Projects in Pieces: Spring Blankets

What is it about spring that makes you want to make a blanket? It makes no sense, and yet there it is. The most important part of making a spring blanket is to make it in pieces and keep your project portable. The second key point is to keep it simple, complicated patterns tend to lie fallow at this time of year. The following are a few ideas to get your motor running!

Learn to Knit a Log Cabin Blanket

• Cascade 220 Superwash or Berroco Vintage, 2 skeins of each of 9 other colours (or more), 4 skeins of background colour (approx)
• 4.5mm needles
• FREE pattern available online
• picture above by jettshin

Triangles, Diamonds + Squares, Oh My!

• Cascade 220 Superwash Sport, 1 skein in each of  8 colours (or more), 4 skeins in contrast colour
• 3.75mm, 3.5mm-60" circular needles
• pattern available online

Hue Shift Afghan

• Cascade 220 Superwash Sport, 2 skeins in each of 10 colours, 4 skeins in 1 colour (border)
• 3.75mm needles
• pattern available online

Babette Blanket

• Cascade 220 Superwash Sport, 3 skeins of 1 colour, 2 skeins of each of 3 colours, 1 skein in each of 13 colours.
• 3.5mm (or 3.75mm to 4mm) crochet hook, + 2.75mm hook
• pattern available online
• this is a crochet project

Hudson's Bay Company Baby Blanket

I love the simple aesthetic and nostalgia of the HBC blanket.  

Hudson's Baby Baby Crib Blanket

• 10 skeins Cascade 220 Superwash or Berroco Vintage: 6 off white, 1 red, 1 yellow, 1 green, 1 dark blue
• 4.5mm-36" circular needles
• for a faster knit try using Berroco Vintage Chunky and 6mm needles - cast on fewer stitches

As always, you can find us at Knitomatic.com!

Paintbox Blanket worthy of it's name!

This blanket is soooo beautiful!  And it's so simple too, log cabin squares are such a no-brainer!

Paintbox Log Cabin Blanket

• 19 to 20 skeins Noro Silk Garden 
• 2 skeins Cascade Eco
• 5mm needles
• 5mm-36" circular needles

As always, you can find us at Knitomatic.com

New Free Pattern - Simple Crochet Ripple Baby Blanket

Simple Crochet Ripple Baby Blanket

Pattern by Haley Waxberg

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Skill Level: Beginner

Notes

The pattern repeat for this blanket is 14 +2 sts, so if you want to increase or reduce the size of your project, add or subtract stiches in multiples of 14. Each ripple measures approximately 4”. Additionally, don't be afraid to skip over part of the colourway if it isn't working, sometimes Noro throws in a colour that's a dud.

Resources for New Crocheters

The Crocheter's Companion by Nancy Brown is an excellent reference resource.

StitchDiva also has excellent tutorials: http://www.stitchdiva.com/custom.aspx?id=53

There are also helpful video tutorials on youtube titled The Art of Crochet by Teresa: http://www.youtube.com/user/tjw1963

Size

26”wx30”l (30”wx35”l)unblocked

Materials

3(4) skeins Noro Taiyo, 100g/200m (colour used for small sample, colour 20 used for large)

5mm/H crochet hook

Gauge

approx 17 sts & 5 rows = 4” in ripple stitch

Abbreviations

ch chain

dc double crochet

dc3tog double crochet 3 together

Techniques

dc3tog

(Yarn over hook, insert hook in next stitch, yarn over hook and pull up loop, yarn over hook, draw through 2 loops), repeat instruction in brackets 3 times {you should have 4 loops on hook}, yarn over hook, draw through all loops on hook.

As always, you can find us at Knitomatic.com!