Adorable Knitted Diaper Covers

We find that whenever one of our friends or family members has a baby, suddenly many other people around us start having babies too. It’s like springtime brings a fresh wave of baby season, and few things make us happier. Few things, that is, except being able to knit adorable little gifts for all of those babies, of course! Because so many babies tend to arrive at once, however, we’re always on the lookout for things to knit that are simple, quick, and easy to do many of, but that are still useful for new parents so they have the things they actually need rather than just clutter in the chaos of bringing a newborn home. That’s why we love knitting diaper covers so much.

Check out these many wonderful, useful, and absolutely darling diaper cover knitting patterns that we’ve actually tried in real life and enjoyed every moment of knitting, gifting, and seeing in use!

✓ Seed stitch cover with a ribbed waistband

Perhaps you like the idea of keeping your stitch design quite simple when you’re making knitted diaper covers since they’ll be used and washed often but you still want it to have some visual appeal even if the pattern is easy

✓ Pull-on draw string diapers

Maybe you prefer the slide-on style of diaper cover a lot more than the folding kind that buttons or needs pining, but you still have concerns about the cover staying up? In that case,

✓ Wooden buttoned newborn covers

Are you actually looking for something tiny and simple that you can make many of at once so you can knit a whole set of covers in different sizes for your latest new mom and her bundle of joy? In that case

✓ Buttoned cover with a matching hairband

Most newborns we know prefer to wear as little clothing as possible at home unless they’re swaddled up warmly and ready for nap time, but that doesn’t mean you can’t dress them up

✓ Seed stitch cover with legs

Did you like the first seed stitch pattern we showed you but you actually prefer the look of diaper covers that have a bit of a leg on them so the diaper doesn’t peek out around the edges

✓ Loom knit adjustable cover

Perhaps you actually prefer loom knitting to knitting with two needles but you don’t often find patterns for the common things you like to knit that are meant for your technique

✓ Seed stitch and buttons cover with a matching newborn hat

Are you still quite attached to the simple seed stitch cover idea but you feel like you’d like to do just a little something more for the mommy whose baby you’re creating the piece