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Swiss Cross Children's Blanket
Swiss Cross Childrens Blanket
"This is a very easy pattern knitted in panels. You can make a bigger blanket simply by adding more panels. You will have to know how to cross your yarns at the back of your work when starting your cross. There will also be almost 300 loose ends to work away. The panels are sewn together with mattress stitch"
Knitting Needle Size6 or 4 mm
Yarn Weight(3) Light/DK (21-24 stitches to 4 inches)
Materials List
- CHARITY SILVER GREY (MAIN COLOUR 9 x 100 grams)
- CHARITY WHITE (CONTRASTING COLOUR 2 x 100 grams)
- NR 4 NEEDLES
Instructions
Each and every row, except very first row, which the first stitch will be knitted tBL: Slip 1st stitch purlwise, knit last stitch tbl
1ST PANEL (Start with Grey) (Left side of Blanket)
CO 64 STITCHES
ROW 1 – 4 MOSS STITCH START OF PATTERN:
1st row: K 60, Moss last 4
2nd row: Moss 4, P 60
Repeat rows 1 & 2 28 more times
BOTTOM OF VERTICAL CROSS:
1. K21 with Grey, add White, K 9 White, add another ball of Grey, K 30, Moss 4
2. Moss 4, P 30, P9, P 21 Repeat these 2 rows 12 times (14 rows in total)
START OF HORIZONTAL CROSS:
1. K 11 (G), K 29 (W), K 20 (G)
2. P 20 (G), P 29 (W), P 11 (G)
Repeat these 2 rows 10 times (12 rows in total)
TOP OF VERTICAL CROSS:
1. K21 with Grey, add White, K 9 White, add another ball of Grey, K 30, Moss 4
2. Moss 4, P 30, P9, P 21 Repeat these 2 rows 12 times (14 rows in total) K30 rows with Grey Start from
BOTTOM OF VERTICAL CROSS, REPEAT
Repeat pattern until 5 crosses are complete.
Knit 30 rows.
End with 4 rows Moss.
CO in Moss 2nd
AND ALL IN BETWEEN PANELS (make 3)
CO 51 stitches (please note, only the bottom and top part will have 4 rows of moss – no moss on the sides K 4 rows moss)
1. Knit 51 stitches across
2. Purl 51 stitches across Repeat these 2 rows 28 times
Start of bottom of cross:
1. K21, add white k 9 (start of cross), K21
Follow pattern through until cross is finished
End panel with K30, K 4 rows moss
5th PANEL (Start with Grey) (Right side of Blanket)
CO 64 STITCHES ROW
1 – 4 MOSS STITCH
1st row: Moss 4, K to end
2nd row: Purl to last 4 stitches, Moss 4
Thus, pattern is now in reverse mode
Repeat these 2 rows for 28 rows
With start of cross, Moss 4, K 30, start cross, K 11
Continue in reverse pattern until it matches left side of blanket
Join panels using the mattress stitch and round off with crab stitch
Abbreviations
- K
- KNIT
- P
- PURL
- CO
- CAST ON
- TBL
- THROUGH BACK OF LOOP
- MC
- MAIN COLOUR
- CC
- CONTRASTING COLOUR
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3cats2love
Jul 24, 2017
I was very surprised when the designer said there will be almost 300 loose ends to work in. I don't see why that would happen. You are working up the panel of crosses so why not just leave your white yarn in the center and carry it up, at least for each of the three sections of each cross, and carry the gray yarn behind the white.
Lisa
Jan 26, 2023
You typically cannot carry yarn when you are sewing panels together or using the intarsia method to create designs in projects, carrying the yarn up will make the seams too bulky and can alter the look of the blanket entirely while making it almost impossible to put the panels together properly. I typically suggest to my students that they darn as they go, even if they don't do all the darning doing at least some of it makes the task a little less daunting.
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