Basket of Love Baby Blanket

By: Bernat Design Team from yarnspirations.com

Wrap your little one in a Basket of Love Blanket for optimal coziness. Only knit baby blankets this soft and comfy can keep baby calm throughout the night. New mothers know what a challenge it can be to keep their little one satisfied, but thankfully they don't need to be a knitting guru to do just that. Even those just beginning knitting can manage this simple knit-and-purl pattern. Being possibly one of the cutest free knitting patterns for baby blankets out there, it certainly helps that anyone can knit it.

Beginner

Knitting Needle Size11 or 8 mm, Circular Knitting Needles

Yarn Weight(6) Super Bulky/Super Chunky (4-11 stitches for 4 inches)

Gauge1 stitches, 2 rows, 3 inches. stockinette stitch

Materials:

Bernat® Baby Blanket™ (10.5 oz/300 g; 220 yds/201 m) Lemon Lime (04223) - 2 balls or 390 yds/355 m
Size U.S. 11 (8 mm) circular knitting needle 32” [80 cm] long or size needed to obtain gauge.

Measurements: Approx 38” [96.5 cm] square.

Abbreviations:

Approx = Approximately

Beg = Begin(ning)

Cont = Continue(ing)

K = Knit

P = Purl

Pat = Pattern

Rep = Repeat

RS = Right side

St(s) = Stitch(es)

WS = Wrong side

Gauge: 8 sts and 13 rows = 4” [10 cm] in stocking st.

Instructions

Cast on 75 sts. Do not join. Working back and forth across needle in rows, proceed as follows.

Knit 3 rows noting 1st row is WS.

Proceed in Basketweave St Pat as follows:

1st row: (RS). Knit.

2nd row: K8. *P3. K5. Rep from * to last 3 sts. K3.

3rd row: K3. P5. *K3. P5. Rep from * to last 3 sts. K3.

4th row: As 2nd row.

5th row: Knit.

6th row: K4. P3. *K5. P3. Rep from * to last 4 sts. K4.

7th row: K3. P1. K3. *P5. K3. Rep from * to last 4 sts. P1. K3.

8th row: As 6th row.

These 8 rows form Basketweave St Pat.

Cont in pat until work from beg measures approx 37” [94 cm], ending on a 1st or 5th row of pat.

Knit 2 rows.

Cast off (WS).

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Mark

May 24, 2018

So cute, and great for beginners, too!

quanahs 5032097

Apr 17, 2016

This precious little blanket will knit up super fast, with the big needles and only two skeins of yarn. It would be a perfect shower gift for the parents to be and likely to become a favorite cuddle blanket of the new little person. The simple 8 row pattern is easy to memorize and it creates a lovely texture.