Knitting for home Free knitting pattern baby blanket

Free knitting pattern baby blanket

Free knitting pattern baby blanket



MEASUREMENT Approx 41" [104 cm] square.

MATERIALS

Caron Simply Soft (6 oz/170 g; 288 yds/315 m)

Contrast A Bone (9703) 3 balls

Contrast B Sage (9705) 1 ball

Contrast C Robins Egg (9780) 1 ball

Contrast D Persimmon (9754) 1 ball

Size U.S. 8 (5 mm) knitting needles.

Size U.S. 8 (5 mm) circular knitting needle 29" [75 cm] long or size needed to obtain gauge.

Pair of size U.S. 8 (5 mm) double-pointed knitting needles for l-cord edging.

GAUGE

17 sts and 32 rows = 4" [10 cm] in garter st.

Pinwheel Motif = Approx 12" [30.5 cm] square

INSTRUCTIONS

Pinwheel Motif

With Color 1, cast on 25 sts. 

Triangle 1

1 st and 2nd rows: Knit.

3rd row: (RS). K24. W&T.

4th and alt rows: Knit.

5th row: K23. W&T.

7th row: K22. W&T.

Cont as established, knitting 1 less st every RS row, until 24 sts have been wrapped, ending on a WS row.

Break Color 1. Do not cast off.

Triangle 2

With Color 2, cont as follows:

1st row: K1. W&T (st will have 2 wraps).

2nd and alt rows: Knit.

3rd row: K1. Pick up Color 2 wrap of next st and place on left-hand needle. Knit wrap tog with next st. W&T.

5th row: K2. Pick up Color 2 wrap of next st and place on left-hand needle. Knit wrap tog with next st. W&T.

Cont as established, knitting 1 more st every RS row, until 24 sts have been wrapped and ending on a WS row.

Break Color 2. Do not cast off.

Triangles 3 to 8

Work as given for Triangles 1 and 2 - 3 times more. Cast off. Sew cast on and cast off edges tog.

Blanket

Make 3 Pinwheel Motifs with B as Color 1 and A as Color 2.

Make 4 Pinwheel Motifs with C as Color 1 and A as Color 2.

Make 2 Pinwheel Motifs with D as Color 1 and A as Color 2.  

Sew Motifs tog as shown in Assembly Diagram. 

Top and Bottom Border: With RS facing, A and circular needle, pick up and knit 152 sts across top edge of Blanket. Knit 18 rows (garter st). Cast off. Rep for Bottom Border.

Side Borders: With RS facing, A and circular needle, pick up and knit 168 sts across right side edge of Blanket. Knit 18 rows (garter st). Cast off. Rep for left side edge.

Applied l-cord Border

With D and pair of double-pointed needles, cast on 3 sts onto right-hand needle. With RS facing and using left- hand needle, *pick up and knit 1 st from edge of Blanket. Slide 4 sts over to right end of needle. Bring yarn to back of work, K2. K2togtbl. Rep from * around all edges of Blanket. When you reach the end, S11. K2tog. psso. Sew beg and end of applied l-cord tog.