Knitted Squares Blanket
Doll Knitting Pattern

For antique and vintage dolls, this doll knitting pattern can assist you to make blankets that are very authentic. Yarn, like fabric, was very precious back in the olden days. Knitted garments and blankets were critical for keeping warm and staying alive. This is the type of blanket that might well be made by an expectant mother or other family member for the survival of the baby.

Today, it is easy to forget how important knitting was in the past. During World War I, the United States government asked the women of the country to knit wool socks, sweaters and others garments for the soldiers. In fact, in 1917 the need for knitted garments was so critical that the American Red Cross pleaded with people to knit and donate clothing and hospital supplies. Since World War I was fought in the trenches, the need for warm, knitted socks was absolutely critical. Our soldiers had to spend months in the trenches in wet and freezing weather.

One can well imagine that women shared their knitting patterns back in those days, patterns that ranged from a doll knitting pattern, to a baby knitting pattern to those patterns needed to make garments for the soldiers. Since the trench boots during the war required soldiers to wear two socks at a time, and since the socks needed to be changed often to prevent contracting trench foot, a fungal disease, in the damp, cold weather, one can imagine that the socks were knitted from the patterns that were simplest and quickest to make.

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The patterns in this book are sized to fit 12" to 22" baby dolls with categories for sizes small, medium, large and extra large. Here are some of the specific dolls these patterns will fit: Götz Muffin®, Corolle Cailin®, Zapf Creation®, Bitty Baby®, Bitty Twins®, Lee Middleton®, Götz Maxi-Muffin® and Adora Doll®. However, the patterns will also fit many other baby dolls and reborn dolls.

Infinite Freedom and Sally Robertson are not associated with any of the above named dolls or companies in any way.

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