Baby blanket what colours touse

Not the most gifted of knitters I made a blanket in cream ,green and mauve .
I agree with Granny Gravy lemon and grey are gorgeous with cream .
Navy blue and blue shades are also nice with cream .

I have made lots of crochet blankets. I made one for a new baby boy in grey lemon and white. I have started doing multi colours of pale colours. And once I know the baby,s sex. I add a border of pink or blue for what ever it is. The pale grey, lemon and white did look very nice

These are two baby blankets I have knitted recently. They are going on a charity stall tomorrow. If they sell I shall knit more as it is very relaxing.

Sounds lovely larry5, bright and beautiful - lucky baby! Thankyou for the update.

I have come back to update on the baby blanket that I have made - it was for my second grandchild - and my dd requested that it should be a rainbow blanket and to say that it is bright is an understatement.

Dd has found out today that she is having a little girl and as she has always hated pink clothes this will be ideal for her little girl. Dd has now requested that I knit a blanket for her best friends baby who is due in December and as I have a lot of wool leftover I will be starting on that when I have finished the one for my dgd. Thankfully it is nearly finished.

I made one for the first Gdc - they had chosen not to know the sex in advance. It was made of joined squares in some sort of moss stitch, plus an edging, I used a soft green, a soft blue, yellow and cream. It has been used for all 3 Gdcs - girl, boy, girl. (And later, the cats!)

Thanks for all the suggestions - I will have to go to our local wool shop and try putting some of these combinations together.

My Nanna crocheted me a poncho in purple & Orange back in the 70’s MiniMoon. I loved it and that was also much admired.

I've crocheted many baby blankets and buggy covers, but the one I made for my granddaughter's buggy got the most compliments and questions about where my daughter bought it.
It was a lovely shade of dark purple with an orange border!

Black is difficult to knit with - hard on the eyes!

The baby itself would prefer a dark colour (or black) with cream - in stripes or geometric patterns. We used to put something in print on the pram - just for baby to look at - they were fascinated. Older babies love bright primary colours!

Perhaps ask the mum, though. A recent gift just had to be in blue and/or beige - as the mum had decided they were the only acceptable colours - what complete balderdash!

Baby blankets are so useful to put over the very young baby when holding it to your shoulder soothing it off to sleep. Taking a newborn out in a pram would need some protection from the cold, wrestling them into an all in one snowsuit isn't that that easy in the first couple of weeks. And when older then can actually be used as a blanket. I have a granddaughter that still has hers on her bed at 14!

i know you all know this.
i am just thinking aloud.

is this to wrap the baby while carrying him her.
young babies are not meant to have any blankets or anything else in the cot with them.
they are meant to sleep in growbags with nothing else over them.

I'd ask mum too

Lots of people don't assign genders to colours any more

Cream, pale mint or sage green or grey & white

Can you ask the Mum-to-be what colours she likes?

I've seen a crocheted one which is cream, beige, a soft gold and two pinks but you could change the pink for whatever she might like.

Cream, beige, biscuit, oatmeal shades?

Norah

Cream and grey.

You need a pop of colour. Grey and cream are too alike.

Cream and grey.

Apparently neutrals are the big thing So I’d go with GrannyGravy.

And father's too

What are the mother's favourite colours?

Cream, with a fern green, rust and a darker brown. My friend’s daughter wanted her to crochet one in those woodland colours and it turned out really nice.

Creams, light greys and soft yellows.