If you are a knitter, and if you have or know a cute baby, you should love this blanket. It is so soft and warm that any baby should love it, too. My blanket measures about 33" x 36", but size is up to you. As I mentioned on the show, I cast on 150 sts. because that's how many I could get on my size #7 needles.
If you have tried the tube knitting that we have done in the past on the show, this should be no trouble. If you have not tried it, this will be slightly tricky, only because you have to pay attention and remember NOT to purl that stitch!
Materials:
six 3 oz. skeins Lion Brand Jiffy yarn
one pair size #7 knitting needles
blanket measures about 33" x 36
Steps:
- Cast on 150 sts.
- Knit back and forth in the garter st. (knit every row) for 2".
- Knit the first 10 sts. then insert needle to knit the next st. Wrap the yarn around the needle twice... not once as you usually do... then complete the stitch.
- Bring yarn around to the front of the needle as if you were going to purl the next st., but do NOT purl it. Instead, slip the st. off of the needle.
- Bring yarn around to the back of the needle again and insert needle to knit. Again, wrap yarn around needle TWICE and complete the st. Continue across row in this manner until you get to the last 10 sts. Knit the stitches and turn work.
- Continue in this manner until piece measures desired length, minus the 2" border. Knit the remaining rows in garter st. Cast off.
Note: On the return rows, you will always knit where you slipped the sts. on the previous row, and you will slip sts. where you previously knit. Because you wrapped the yarn around the needle twice on the knit sts., you will have two loops on the needle. Treat these as one st. Insert needle in the front of the first loop as if to purl, and slip both loops off of the needle.
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