Monday, October 15, 2012
STRAWBERRY FIELDS BLANKET
SIZE:
Approximately
30 inches X 36 inches (32 inches X 32 inches)
MATERIALS:
Worsted
weight yarn about 8 ounces of each color
US size
15 (10 mm) 24 inch circular
Tapestry
needle
GAUGE:
10 sts =
4 inches
NOTES:
1. Read
instructions though before beginning.
2. Blanket
in photo is knit with one strand of Craft Smart (Michaels) Strawberry Fields
and one of Lion Brand Pound of Love White.
3.
Blanket is NOT worked in the round a circular needle is used to
accommodate the stitches.
5. If
you want a larger blanket cast on in additional increments of 6 stitches. You will need more yarn of course.
INSTRUCTIONS:
Blanket is knit with two strands
throughout.
Cast on 73 (79) stitches
Rows
1-5: Knit.
Row
6 RS: K4,
*P5, K1. Repeat from * across. P5, K4. (73, 79 sts)
Row
7: K4, *K5,
P1. Repeat from * across. K9. (73, 79 sts)
Rows
8-11: Repeat
rows 6 and 7 twice. (73, 79 sts)
Row
12 RS: K4,
P2, K1. *P5, K1. Repeat from *
across. P2, K4. (73, 79 sts)
Row
13: K6,
P1. *K5, P1. Repeat from * across. K6. (73, 79 sts)
Rows
14-17:
Repeat rows 12 and 13 twice. (73, 79 sts)
Repeat rows 6-17 until blanket measures
approximately 35 (31) inches. (73, 79 sts)
Knit 5 rows.
Bind off.
Weave in ends.
