Baby's Quilted Knit Blanket
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.
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.