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Home : Patterns : Happy Baby Blanket
 

Free Knitting Pattern
Happy Baby Blanket

Lion Brand® Homespun®
Pattern #: 829

SKILL LEVEL:  Easy

SIZE: One Size
40" square

CORRECTIONS: None
 

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Color (A)
Homespun®

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Color (B)
Homespun®

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Color (C)
Homespun®

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To change colors, simply select color name from the drop-down above or else click the swatch you want to change and then click a color below
Homespun®
Hepplewhite Shaker Colonial Antique Deco Rococo Edwardian Tudor
Sierra Regency Williamsburg Baroque Ranch Waterfall Gothic Prairie
Barrington Nouveau Windsor Corinthian Mediterranean Delft Quartz Metropolis
Covered Bridge Red Montana Sky Florida Keys Green Coral Gables Boston Rose Sunshine State Black Granite
Candy Apple Harvest Olive Cobalt Fawn Barley Fuchsia Grape
Lemonade Spring Green Lavender Sachet Blue Sky Cotton Candy Cream Golden Meadow
Fiesta Russet Plum Apple Green Chili Saffron Dusty Blue Earth
Lagoon Parfait Ocean Painted Desert Wild Fire Bourbon Herb Garden Mixed Berries
Pearls Marble
*Homespun (Article #790) is a uniquely-textured bulky weight yarn that works up quickly and easily. 98% acrylic, 2% polyester; packaged in 6 oz/170g (185 yd/167m) pull skeins.

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MATERIALS
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•  790-357 Homespun Yarn: Inca DISCONTINUED   balls $ 10.98  
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Note: (MC)
•  790-123 Homespun Yarn: Seaspray DISCONTINUED   ball $ 5.99  
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Note: (CC1)
•  790-371 Homespun Yarn: Boston Rose   ball $ 5.99  
Note: (CC2)
Lion Brand Size 11 [8 mm] 29-inch [75 cm] Circular Knitting Needles   $ 11.49  
Lion Brand Stitch Markers   $ 2.49  
Large-Eye Blunt Needles (Set of 6)   $ 3.59  
 
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Happy Baby Blanket

Lion Brand® Homespun®

GAUGE:

9 sts = 4" (10 cm) in garter st (knit every row). BE SURE TO CHECK YOUR GAUGE. When you match the gauge in a pattern, your project will be the size specified in the pattern and the materials specified in the pattern will be sufficient. If it takes you fewer stitches and rows to make a 4 in. [10 cm] square, try using a smaller size hook or needles; if more stitches and rows, try a larger size hook or needles.

STITCH EXPLANATION:

ssk (slip, slip, knit) Slip next 2 sts as if to knit, one at a time, to right needle; insert left needle into fronts of these 2 sts and k them tog.

NOTES:

1 ridge = 2 rows garter st.

Count ridges with RS facing.

COLOR SEQUENCE
2 ridges MC, 3 ridges CC1, 4 ridges MC, 3 ridges CC2, **4 ridges MC, 3 ridges CC1, 4 ridges MC, 3 ridges CC2**; repeat from ** to ** for color sequence.


AFGHAN
SQUARE #1

With MC, cast on 40 sts, place center marker, cast on 40 sts – 80 sts.

*Pattern Row 1 (WS) Knit 1 row.

Pattern Row 2 (RS) K to 2 sts before marker, ssk, move marker to right needle, k2tog, k to end of row.

Mark RS with stitch marker, safety pin, or loop of contrasting color yarn.

Keeping to color sequence, repeat Pattern Rows 1 and 2 until 2 sts remain. K2tog. Fasten off.

SQUARE #2

With MC, pick up and k 40 sts along cast-on edge of Square #1 to center, place marker, cast on 40 more sts (knit into last st picked up, place new st made back on left needle or use backwards thumb loop method).

Following color sequence, repeat Pattern Rows 1 and 2 of Square #1 until 2 sts remain. K2tog. Fasten off.

SQUARE #3

Repeat Square 2, picking up along cast-on edge of Square 2 to center. Continue as for Square #2.

SQUARE #4

Repeat Square #2, picking up along cast-on edge of Square #3, place marker, pick up 40 sts along cast-on edge of Square #1.

Continue as for Square #2.

When Square #4 is complete, inner square of Blanket is complete and assembled.

Edging

With RS facing and MC, pick up and k 1 st between each garter ridge across one edge of Blanket.

Next row (WS) Knit 1 row.

Increase Row 1 (RS) With CC1, k into front and back of first st, k across to last st, k into front and back of last st.

Increase Row 2 (WS) Knit 1 row.

Repeat Increase Rows 1 and 2 once more with CC1, then twice with MC, binding off all sts across last WS row.

Repeat edging on all 4 sides of Blanket.

Sew corners with flat seam.


 
ABBREVIATIONS / REFERENCES
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k = knit k2tog = knit 2 together
RS = right side st(s) = stitch(es)


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Ratings and Reviews
Pattern Average Rating: ***** (based on 1 review)
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Happy Baby Blanket Reviewed by Charlotte Whitley on 2008-05-31 *****
I've made this blanket twice and am in the midst of a third. The first time I used Jiffy yarn. I had to add stitches and rows to get to size. The second time I used a competitors bulky yarn. This time I'm using a strand of Baby Soft and a strand of Micropun held together. Again I've added stitches and rows to get to size. Looks great so far.
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