Bunny Baby Blanket Knitting Pattern PDF | Rabbit with Butterflies | Beginner Easy

✓ Written row-by-row instructions ✓ Full stitch chart ✓ PDF instant download

📋 Includes BOTH full row-by-row written instructions AND a stitch chart — use whichever you prefer.

Language & Terminology: Pattern is written in English using US knitting conventions.
🇩🇪 🇫🇷 Prefer German or French? A free translation is available on request — just message me! (Deutsche oder französische Übersetzung auf Anfrage. Traduction en allemand ou en français sur demande.)

Meet your next favorite knitting project!
Meet your next favorite knitting project! This tender baby blanket features a sweet little bunny with two fluttering butterflies above, worked in one color using texture alone. With just simple knit and purl stitches, you'll create a soft, raised design that's easy to follow and lovely to make. The finished blanket looks impressive and feels wonderfully soft — a gentle, gender-neutral keepsake for a baby shower, a nursery, or a new arrival.

Skill Level: Beginner / Easy
This pattern uses only knit and purl stitches, making it ideal for beginners while remaining a satisfying project for more experienced knitters.

Techniques Used:
• Cast-on (Long Tail Cast-On recommended)
• Bind-off
• Knit stitch (K)
• Purl stitch (P)
• Seed stitch — simple (K1, P1) pairs

Design
The blanket is worked in smooth stockinette with a firm garter stitch border all around. The bunny-and-butterflies motif combines two gentle textures — raised garter bumps and soft seed-stitch fields — on a stockinette background, giving the design a warm, tactile quality that's as lovely to touch as it is to look at. No colorwork, no fuss — just one color and stitch texture.

About the texture:
The motif is a raised relief made with knit and purl stitches only — no colorwork. The outlines and details are worked as garter bumps, while the soft fills (the bunny's body, the inner ears) are worked in gentle seed stitch — written simply as (K1, P1) pairs, the same on every row, so it stays beginner-friendly. Both the written rows and the chart show you exactly what to do.

💡 Tip: solid, smooth yarns show the textured design best — a soft dusty pink (like the one shown), cream, dove gray, or sky blue give lovely contrast, while rich solid mid-tones like taupe or soft brown look beautiful too. Just avoid very dark or variegated yarns, where the fine detail can get lost.

Size:
75 × 90 cm (29.5 × 35.5 in) — perfect for a stroller or newborn
Width: 156 sts; worked over 252 rows
Instructions also include guidance on adjusting the size up or down.

🎁 A handmade gift to treasure
There's nothing quite like a handmade welcome for a new little one. With its gender-neutral design, this blanket makes a heartfelt baby-shower or new-baby gift — and because you knit it yourself, there's plenty of room to start early and have it ready well before the due date. Whether it's for your own baby or someone special, it's the kind of keepsake that gets loved for years.

This pattern is perfect for you if:
• You know your knit from your purl
• You're ready to try your first textured motif
• You want a handmade gift that looks like it took serious skill (it didn't — promise!)

What's Included:
• Complete written instructions — every row written out (both RS and WS rows)
• Full stitch chart (252 rows — optional visual aid)
• Abbreviations guide
• Yarn substitution notes
• Resizing guide (how to adjust the blanket's width and length)

Yarn & Materials
Yarn: DROPS Merino Extra Fine (or any DK weight Superwash Merino)
US alternative: KnitPicks Swish DK

• Weight: DK / 8-ply
• Gauge: 21 sts × 28 rows = 10 × 10 cm (4 × 4 in)
• Care: included in the Knitter's Guide
• Certification: Oeko-Tex Standard 100, Class I (safe for newborns)
• Yardage: 50 g = 105 m (115 yds)

Amount needed: approx. 400 g / 8 skeins
Note: Always buy one extra skein to account for gauge differences.
Needles: Circular needles 4 mm (EU) / size 8 (UK) / size 6 (US), 60 cm (24 in) cable length recommended.

Additional Materials:
• Stitch markers × 4 (2 colors recommended — 2 for the borders, 2 for the motif)
• Tapestry needle (for weaving in ends)
• Scissors
• Row counter (recommended)

Copyright Notice
This pattern is © KnitWithOlive. All rights reserved.
This pattern is for personal use only. You may sell finished items made from this pattern, but please credit the designer. Do not reproduce, distribute, or sell this pattern in whole or in part without written permission.