Stuck in a gifting time crunch? These whimsical and quick knitted bib patterns are your secret weapons for adorable and achievable handmade baby gifts.
Faster than a blanket, more manageable than a poncho, bibs are the perfect project to showcase your knitting skills without the stress. Plus, who can resist a drool-worthy (and practical!) handmade accessory?
This collection goes beyond the basic rectangle, Think textured stitches, playful shapes, and pops of colour, all designed to keep little ones looking cute and comfy.
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So grab some super-washable yarn (cotton, hemp, or acrylic are your best bets!), fire up your needles, and get ready to impress the new parents in your life.
Dribble Bib Pattern
This bib is worked sideways in garter stitch. The increases and decreases are created at the edge using yarn-overs.
The free PDF pattern is available at Yarnspirations.com
Kerchief Bib by Julia Vaconsin
I really like this triangle-shaped bib. It looks more like a cowboy’s handkerchief rather than a bib. I think that’s what the designer was aiming for.
Knitted in garter stitch, the bib is a squishy flat piece of knitted work. Need to know how to do increases in garter stitch. It is not difficult and may even be addictive. Need to know how to rejoin yarn for the shaping of the bib.
The free word document is available at www.ravelry.com
I Love Stockinette Baby Bib
This pattern consists of mostly stockinette stitch with a garter border. Need to know how to cast on, knit, purl, increase, decrease, short row, i-cord and applied i-cord.
According to Laura the designer, the short rows make it easier to knit and provide a more finished look. She provided some brief instructions for making the short rows, saving time finding the instructions elsewhere.
The garter stitch border not only looks nice, but it is also prevent curling because stockinette stitch likes to curl. So, the garter border is compulsory.
The free PDF pattern is available at www.ravelry.com
Norah Gaughan’s Orangelo Baby Bib
This crescent-shaped bib is worked in segments. Start by casting on the garter stitch border. Stitches are then divided into seven segments. The decreases are worked at the edges of each segment, bringing each one to a point at the neck.
I think the instructions are straightforward enough. I’m just not a fan of long cast-on. Let see how it goes. The free PDF pattern is available at www.lovecrafts.com
Elaine Fitzpatrick’s Turtle Love Baby Bib
This Turtle Love bib features a seed or moss stitch border with a cute turtle silhouette knitted in purl stitches against a stockinette background.
Elaine gave very detailed instructions. She provides 2 ways to cast on and 2 ways to make the cords. She also created a chart for the turtle design. The free PDF pattern is available at Elaine’s website. Elaine has many other free bib patterns on her website.
April Cromwell’s Knit Bib
April Cromwell’s bib pattern is a long bib. I can see several reasons for wanting a bib that long. The free pdf pattern is available at bysmallmeans.files.wordpress.com
Marte Fagervik’s Bluebell Bib
This bluebell bib is knitted sideways using short rows. The designer uses the wrapped stitch as an increase. I am not familiar with this knit-the-wrapped-stitch technique. Read the pattern carefully for the technique. Do test it as a swatch first. This pattern is not professionally written but I like the idea of a flower-shaped bib so, I am keeping this.
The free PDF pattern is available at www.ravelry.com
Blank Canvas Bib by Homespooled
The blank canvas bib is an unusually shaped bib. It really is like a blank canvas where you can exercise your creativity to embellish it. It has no buttons or straps. So, no fiddling and tying straps, button-holes, buttons,or velcro. Sizes available for 6 months to 3 years old.
Knitted using seed stitch, the neck opening is created by binding off and casting on. The pattern is not professionally written but it is fairly systematic.
The free PDF pattern is available at www.ravelry.com
Bookman Bandana – infantʼs bib
Designed by Diandra Jurkic-Walls, this bib is actually more like a rectangular scarf in baby size. It features a single cable and a garter stitch edging. It works well with variegated yarns.
This is one of the more stylish and less babyish bib patterns I have come across so far. Just because you are a baby doesn’t mean you can’t drool in style, right?
The free PDF pattern is available at www.ravelry.com
Cute Heart Bib
This bib is knit in stripes. The heart is embroidered using duplicate stitch. The side edges are added by picking up and knitting stitches along the edge. Designed by Amanda Berry, the bib is knitted in acrylic DK yarns on single pointed needles. Techniques used include casting on and off, knits, purls, k2tog decrease and yarnover increase, and a little seaming to finish.
The free PDF pattern is available at lovecrafts.com.
We have come to the end of this post. I hope you found what you are looking for. Did you knit any of the patterns listed here? How did it go? Let me know by leaving a comment.
Happy knitting!
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