Plaid for the newborn with knitting needles

The appearance in the family of the baby is in any case a happy event. True, this addition promises a lot of trouble to the newly-made parents. So much, it turns out, you need a tiny little man! In addition to baths , strollers , cribs and specialized cosmetics crumb will need your own plaid. Of course, such a necessary thing, which wraps your baby to sleep or walk on the street, you can buy at any children's store. However, how cozy and warming can be a beautiful plaid for a newborn, knitted with his own hands. Moreover, the future mother in the decree has a little free time before the baby's birth. Do not be scared if your knitting skills are minimal. The proposed master class on how to tie a plaid for the newborn with knitting needles, and the newcomers.

Plaid for the newborn with knitting needles - materials

To knit this necessary accessory for the future baby you will need:

Knitted plaid for the newborn with knitting needles - description

This plaid knit, using a simple tight pattern "chess". As a result of a certain alternation of purl and face loops, a two-sided pattern similar to the chessboard is produced, which is well suited for knitting scarves, hats, pillow cases, jackets and, of course, rugs, in particular for newborns. In the simplicity of execution, this dense pattern is appreciated for the spectacularity and the absence of wrap-around corners in finished products.

Before knitting, decide on the size of the "chessboard", that is, with the size of its squares. Optimum on the plaid will look alternating elements 4x4, 5x5 or 6x6. Knitting patterns for children with knitting needles with this pattern are very clear. Below is a diagram for the "chess" 4x4, according to which 4 face loops alternate with 4 purl loops, which repeats 4 rows.

In the 5th row, instead of the front ones, the backs are sewn and vice versa. In the "chess" 5x5, 5 face loops are interleaved with 5 purlins for 5 rows.

We recommend that you first try to connect a pattern of the rapport pattern, we have 5x5, repeat 10 loops plus 2 edge loops:

  1. Type 12 spokes on the spokes.
  2. Remove the edge loop, and then fasten the five face loops.
  3. The next five loops are sewn with the backs. The last, edge, loop just removed.
  4. The second row is similar to the first, alternating 5 face loops with the same number of purlins.
  5. Similarly, we sew the next, third row, not forgetting to remove the edge loops at the beginning and end of the row. The characteristic squares for the pattern "chess" are already beginning to form.
  6. The fourth and fifth rows perform in the same order. Squares of a height and width of 5 loops are already visible.
  7. On the sixth row the knitting technique changes: after the edge we sew 5 purlins and then 5 face loops.
  8. In the same way we perform 7, 8, 9 and 10 series, as a result of which you should get squares alternating in staggered order.

Plaid for the long-awaited baby should be a square shape with a side of 100 cm. For this, about 180-200 stitches should be gathered on the circular knitting needles. For "chess" 4x4 their number should be a multiple of 4, 5x5 - multiples of 5, 6x6, respectively, a multiple of 6. And, of course, add the mandatory two edge.

At the end of the work, a rug, knitted with knitting needles for a newborn, can be adorned, if desired, with a band from the back loops or a pattern "putanka".

Very gently will look like a product decorated with an edge of any openwork pattern knitting needles or crochet, as well as ribbon. Agree, with such a rug you will not be ashamed and on the discharge from the hospital!