Knitted baby cardigans are the perfect top layer for babies aged from infant to toddler to pre-schooler. On this page, you can find free knitting patterns for baby cardigans in many styles and for many skill levels. Any of these would be perfect if you are looking to make a knitted baby shower gift.
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Free knitting pattern using dk-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Round Yoke, Seamless, Top-Down.
To Fit Size: 0-3, (6-12, 18-24) months
A free knitting pattern using worsted-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Seamless, Top-Down.
Free knitting pattern using sport-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Top-Down.
Free girls knitting pattern using aran-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Lace, Seamless, Top-Down.
SIZES 3 mos (6 mos, 12 mos, 2T, 4T)
This free knitting pattern uses worsted-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Hood, Long Sleeve, Raglan, Seamless, Top-Down.
A free knitting pattern using fingering-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Eyelet pattern.
A free knitting pattern using dk-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Bottom-Up, Lace edge, Seamed.
Free knitting pattern using dk-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Seamed, Top-Down, V-neck.
SIZES 3 (6, 12, 18, 24) months
Free knitting pattern using sport-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Cable, Raglan, Seamless, Top-Down, Worked as One-piece.
Sizes: 6-24 months
This free knitting pattern uses sport-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Seamed, Worked as One-piece.
Sizes: 1 (2) yrs
Free knitting pattern using dk-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Colorwork, Seamed.
Sizes: 6 (18) mos
Free knitting pattern using dk-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Collar, Lace pattern, Long Sleeve, Seamed.
Easy button-down baby cardigan knitting pattern
This free knitting pattern uses worsted-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: I-Cord, Seamed, Stripes, Worked as One-piece.
A free knitting pattern using dk-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Long Sleeve, Raglan, Seamless, Textured pattern, Top-Down.
This free knitting pattern uses worsted-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: One-piece, Seamed.
This free knitting pattern uses dk-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Seamless, Top-Down.
A free knitting pattern using dk-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Seamless, Stripes, Top-Down.
This lovely outfit will instantly turn your baby into Tinkerbell! A great gift for baby showers or other occasions.
A free knitting pattern using dk-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Seamed, Stripes.
This free knitting pattern uses dk-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Lace.
Sizes: 3 mos (6 mos, 12 mos, 18 mos, 2 yrs, 4 yrs, 6 yrs, 8 yrs, 10 yrs)
This free boys knitting pattern uses fingering-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Cable, Hood, Long Sleeve, Rib, Seamed, Stockinette Stitch.
Sizes: 6 - 24 months
A free knitting pattern using dk-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Colorwork, Hood, Long Sleeve, Seamed, Stripes.
Sizes: 6 months - 6 years
This free knitting pattern uses bulky-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Hood, Long Sleeve, Raglan, Seamless.
Sizes: 6 mon (12mon, 24mon, 4yrs)
A free knitting pattern using bulky-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Hood, Long Sleeve, Seamed.
We loved the traditional construction and attention to detail shown by this pattern. It is knitted from just one skein of Worsted weight yarn, making it a great gift for a baby shower or birthday.
Sizes: 0-3 months (6-9 months, 12-18 months)
This free knitting pattern uses worsted-weight yarn.
Size: Newborn-6 mos 20” (51cm) chest
Free knitting pattern using aran-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Long Sleeve, Raglan, Seamless, Top-Down.
Sizes: Child’s 0-6 (6-12, 12-24) mos
Free knitting pattern using dk-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Crochet Finish, Hood, Long Sleeve, Seamed, Zipper.
Sizes: 6-24 months
A free knitting pattern using aran-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: 3-quarter sleeves, Garter Stitch, Kimono Sleeve.
Sizes: 0-12 months
Free knitting pattern using dk-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Garter Stitch, Long Sleeve, Raglan, Seamless, Top-Down.
Sizes: 6-24 months
Free knitting pattern using aran-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Garter Stitch, Hood, Long Sleeve.
This free knitting pattern uses dk-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Bottom-Up.
Sizes: 1 (4, 6, 8, 10)yrs
This free boys knitting pattern uses aran-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Colorwork, Long Sleeve, Raglan, Shawl Collar.
Sizes: 6 to 24 months
A free knitting pattern using bulky-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Long Sleeve, Seamed, V-neck.
This free knitting pattern uses light fingering-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Bottom-Up, In-the-round, Steek, Stripes.
Sizes 6 and 12 months
A free knitting pattern using dk-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: cuff-to-cuff, Garter Stitch, Hood, Worked as One-piece.
Sizes: 6 to 24 months
Free knitting pattern using aran-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Colorwork, Garter Stitch, Hood, Long Sleeve, Seamed.
A free knitting pattern using sport-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Wrap.
Free knitting pattern using aran-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Applique, Seamed.
A free knitting pattern using aran-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Raglan, Seamless, Stripes, Top-Down, V-neck.
Free knitting pattern using worsted-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Bottom-Up, Seamed.
A free knitting pattern using dk-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Cropped, Seamed.
Sizes: Baby- 6-9 (12) (18-24) months
A free knitting pattern using aran-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Seamed.
This free knitting pattern uses dk-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Bottom-Up, Seamed.
A free knitting pattern using dk-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Seamed, Set-in Sleeve, Wrap.
This free knitting pattern uses fingering-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Bottom-Up, Mosaic, Seamless, Slipped Stitches.
A free knitting pattern using dk-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Raglan, Seamless, Top-Down, V-neck.
This free girls knitting pattern uses dk-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: A-shape, Crochet Finish, Seamless, Short Rows, Sideways.
Free knitting pattern using dk-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: In-the-round, Top-Down.
Free girls knitting pattern using fingering-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Garter Stitch, Sideways.
A free knitting pattern using worsted-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Lace.
A free knitting pattern using dk-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Top-Down.
A free knitting pattern using aran-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Seamed.
Sizes: newborn to 4 years
This free knitting pattern uses dk-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Bottom-Up, Raglan, Seamless.
Free knitting pattern using dk-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Bottom-Up.
A free knitting pattern using dk-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Seamless, Top-Down.
This free knitting pattern uses dk-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Bottom-Up, Lace edge, Raglan.
A free knitting pattern using aran-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Hood, Seamed.
A free knitting pattern using dk-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Raglan, Top-Down.
Free knitting pattern using dk-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Seamless, Top-Down.
A free girls knitting pattern using dk-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: In-the-round, Lace edge, Seamed.
Free knitting pattern using dk-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Seamed.
Free knitting pattern using fingering-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Bobble, Intarsia, Seamed, Short Rows.
A free knitting pattern using dk-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Bottom-Up.
A free knitting pattern using dk-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Bottom-Up, Lace.
Free knitting pattern using sport-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Raglan, Seamless, Stripes, Top-Down.
A free knitting pattern using dk-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Bottom-Up, Lace.
Free knitting pattern using dk-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Lace, Raglan.
A free knitting pattern using aran-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Bottom-Up, Raglan, Seamed.
Free knitting pattern using bulky-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Hood.
This free knitting pattern uses dk-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Top-Down.
Free knitting pattern using dk-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Seamed.
Free knitting pattern using dk-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Seamless.
A free knitting pattern using sport-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Bottom-Up, Garter Stitch, In-the-round, Seamless.
Sizes: 1 month to 4 years
A free knitting pattern using fingering or sport-weight yarns. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Colorwork, Garter Stitch, Seamed.
Sizes: 1 month to 4 years
A free knitting pattern using fingering or sport-weight yarns. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Long Sleeve, Seamed.
Sizes: 1 month to 4 years
Free knitting pattern using super bulky-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Seed Stitch, Stockinette Stitch, Worked as One-piece.
Sizes: 5 to 14 years
Free girls knitting pattern using dk-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: 3-quarter sleeves, Crochet Finish, Lace edge, Seamed.
Sizes: 1 month to 4 years
This free knitting pattern uses sport-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Colorwork, Raglan, Seamless, Worked as One-piece.
Sizes: 1 month to 4 years
A free knitting pattern using fingering-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Short Rows, Sideways.
Sizes: 1 month to 4 years
Free knitting pattern using fingering-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Bottom-Up, Raglan, Seamless, Worked as One-piece.
Sizes: 1 month to 4 years
A free knitting pattern using sport-weight yarn. Pattern attributes and techniques include: Bottom-Up, Colorwork, Round Yoke, Seamless.