Seaside Stripes Blanket
Update your home for the summer with a refreshing knit blanket pattern! The Seaside Stripes Blanket is a crisp and clean nautical-inspired blanket with tons of character. This white and blue beauty features alternating thick and thin stripes and perfectly captures the laid-back vibe of a summer fishing village. Experiment with earth tones for a fun southwestern look.
Knitting Needle Size7 or 4.5 mm, Circular Knitting Needles
Yarn Weight(4) Medium Weight/Worsted Weight and Aran (16-20 stitches to 4 inches)
Materials:
- Patons Canadiana (100 g/3.5 oz) or Patons Decor (100 g/3.5 oz):
- Main color (MC) (White) 7 balls
- Contrast A (Lt Blue) 1 ball
- Contrast B (Dk Blue) 3 balls
- Size 4.5 mm (U.S. 7) circular knitting needle 36 ins [90 cm] long or size needed to obtain tension
Gauge: 20 sts and 26 rows = 4 ins [10 cm] with 4.5 mm needles in stocking st.
Measurement: Approx 47 x 57½ ins [117 x 146 cm
INSTRUCTIONS
With MC cast on 220 sts. Do not join. Working back and forth across needle, work in garter st (knit every row) for 1½ ins [4 cm], noting that first row is WS and ending with RS facing for next row. With MC, work 22 rows in stocking st. Cont in stocking st, working color changes as follows:
**With A, work 2 rows.
With MC, work 4 rows.
With B, work 2 rows.
With MC, work 2 rows.
With B, work 2 rows.
With MC, work 2 rows.
With B, work 16 rows.
With MC, work 2 rows.
With B, work 2 rows.
With MC, work 2 rows.
With B, work 2 rows.
With MC, work 4 rows.
With A, work 2 rows.***
With MC, work 44 rows.**
Rep from ** to ** twice more, then from ** to *** once more.
With MC, work 22 rows in stocking st.
With MC, proceed in garter st for 1½ ins [4 cm] ending with WS facing for next row. Cast off knitways (WS).
Side edging
With RS of work facing and MC pick up and knit 271 sts along each side edge.
Work 1½ ins [4 cm] in garter st, ending with WS facing for next row. Cast off knitways (WS).
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babyers 6919577
Jul 08, 2018
when doing the stripes would you need to cut the yarn each time for color changes?
Kristina K
Jul 09, 2018
Hi babyers, we imagine you could carry the contrasting colors up the side of the blanket since the stripe pattern is worked over even numbers of rows, but you could also cut the yarn each time the color changes if that works best for you. We hope this helps! -Editors of AllFreeKnitting
Lisa
Feb 03, 2019
Yes, you will cut the yarn for each color change, because of the way the border is being knit on after you complete the pattern carrying the yarn up the side with 3 different colours is not an option here.
3cats2love
Feb 17, 2017
This is a nice pattern. However, I personally find it tedious to have to pick up 271 stitches along the side and knit a border - twice! It would have been easier to work the garter stitch edging up both sides as you went along, as many other patterns do. Just my 2 cents.
Lisa
Feb 11, 2018
I don't disagree with you about it being easier to knit the border in, but in this case it will just look like the rest of the blanket. Picking up the stitches after and knitting them from the edges out makes the border knitting run the opposite way to the blanket and adds some dimension to a blanket that could be characterized as "plain".
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