Speedy One-Row Baby Blanket
This knit baby blanket is perfect for a quick-fix of warmth for the little one.
The Speedy One-Row Baby Blanket is the perfect blanket to knit while doing other things such as talking with friends, watching TV, or listening to an audiobook. This free knitting pattern for babies is cute, soft, and cuddly. Any little one you know will love snuggling up with this knitted baby blanket. The blue, pink, and purple colors are eye-catching and since there's only one row to remember, you won't need to be checking a pattern. Instead, you can sit back, relax, and create the perfect gift for your favorite baby. Free knitting patterns for baby don't get much easier than this piece.
Knitting Needle Size8 or 5 mm, Circular Knitting Needles
Yarn Weight(4) Medium Weight/Worsted Weight and Aran (16-20 stitches to 4 inches)
Gauge18 sts = 4” [10 cm]; 24 rows 4” [10 cm] in Mistake Stitch Pattern (slightly stretched). CHECK YOUR GAUGE. Use any size needle to obtain the gauge.
Finished Size29” x 29” [74 cm x 74 cm]
Materials List
- RED HEART® Super Saver® Jumbo: 2 skeins 784 Bonbon Print or RED HEART® Super Saver®: 3 skeins 784 Bonbon Print
- Susan Bates® Circular Knitting Needles: 5mm [US 8] 29” long
- Yarn needle
Instructions
Work back and forth in rows on circular needle, do not join.
Join a new skein of yarn when there are approximately 6” [15 cm] of yarn left from the old skein, also leaving a 6” [15 cm] tail of yarn with the joined yarn. Weave these ends in neatly on the same side of the fabric in a zigzag pattern for a few inches, and then trim off excess.
Mistake Stitch Pattern
Row 1: *K2, P2; repeat from *, end K2, P1. Repeat Row 1 for Mistake Stitch Pattern.
Blanket
Cast on 155 sts.
Begin Row 1 of Mistake Stitch Pattern.
Continue in Pattern until piece measures 29” [74 cm] from cast on edge.
Last Row: Bind off all sts.
Finishing
Weave in ends.
Abbreviations
- K2
- knit 2 sts.
- P2
- purl 2 sts.
- k
- knit
- mm
- millimeters
- p
- purl
- st(s)
- stitch(es)
- *
- repeat whatever follows the * as indicated
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