Strawberry Kisses Baby Blanket
Welcome a baby into the world with a beautifully knitted baby blanket. It won't take you long at all to learn how to knit a blanket designed with your little bundle of joy in mind. The Strawberry Kisses Baby Blanket is the perfect easy knitting project to take up on the weekends. Just work on it little by little each day and soon you'll have a darling little knit just waiting for baby to come home. This easy baby blanket pattern can be cast on by knitters of all skill levels, so there's no need to worry there. All you need is plenty of time. As the years go on, your little one may begin to outgrow many of the things you knit for them. However, this knit baby blanket is sure to be the one that withstands the test of time. Seeing the newest addition to the family in this adorable little knit is sure to be worth all of the effort that goes into knitting it up!
Knitting Needle Size3 or 3.25 mm, Circular Knitting Needles
Yarn Weight(3) Light/DK (21-24 stitches to 4 inches)
Gauge1 stitches, 2 rows, 3 inches. stockinette stitch
Materials:
- Bernat Baby (Solids: 50 g/1.75 oz) - 9 balls
- Size 3¼ mm (U.S. 3) circular knitting needle 36 ins [90 cm] long or size needed to obtain gauge.
GAUGE: 29 sts and 24 rows = 4 ins [10 cm] in pat.
Measurements: Approx 36 x 48 ins [91.5 x 122 cm]
Abbreviations:
K = knit
P = purl
St = stitch
Sl = slip
K2tog = knit two stitches together
Dec = decrease
Inc = increase
Pat = pattern
Beg = beginning
Instructions:
Cast on 193 sts. Do not join. Working back and forth across needle work 7 rows in garter st (knit every row) noting that first row is WS and inc 59 sts evenly across last row. 252 sts.
Proceed in pat as follows:
1st row: (RS). Knit.
2nd row: K6. *(K1. P1. K1) in next st. Sl1. K2tog. psso. Rep from * to last 6 sts. K6.
3rd row: Knit.
4th row: K6. *Sl1. K2tog. psso. (K1. P1. K1) in next st. Rep from * to last 6 sts. K6.
These 4 rows form pat.
Cont in pat until work from beg measures approx 47 ins [119.5 cm] ending with a 4th row of pat.
Next row: (RS). Knit, dec 59 sts evenly across. 193 sts.
Work 6 rows in garter st. Cast off knitways (WS).
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tbaggett
Jun 04, 2024
I am confused by the increase that occurs in the Cast On paragraph. How do you increase 59 stitches evenly?
Lisa
Jan 30, 2023
For those having difficulty with this pattern, I noticed that a previous explanation of why the pattern is not faulty has been removed. The K1,P1, K1 are all being done in the same stitch, which increases 2 stitches, the sl1, k2tog, psso is done immediately after that stitch and decreases two stitches, so the stitch count is being maintained all the way through the pattern. You will not complete one set of stitches without doing the other, so you are completing those instructions 40 times across the row. Hope this helps someone. Happy knitting!
trishsfriends 2969 740
Oct 18, 2017
I wish it had said how to increase that many stitches evenly. I tried to divide it buy it is hard to increase every 3.27 stitches! Cute blanket tho'!
ffxiamunett 725486 7
Sep 17, 2015
The pattern increases by 2 stitches on the k1, p1, k1 in the same stitch...then decreases by 2 stitches with k2tog, psso. Hope this helps
Let it Snow
Aug 21, 2015
Yes I agree, the pattern is faulty! I think the pattern rows are missing YO's or adding stitches! I should have gone with my instinct and not started this project. This is a little upsetting at this point...
ShaniWehl 7321037
Jun 11, 2015
The pattern is faulty. It does not work? Too many psso for stitching? Doesn't make sense.
Lisa
Feb 21, 2021
The pattern is not "faulty" it does work, it increases at the exact same rate that it decreases, so the stitch count is always maintained. Someone else has already explained in detail how this pattern is constructed and works out beautifully.
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