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A cozy winter project for your hands
Grab a pile of chunky yarn, put on your favorite Christmas playlist, and let your fingers do the knitting. You can knit the free finger knitting pattern Christmas Snowman blanket with nothing but your hands and soft jumbo chenille yarn. Loop by loop, a cheerful snowman in a red Santa hat and scarf, with a carrot nose and coal eyes, comes to life. A full-color graph chart and easy row-by-row written instructions are waiting for you below, completely free.
Designed by a real knitter, not by AI
Every row of this pattern is my own work as a designer, carefully planned and written by hand. You can trust each instruction you follow.
Free pattern
Pattern details
| Design | Christmas Snowman |
| Skill level | Intermediate |
| Yarn | #7 Jumbo chenille yarn |
| Technique | Finger knitting |
| Blanket size | Approx. 120 cm (47″) wide × 120–170 cm (47–67″) high, depending on materials and individual knitting tension. See the table below |
| Chart size | 30 loops x 60 rows |
| Colors | Spa Blue, White, Red, Black, and Carrot |
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Why you’ll love this finger knit blanket pattern
Wonders that come to life from a pattern
A chart is only the beginning. The real magic happens in your hands. See how the snowman knit pattern turned out.
Knitted with love by Tina
Real blankets brought to life: inspiring, beautiful, and joyful!
HitsKnits tip
Big color areas? Use intarsia: give each area its own small ball and cross the yarns on the back so no gaps appear.Tiny details of 1 or 2 loops? Use the cut-and-burn method: melt the ends together with a lighter.No flame? Sew the ends together with a needle and thread.Blanket size
Finger knitting has no needle size to choose, so your own tension decides. Looser knitting makes a larger blanket, tighter knitting a smaller one. Find the approximate blanket size, total yarn amount, and yarn totals color by color below:
#7 Jumbo chenille yarn
| ≈ 120 cm (47″) wide × 120–170 cm (47–67″) high | ≈ 2000 g / 12 skeins / 250 m |
| Color | Gram | Skein | Meter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spa Blue | 1080 g | 5 | 122 m |
| White | 650 g | 3 | 75 m |
| Red | 370 g | 2 | 42 m |
| Black | 23 g | 1 | 3 m |
| Carrot | 15 g | 1 | 2 m |
Sizes and yarn amounts are approximate and depend heavily on the yarn brand and line you choose, as well as your tension. Grams vary from yarn to yarn, so go by the meters or yards on your yarn label, and buy one extra skein to be safe.
How gauge changes your blanket
Your tension changes not only the size of your blanket but also its shape. Knit loosely, and your blanket comes out long, like the one on the left. Knit more tightly, and you get an almost square blanket, like the one on the right, with a slightly squashed design.
Can I knit this on a loom?
Loom knitting often gives a tighter gauge. If you’ve already tested your loom and know your loops come out loose, go ahead! If not, I don’t recommend it, or you may waste your yarn and time. Instead, check out my loom knitting patterns, designed especially for looms.
Yarn recommendations
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#7 Jumbo yarn weight
Easy care: wash cold up to 30°C (86°F), dry low or flat; no bleach, iron or dry clean.
Watch your fingers: the flame and the melted yarn ends are very hot, so wait until the join has cooled before touching it.
A tip from a happy knitter
★★★★★
“This was my first hand knitted blanket, I recommend while fusing the yarn together to press & roll the yarn in your hand while it’s still warm so it doesn’t have any hard plastic pieces poking out. This was a super easy pattern and as someone who hasn’t done this before I’m really happy with it.”
– Etsy review
How the blanket is made
- Cast on Cast on 30 loops. The cast-on row is your foundation row, so you don’t count it.
- Follow the arrows When you see an arrow →, knit that row from left to right.
When you see an arrow ←, knit that row from right to left. - Read left to right Each time you start a new row, always read each row from left to right.
- Change colors Follow the color changes using the given row-by-row instructions below.
- Bind off Bind off all stitches. Your blanket is ready!
Don’t stop here! Keep scrolling for the Free Finger Knitting Pattern Christmas Snowman blanket instructions below.
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Free Snowman Blanket Knit Pattern: row-by-row instructions
Each row below lists the colors in order and how many loops to knit in each one. The arrow shows the direction your hands move along that row.
So, let’s begin! Cast on 30 loops.
The cast-on row is your foundation row, so you don’t count it.
In this pattern, Row 1 is worked from right to left (arrow ←). If you work your first row in the opposite direction, from left to right, simply add one extra plain background row before Row 1. This “setup” row shifts everything by one, so your working direction lines up with the pattern and the design won’t come out mirrored. It blends right into the border and won’t be noticeable.
Work till the end, following the color changes using the chart or row-by-row instructions.
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← Row 1: (Spa Blue)12, (White)7, (Red)4, (White)1, (Red)4, (White)2
→ Row 2: (White)2, (Red)4, (White)1, (Red)4, (White)7, (Spa Blue)12
← Row 3: (Spa Blue)12, (White)7, (Red)4, (White)1, (Red)4, (White)2
→ Row 4: (White)2, (Red)4, (White)1, (Red)4, (White)6, (Spa Blue)13
← Row 5: (Spa Blue)4, (White)2, (Spa Blue)7, (White)5, (Red)5, (White)1, (Red)4, (White)2
→ Row 6: (White)2, (Red)4, (White)1, (Red)5, (White)4, (Spa Blue)8, (White)2, (Spa Blue)4
← Row 7: (Spa Blue)14, (White)5, (Red)4, (White)1, (Red)4, (White)2
→ Row 8: (White)3, (Red)4, (White)1, (Red)3, (White)1, (Red)3, (White)1, (Spa Blue)5, (White)1, (Spa Blue)8
← Row 9: (Spa Blue)14, (Red)8, (White)1, (Red)4, (White)3
→ Row 10: (White)3, (Red)13, (Spa Blue)14
← Row 11: (Spa Blue)2, (White)3, (Spa Blue)10, (Red)11, (White)4
→ Row 12: (White)5, (Red)9, (White)1, (Spa Blue)9, (White)5, (Spa Blue)1
← Row 13: (Spa Blue)1, (White)5, (Spa Blue)7, (White)5, (Red)8, (White)4
→ Row 14: (White)3, (Red)7, (White)8, (Spa Blue)6, (White)5, (Spa Blue)1
← Row 15: (Spa Blue)1, (White)5, (Spa Blue)5, (White)10, (Red)6, (White)3
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→ Row 16: (White)2, (Red)5, (White)12, (Spa Blue)5, (White)5, (Spa Blue)1
← Row 17: (Spa Blue)2, (White)3, (Red)2, (Spa Blue)3, (White)14, (Red)5, (White)1
→ Row 18: (White)1, (Red)4, (White)5, (Black)1, (White)1, (Black)1, (White)1, (Black)1, (White)5, (Spa Blue)3, (Red)3, (Spa Blue)4
← Row 19: (Spa Blue)4, (Red)3, (Spa Blue)3, (White)10, (Black)1, (White)5, (Red)3, (Spa Blue)1
→ Row 20: (Spa Blue)2, (White)6, (Black)1, (White)12, (Spa Blue)2, (Red)3, (Spa Blue)4
← Row 21: (Spa Blue)4, (Red)3, (Spa Blue)2, (White)19, (Spa Blue)2
→ Row 22: (Spa Blue)2, (White)5, (Black)1, (White)3, (Carrot)1, (White)11, (Red)3, (Spa Blue)4
← Row 23: (Spa Blue)4, (Red)2, (White)2, (Spa Blue)1, (White)8, (Carrot)3, (White)8, (Spa Blue)2
→ Row 24: (Spa Blue)2, (White)4, (Black)1, (White)2, (Carrot)4, (White)2, (Black)2, (White)4, (Spa Blue)1, (White)2, (Red)2, (Spa Blue)4
← Row 25: (Spa Blue)4, (Red)2, (White)2, (Spa Blue)1, (White)4, (Black)2, (White)3, (Carrot)4, (White)6, (Spa Blue)2
→ Row 26: (Spa Blue)2, (White)13, (Black)2, (White)3, (Spa Blue)1, (White)3, (Red)2, (Spa Blue)2, (White)1, (Spa Blue)1
← Row 27: (Spa Blue)4, (Red)2, (White)3, (Spa Blue)1, (White)18, (Spa Blue)2
→ Row 28: (Spa Blue)3, (White)7, (Black)2, (White)7, (Spa Blue)1, (White)3, (Red)3, (Spa Blue)4
← Row 29: (Spa Blue)4, (Red)3, (White)4, (Spa Blue)1, (White)6, (Black)2, (White)7, (Spa Blue)3
→ Row 30: (Spa Blue)3, (White)7, (Black)2, (White)5, (Spa Blue)2, (White)4, (Red)3, (Spa Blue)4
← Row 31: (Spa Blue)4, (Red)4, (White)5, (Spa Blue)2, (White)11, (Spa Blue)4
→ Row 32: (Spa Blue)5, (White)9, (Spa Blue)1, (White)7, (Red)4, (Spa Blue)4
← Row 33: (Spa Blue)4, (Red)5, (White)7, (Spa Blue)2, (White)4, (Spa Blue)3, (White)1, (Spa Blue)4
→ Row 34: (Spa Blue)4, (White)4, (Spa Blue)4, (White)8, (Red)6, (Spa Blue)4
← Row 35: (Spa Blue)5, (Red)5, (White)16, (Spa Blue)4
→ Row 36: (Spa Blue)4, (White)15, (Red)6, (Spa Blue)5
← Row 37: (Spa Blue)3, (White)1, (Spa Blue)1, (Red)7, (White)13, (Spa Blue)5
→ Row 38: (Spa Blue)5, (White)11, (Red)8, (Spa Blue)6
← Row 39: (Spa Blue)6, (Red)11, (White)3, (Red)3, (White)1, (Spa Blue)2, (White)2, (Spa Blue)2
→ Row 40: (Spa Blue)2, (White)2, (Spa Blue)4, (Red)16, (Spa Blue)6
← Row 41: (Spa Blue)6, (Red)4, (White)1, (Red)10, (Spa Blue)9
→ Row 42: (Spa Blue)10, (Red)13, (Spa Blue)7
← Row 43: (Spa Blue)8, (Red)11, (Spa Blue)11
→ Row 44: (Spa Blue)12, (Red)9, (Spa Blue)9
← Row 45: (Spa Blue)12, (Red)3, (Spa Blue)12, (White)1, (Spa Blue)2
→ Row 46: (Spa Blue)24, (White)2, (Spa Blue)4
← Row 47: (Spa Blue)4, (White)2, (Spa Blue)24
→ Row 48: (Spa Blue)9, (White)2, (Spa Blue)19
← Row 49: (Spa Blue)14, (White)1, (Spa Blue)4, (White)2, (Spa Blue)9
→ Row 50: (Spa Blue)30
← Row 51: (Spa Blue)2, (White)1, (Spa Blue)21, (White)1, (Spa Blue)5
→ Row 52: (Spa Blue)30
← Row 53: (Spa Blue)30
→ Row 54: (Spa Blue)30
← Row 55: (Spa Blue)13, (White)2, (Spa Blue)15
→ Row 56: (Spa Blue)3, (White)2, (Spa Blue)10, (White)2, (Spa Blue)13
← Row 57: (Spa Blue)5, (White)1, (Spa Blue)19, (White)2, (Spa Blue)3
→ Row 58: (Spa Blue)30
← Row 59: (Spa Blue)30
→ Row 60: (Spa Blue)30
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Final step
Bind off all stitches. Your blanket is ready, praise yourself! ❤︎
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Frequently asked questions
What skill level is this blanket?
It’s an intermediate pattern. It’s best for knitters who have finger knitted before and feel comfortable with several color changes in one row. Every row is written out, so you can count your loops as you go.
What yarn is best for a finger knit blanket?
A #7 jumbo chenille yarn. 100% polyester chenille is soft, warm and easy to join when you change colors.
How do I change colors?
It depends on the size of the color section. For larger sections, use intarsia: knit each section from a separate small ball, twisting the strands on the back to avoid holes. For tiny details of 1 or 2 loops, fuse the ends with a lighter or stitch them together with a needle and thread.
Can I knit this on a loom?
Loom knitting often gives a tighter gauge. If you’ve already tested your loom and know your loops come out loose, go ahead! If not, I don’t recommend it, or you may waste your yarn and time. Instead, check out my loom knitting patterns, designed especially for looms.
Can I print this pattern?
Yes. A printable PDF with the color block guide, full-color chart and written instructions is available in my shop or on Etsy.
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