Baby's Quilted Knit Blanket

By: Martin Storey for knitrowan.com

This Baby's Quilted Knit Blanket is thick, cozy, and absolutely perfect for babies during the colder months. The lovely white and blue coloring is reminiscent of a clear spring sky, which is just the kind of energy you want in the nursery. Worked in a series of squares that are then knit together, you also get the added fun of seeing a bunch of little knit pieces come together to create something bigger. Have those dear to you help you knit some squares so your baby has a little bit of everyone's love in his first blanket.

Beginner

Knitting Needle Size5 or 3.75 mm

Yarn Weight(3) Light/DK (21-24 stitches to 4 inches)

Gauge1 stitches, 2 rows, 3 inches. stockinette stitch

Materials:

Baby Merino Silk DK Yarn
- A Sky 676 - 5 skeins of 50g
- B Straw 671 - 5 skeins of 50g
1 pair 3 3⁄4mm (no 9) (US 5) needles
20 x 00401 buttons
Piece of thick polyester wadding 52 cm x 65 cm

Measurements: Completed blanket measures 52 cm (20 1⁄2 in) by 65 cm (25 1⁄2 in).

Abbreviations:

st(s) = stitch(es)

beg = begin(ning)

RS = right side

WS = wrong side

g = garter

Gauge: 22 sts and 40 rows to 10 cm measured over garter stitch.

Intructions

SQUARES (make 20 using yarn A and 20 using yarn B)

Using 3 3⁄4 mm (US 5) needles, cast on 29 sts.

Beg with a RS row, work in g st until square measures 13 cm.

Cast off.

MAKING UP

Do NOT press.

Using photograph as a guide, sew squares together in a checkerboard style to make two rectangles, each 4 squares by 5 squares. Sew these rectangles together along 3 sides. Insert wadding inside knitted pieces and close 4th side. Stitching through all layers, sew a button onto centre of each square. Using yarn A and stitching through all layers, oversew along all seams on top of blanket. Using yarn B, oversew over all previous oversewing to form 2 colour cross st.