Diagonal Stripe Baby Blanket
Knit this beautiful baby blanket using Cuddly yarn. Pretty garter stitch stripes grow quickly from corner to corner.
Courtesy of Loops and Threads®.
Material List
- Loops and Threads® Cuddly™ (3.5 oz/100 g ; 85 yds/78 m)
- Contrast A: 5 balls of #03186 (Soft Lilac)
- Contrast B: 4 balls of #03420 (Pale Pink)
- Size U.S. 15 (10 mm) circular knitting needle 36" (90 cm) long or size needed to obtain gauge.
Project Instructions
Finished Size
Approx 36" (91.5 cm) square.
Gauge
8 sts and 15 rows = 4" (10 cm) in garter st.
Instructions
Stripe Pat
With A: 40 rows.
With B: 40 rows.
With A: 40 rows.
With B: 40 rows.
With A: 40 rows.
These 200 rows form Stripe Pat.
Blanket
With A, cast on 2 sts. Do not join. Working back and forth across needle in rows, proceed as follows:
1st row: (RS). (Inc 1 st in next st) twice. 4 sts.
2nd row: Knit.
3rd row: K2. yo. Knit to end of row.
Keeping cont of Stripe Pat, rep last row to
102 sts on needle.
Next row: K1. K2tog. yo. K2tog. Knit to end of row.
Keeping cont of Stripe Pat, rep last row to 5 sts on needle.
Next row: K1. K2tog. yo. K2tog. 4 sts.
Next row: Knit.
Next row: (K2tog) twice. 2 sts.
Cast off.
Abbreviations
approx = approximate(ly).
cont = continue(ity).
inc 1 = increase 1 stitch by knitting into front and back of next stitch.
k = knit.
k2tog = knit next
2 stitches together.
pat = pattern.
rep = repeat.
rs = right side.
st(s) = stitch(es).
yo = yarn over.
