It’s no big surprise that baby items are some of the most popular crochet projects. They’re highly sought after for all the following reasons:
- A new baby needs a complete wardrobe of clothing, plus blankets, hats, accessories, booties and toys — most of which can easily be crocheted.
- Since baby items are small, they work up fast — which is good news, since the completed projects are often needed as last-minute baby shower gifts.
- Baby patterns are helpful for making important charity crochet projects. For many premature babies (AKA “preemies”), it’s impossible to find ready-to-wear baby clothing that’s small enough, so charity crocheters take the initiative of making tiny baby clothes, hats and booties that are just the right size for these little darlings.
If you’re interested in crocheting some lovely baby clothes and accessories, I invite you to consider this list featuring my picks for some of the best baby crochet pattern books I’ve come across.
Please keep in mind that there are many lovely baby crochet pattern books on the market other than these. In most cases, I’ve included these specific books on the list because I’ve had fantastic results with actually crocheting at least one of the projects included, or at least enough of a project that I can confidently give you an objective recommendation for the book. In a few other cases, I haven’t actually crocheted the patterns, but I do own the books, and have spent enough time looking at them and going through the instructions that I feel confident in recommending the books to you.
Please keep in mind that there are many lovely baby blanket patterns on the market other than these. In most cases, I’ve included these specific books on the list because I’ve had fantastic results with actually crocheting at least one of the projects included, or at least enough of a project that I can confidently give you an objective recommendation for the book. In a few other cases, I haven’t actually crocheted the patterns, but I do own the books, and have spent enough time looking at them and going through the instructions that I feel confident in recommending the books to you.
1. Adorable Baby Crochet by Kristi Simpson
This book offers you 40 different patterns for crocheting a broad variety of baby items including baby blankets, baby toys, girls’ and boys clothing items and accessories. If you want to crochet a substantial amount of your little one’s new wardrobe, this is a fantastic book to consider owning. It’s also a great choice if you’re often in need of new patterns for crocheting baby shower gifts or charity crochet items.
Learn More About This Book:
- Click here to see my detailed book review of Adorable Baby Crochet by Kristi Simpson
- Click here to shop for this book at Amazon.
2. Tunisian Crochet for Baby
By Sharon Silverman; Published by Stackpole Books
Do you enjoy focusing your efforts on learning or perfecting one crochet `technique, while also having a collection of related patterns that utilize the same technique? I do! And it’s even better when you can achieve all that by buying only one book.
As you’d expect from this book’s title, in Tunisian Crochet for Baby, the technique in question is Tunisian crochet, and the patterns included in the book are all baby patterns. So if the above sounds like a winning combination, this could be a book you would enjoy adding to your library.
Tunisian crochet is a satisfying technique that works well for making baby clothes, baby blankets and all kinds of other accessories for little ones. The stitches are a bit different from traditional crochet stitches, with many of them being less bumpy, yet still maintaining a significant amount of texture. These characteristics make Tunisian crochet stitches ideally suitable for use when working small baby projects.
This book made it onto my list of “best baby pattern books” for several reasons:
- The book includes a broad variety of different types of patterns. All together, you get 23 patterns for making blankets, hats, sweaters, accessories, washcloths and décor items, some of which are unisex, some of which are suitable for baby boys, and some for baby girls.
- No matter how experienced or inexperienced you are with crochet, you’re likely to learn something interesting — and probably many interesting things — from this book.
- The projects are appealing to many crocheters, as I found out when I posted about this book in my craft blog on another website. More than 50 crafters commented on my blog post to let me know they liked one or more projects in the book.
- I enjoyed success with making one of the projects from this book, the “sunny bow baby headband.”
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3. 24-Hour Baby Blankets Book by Jean Leinhauser and Rita Weiss, Published by Leisure Arts
These baby baby blanket patterns are all FAST to crochet. The authors claim you can make each one of these designs in about 24 hours. The projects in the book are all rated as either easy or intermediate-level crochet patterns.
If you ever find yourself in a huge hurry to make baby shower gifts, or if your due date for your own baby has crept up on you and you need to crochet a blanket FAST, this book is definitely worth taking a look at. Most of the patterns in the book are super cute and well worth making.
This is not a brand-new book, but it has been one of the all-time most popular crochet pattern books posted at my websites. It remains one of the top-selling pattern books I’ve ever reviewed.
- Learn more in my detailed book review of 24-Hour Baby Afghans.
- Click here to shop for this book at Amazon.
4. Color-Block Baby Blankets
If you just want baby blanket patterns without any other layette items to work on, this short pattern booklet is worth considering. It’s filled with easy crochet patterns, some of which are beginner friendly.
Learn More About This Book:
- Click here to check out my book review of Color-Block Baby Blankets by Kristi Simpson.
- Click here to shop for this book at Amazon.
So there you have it: My picks for 4 of the best crochet baby pattern books that are currently available in 2025. We hope you found some excellent baby patterns to add to your pattern stash. Happy crocheting!
Methodology for Choosing the Books on This List: How would anyone go about determining what’s the “best” book about crochet baby patterns?
There are different ways you could approach that task. Here’s how I chose what to put on this list:
This is a long-running list of books that I started in 2021. It used to have many more titles on it, but since 2021, a lot of truly fantastic baby pattern books have gone out of print. So I just updated the page to remove all the books that are no longer available.
If I had found any amazing new books to add to the list, I would have added them. I’ve been reviewing lots of amazing new books, but none of the ones I’ve found lately have been baby pattern books.
In all cases, I’ve spent quite a bit of time with these crochet baby pattern books, both reading through the instructions and looking at the photos. If a book is mentioned here, it’s because I either own a copy of it, or have owned a copy in the past, or have borrowed the book from the library and am well acquainted with it.
In many cases, I have actually worked at least one project from the book, either making a complete project or perhaps a gauge swatch / motif / or part of it.This approach to making a “best patterns list” has both upsides and limitations. Obviously, it’s impossible for me to own and work from every crochet baby pattern book that was ever written, although my husband seems to think I am trying to accomplish that. 🙂 So the downside is that there are plenty of worthy books that are not included on this list, simply because I haven’t got my hands on copies of them and therefore can’t vouch for them one way or the other.
The upside is that you can be sure these are authentic reviews — which I think is important, considering the proliferation of fake reviews available on the Internet these days.
It’s also important for you to be aware that I am a real person. I hold an Associate of Arts degree in textile design from FIDM LA (The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising.) I worked in the textile industry for about a decade. I’m knowledgeable about textiles in general and crochet specifically.
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Amy Solovay is a real, live, human content creator and educator who holds an Associate of Arts degree in Textile Design from FIDM LA (The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, Los Angeles) and a Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics from Sweet Briar College. She is NOT a robot and does not use artificial intelligence (AI) to write book reviews or articles for this website.
Amy learned to crochet as a small child, and she still enjoys crocheting all these years later.
As an educator, Amy Solovay used to teach in-person college courses in trend forecasting, marketing and surface design at California Design College in Los Angeles. Nowadays she uses online platforms for sharing her knowledge about textiles, crafts, current color trends and current design trends.
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