Tuesday, August 07, 2007

Baby Blanket Pattern



This pattern will make a textured mesh blanket that is about 29" wide after blocking. You can also make it wider and longer to make a throw (lightweight and cozy, great for long flights). This pattern would also work as a head scarf (just fold diagonally and tie it around!).

Yarn
Fable Handknit Pure Baby Alpaca, 100% baby alpaca, color #04, approx. 6-7 skeins.

Needles
4 mm circular needle, 24" or longer

Gauge
21 sts x 16 rows on 4mm needles in stitch pattern
Gauge is not crucial for this project.



Directions
1. Cast on 132 sts. Work in garter st for 3 rows.

2. Work in stitch pattern as follows:

Note: When working knit stitches from *, insert right needle as if to knit, but wrap yarn over and under right needle. For yo, wrap yarn over and under, instead of brining yarn to front.

Row 1: K2, *yo , k3, slip third st on right needle over first 2 sts, rep from * to last st, k1.
Row 2: K2, purl to last 2 sts, k2.
Row 3: K1, *k3, slip third st on right needle over first 2 sts, yo, rep from * to last 2 sts, k2.
Row 4: K2, purl to last 2 sts, k2.

These 4 rows form stitch pattern. Repeat until length measures 28" or until desired length.

3. Work 3 rows of garter st beg on WS. Bind of.

4. Block blanket, stretching it on all directions.

9 comments:

christina said...

This pattern is very nice! Thanks for being generous with your patterns!

beeble said...

I like the blanket. What size needles was it knit on and is there a multiple sort of thing to follow??

Gigi said...

What a beautiful pattern. Great job! Thanks for sharing the pattern with us.

Di said...

Lovely stitch texture! Thanks for sharing the pattern.

Veronique said...

That's a great stitch pattern! It also works really well with 2 colors.

Elizabeth said...

How would you make this an afghan? I am sorry if I am not dolloeing your pattern but I have been up since 5 this morning...
~Liz

andrea said...

Depending on how wide you want your afghan, you can double or triple the number of stitches to cast on and make it as long as you like.

Sweetie Pieties said...

Beautiful pattern. Thank you!

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I love it! Very creative!That's actually really cool.
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