Hazel Baby Blanket
INTERMEDIATE KNIT
MEASUREMENTS
Size (approx) 90 x 90 cm
YARN
Billie Bamboo/Wool 50g
Main Colour x6 (MC) Ivory
1st Colour x1 (C1) Shale
2nd Colour x1 (C2) Minty
3rd Colour x1 (C3) Lilac
4th Colour x1 (C4) Blush
5th Colour x1 (C5) Seaspray
6th Colour x3 (C6) Ash
NEEDLES AND EXTRAS
1 pair 5mm knitting needles or size needed to obtain tension. A yarn needle.
TENSION
22 sts to 10 cm over garter st, using 5mm needles. This blanket has been worked on bigger needles than normally recommended.
FIRST TRIANGLE
Using 5mm needles and MC, cast on 120 sts. * 1st row (WS) - Knit.
2nd row - Knit to last 2 sts, K2tog. Rep last 2 rows until work measures 5 cm from beg, working last row on WS.
Change to C1, rep last 2 rows for 3 cm, working last row on WS.
Change to MC, rep last 2 rows for 5 cm, working last row WS.
Change to C2, rep last 2 rows for 3 cm, working last row on WS.
Change to MC for rem, and rep last 2 rows until one st remains. Fasten off.
SECOND TRIANGLE
With RS facing, using 5mm needles and MC, knit up 120 sts evenly along the straight row ends of First Triangle. Work from * as for First Triangle using C3 in place of C1 and C4 in place of C2
THIRD TRIANGLE
With RS facing, using 5mm needles and MC, knit up 120 sts evenly along the straight row ends of Second Triangle. Work from * as for First Triangle, using C5 in place of C1 and C1 in place of C2
FOURTH TRIANGLE
With RS facing, using 5mm needles and MC, knit up 120 sts
evenly along the straight row ends of Third Triangle.
1st row (WS) - Knit to last st, sl st, knit up one st of the cast on edge of First Triangle, pass slipped st over.
2nd row - Knit to last 2 sts, K2tog.
Rep last 2 row until work measures 5 cm from beg, working last row on WS.
Change to C4, rep last 2 rows for 3 cm, working last row on WS.
Change to MC, rep last 2 rows for 5cm, working last row on WS.
Change to C5, rep last 2 rows for 3 cm, working last row on WS.
Change to MC for rem, rep last 2 rows until one st remains. Fasten off.
EDGING
With RS facing, using 5mm needles and C6, knit up 180 sts evenly along outside edge of First Triangle.
1st row (WS) - Purl.
2nd row - K1, M1, knit to last st, M1, K1 = 182 sts.
3rd row - P1, M1 purlways, purl to last st, M1 purlways, P1 = 184 sts.
Rep 2nd and 3rd rows once, then 2nd row once = 190 sts. 7th row - Knit.
8th row - K2tog tbl, knit to last 2 sts, K2tog = 188 sts.
9th row - P2tog, purl to last 2 sts, P2tog tbl = 186 sts.
Rep 8th and 9th rows once, then 8th row once = 180 sts. Cast off loosely.
Rep for other 3 sides.
FINISHING
DO NOT PRESS. Sew in ends. Join each corner of edging. Fold edging at knit row and sl st loosely in position on WS.
