Thanksgiving Throw Pattern
This stunning chevron afghan pattern makes a great first blanket pattern!
Cozy up with this beautiful display of autumn colors and festive chevron stripes. The Thanksgiving Throw is the ultimate Turkey Day knit blanket pattern for lazy naps and football marathons. This stunningly beautiful and amazingly comfortable throw is sure to put a smile on your face as you pull it out every autumn. Add even more warmth to your home this fall with the festive Thanksgiving Throw.
If you've never knitting an afghan before, this one is a good afghan pattern for beginners. Just because there's increasing and decreasing in it doesn't mean this pattern is difficult. In fact, it's a relatively repetitive pattern, so it's easy to get into a good rhythm with it. After a few repeats, you might not even need to look at the pattern itself.
Knitting Needle Size8 or 5 mm, Circular Knitting Needles
Yarn Weight(4) Medium Weight/Worsted Weight and Aran (16-20 stitches to 4 inches)
Gauge19 sts and 25 rows = 4" [10 cm] in stocking st.
Finished SizeApprox 50" x 60" [127 x 152.5 cm]
Materials List
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Patons Canadiana (100 g/3.5 oz;187 m/205 yds)
- Contrast a Crantini (10522) 2 balls
- Contrast B Burgundy (10430) 2 balls
- Contrast C Fool's Gold (10610) 2 balls
- Contrast D Burnt Orange (10630) 2 balls
- Contrast E Cedar Green (10247) 2 balls
- Contrast F Dk Green Tea (10237) 2 balls
- Size 5 mm (U.S. 8) circular knitting needle 40" [100 cm] long or size needed to obtain tension.
Instructions
Stripe Pat
With A, work 10 rows stocking st.
With B, work 4 rows stocking st.
With A, knit 4 rows (2 garter ridges).
With C, work 8 rows stocking st.
With D, work 6 rows stocking st.
With C, knit 4 rows (2 garter ridges).
With E, work 12 rows stocking st.
With F, work 6 rows stocking st.
With E, knit 4 rows (2 garter ridges).
With B, work 10 rows stocking st.
With A, work 4 rows stocking st.
With B, knit 4 rows (2 garter ridges).
With D, work 8 rows stocking st.
With C, work 6 row stocking st.
With D, knit 4 rows (2 garter ridges).
With F, work 12 rows stocking st.
With E, work 6 rows stocking st.
With F, knit 4 rows (2 garter ridges).
These 116 rows form Stripe Pat.
Throw
With B, cast on 204 sts. Do not join in rnd. Working back and forth across needle in rows, proceed as follows:
Knit 7 rows, noting 1st row is WS and inc 27 sts evenly across last row. 231 sts.
Proceed in Stripe Pat as follows:
1st row: (RS). With A, K5. K2tog. *K8. (K1. yo. K1) all in next st. K8. Sl1. K2tog. psso. Rep from * to last 24 sts. K8. (K1. yo. K1) all in next st. K8. ssk. K5.
2nd and alt rows (except garter ridges): K5. Purl to last 5 sts. K5.
First 2 rows of Stripe Pat are complete.
Keeping cont of Stripe Pat, rep last 2 rows, noting garter st ridges, until work from beg measures 60" [152.5 cm], ending on a WS row.
Next row: With appropriate color, knit, dec 27 sts evenly across. 204 sts. Knit 5 rows.
Cast off knitwise (WS).
Abbreviations
- K
- Knit
- K2tog
- Knit next 2 stitches together
- psso
- Pass slipped stitch over
- sl1
- Slip next stitch knitwise
- ssk
- Slip next 2 stitches knitwise one at a time. Pass them back onto left-hand needle, then knit through back loops together.
- Yo
- Yarn over