Minty Fresh Lace Baby Blanket
Do you ever just look at a knitting pattern and know, right off the bat, it's your next project? Mommies and grandmommies out there, this Minty Fresh Lace Baby Blanket is just the pattern you've been looking for. This simple baby blanket knitting pattern is so mindless, you'll begin it one night and forget you were knitting. The mint-green color will suit any nursery, so you don't even have to know the sex of the baby to begin knitting. This very well might be the blanket the newest addition of your family drags along with him for years to come.
Knitting Needle Size7 or 4.5 mm, Circular Knitting Needles
Yarn Weight(3) Light/DK (21-24 stitches to 4 inches)
Gauge24 sts and 28 rows = 4 ins [10 cm] in pat.
Finished SizeApprox 36 x 46 ins [91.5 x 117 cm].
Materials List
- Bernat Baby Coordinates (160 g/5.6 oz) - 5 balls
- Size 4.5 mm (U.S. 7) circular knitting needle 32 ins [80 cm] long or size needed to obtain gauge.
Instructions
Cast on 217 sts. Knit 6 rows.
Proceed in pat as follows:
1st row: (RS). K4. *yfwd. K3. Sl1K. K2tog. psso. K3. yfwd. K1. Rep from * to last 3 sts. K3.
2nd row: K3. Purl to last 3 sts. K3.
3rd row: As 1st row.
4th row: Knit. These 4 rows form pat.
Cont in pat until work from beg measures approx 45 ins [114.5 cm], ending with 2nd row of pat.
Knit 6 rows. Cast off knitwise.
Abbreviations
- K2tog
- Knit next 2 stitches together
- P2tog
- Purl next 2 stitches together
- Sl1PwyiB
- Slip next stitch purlwise with yarn in back of work
- Sl1Pwyif
- Slip next stitch purlwise with yarn in front of work
- Yf
- Bring yarn to front of work
- Yo
- Yarn over
- RS / WS
- Right side / Wrong side
- Approx
- Approximate(ly)
- K
- Knit
- Beg
- Beginning