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Happy Baby Blanket

Lion Brand® Homespun®

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Pattern Number: 829
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SKILL LEVEL:  Easy

SIZE: One Size
40" square
CORRECTIONS: None
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MATERIALS QTY ALT QTY
 · 
 790-357 Homespun Yarn: Inca DISCONTINUED (MC) 2  
 · 
 790-123 Homespun Yarn: Seaspray DISCONTINUED (CC1) 1  
 · 
 790-371 Homespun Yarn: Boston Rose (CC2) 1  
 · 
 Lion Brand Size 11 [8 mm] 29-inch [75 cm] Circular Knitting Needles 1  
 · 
 Lion Brand Split Ring Stitch Markers 1  
 · 
 Lion Brand Large-Eye Blunt Needles (Set of 6) 1  

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 Deco Rococo Edwardian Tudor Sierra
Hepplewhite Shaker Colonial Deco Rococo Edwardian Tudor Sierra
Regency Baroque Waterfall Gothic Prairie Barrington Nouveau Windsor
Regency Baroque Waterfall Gothic Prairie Barrington Nouveau Windsor
Corinthian Mediterranean Delft Quartz Montana Sky Black Candy Apple Harvest
Corinthian Mediterranean Delft Quartz Montana Sky Black Candy Apple Harvest
Olive Barley Grape Cream Golden Meadow Fiesta Apple Green
Olive Barley Grape Cream Golden Meadow Fiesta Apple Green
Lagoon Parfait Painted Desert Wild Fire Bourbon Herb Garden Mixed Berries Pearls
Lagoon Parfait Painted Desert Wild Fire Bourbon Herb Garden Mixed Berries Pearls
Marble Ambrosia
Marble Ambrosia
Happy Baby Blanket
Lion Brand® Homespun®

GAUGE:

9 sts = 4" (10 cm) in garter st (knit every row). BE SURE TO CHECK YOUR GAUGE.

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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