BASKETWEAVE BABY BLANKET

Basketweave Baby Blanket Project

Level: Intermediate

WHAT YOU'LL NEED:

  • "Bella Baby" Baby Bliss Merino 8ply 50g x 12 balls.
  • A pair of 4mm knitting needle, or size required to give correct tension.
  • Scissors, yarn needle, tape measure

MEASUREMENTS

Width (approx) cm: 75
Length (approx) cm: 110

TENSION

20 sts x 28 rows to 10cm over patt, using 4mm needles.

INSTRUCTIONS

Using 4mm needles, cast on 151 sts.

Note - When joining in new balls of yarn, join yarns 2 sts in from side edges to avoid unsightly knots along side edges of Blanket.

Knit 9 rows garter st (1st row is WS).

Beg Patt -

1st row (RS) - K5, K5, P5, (K1, P1) twice, rep from to last 6 sts, K6.

2nd row - K6, P1, K1, P1, K6, P5, rep from to last 5 sts, K5.

Rep last 2 rows twice more.

7th row - Knit.

8th row - K5, purl to last 5 sts, K5.

9th row - K5, P5, (K1, P1) twice, K5, rep from to last 6 sts, K6.

10th row - K5, P1, P4, (K1, P1) twice, K6, rep from to last 5 sts, K5.

Rep last 2 rows twice more.

15th row - Knit.

16th row - K5, purl to last 5 sts, K5.

17th row - K5, (K1, P1) twice, K6, P4, rep from to last 6 sts, P1, K5.

18th row - K6, K4, P5, (K1, P1) twice, K1, rep from to last 5 sts, K5.

Rep last 2 rows twice more.

23rd row - Knit.

24th row - K5, purl to last 5 sts, K5.

Rows 1 to 24 incl form patt.

Rep last 24 rows 11 times, then first 6 rows once ... 294 rows patt.

Knit 9 rows garter st.

Cast off loosely.

FINISHING

DO NOT PRESS. Sew in ends towards centre

of Blanket, rather than along side edges.

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