 2018 and has since published patterns in a classic style with "whimsical" details. I grew up among creative women; all the women in my family have sewn, knitted, and created with their hands. Therefore, it felt entirely natural that, at the age of six, I was given my first knitting needles. Even so, it was only later in life that knitting truly captured me—and since then I haven’t been able to let it go.
