Supplies & Tools
Bernat® Baby Blanket Dappled™ (10.5 oz/300 g; 220 yds/201 m)
Hopping Hydrangea (15008) 3 balls
Size U.S. 11 (8 mm) circular knitting needle 36” [91.5 cm] long or size needed to obtain gauge.
Gauge
8 sts and 13 rows = 4” [10 cm] in stocking st.
MEASUREMENTS
Approx 40” [101.5 cm] wide x 44” [112 cm] long.
DIRECTIONS
Cast on 73 sts.
Knit 5 rows (garter st), noting 1st row is WS and inc 8 sts evenly across last row. 81 sts (multiple of 14 sts + 11).
Proceed in pat as follows:
1st row: (RS). K6. *K2tog. yo. K1. yo. ssk. K3. K2tog. yo. K4. Rep from * to last 5 sts. K5.
2nd and alt rows: K4. Purl to last 4 sts. K4.
3rd row: K5. *K2tog. yo. K3. yo. ssk. K1. K2tog. yo. K4. Rep from * to last 6 sts. K6.
5th row: K4. K2tog. yo. *K5. yo. Sl1. K2tog. psso. yo. K4. K2tog. yo. Rep from * to last 5 sts. K5.
7th row: K6. *yo. ssk. K4. yo. ssk. K3. K2tog. yo. K1. Rep from * to last 5 sts. K5.
9th row: K7. *yo. ssk. K4. yo. ssk. K1. K2tog. yo. K3. Rep from * to last 4 sts. K4.
11th row: K8. *yo. ssk. K4. yo. K3tog. yo. K5. Rep from * to last 3 sts. K3.
12th row: As 2nd row.
These 12 rows form pat.
Cont in pat, maintaining 4 garter sts on either side, until Blanket measures 42” [106.5 cm], ending on a WS row of pat.
Next row: (RS). Knit, dec 8 sts evenly across. 73 sts.
Knit 4 rows.
Cast off loosely (WS).
Abbreviations
Approx = Approximate(ly)
Beg = Beginning
Cont = Continue
Dec = Decrease(ing)
Inc = Increase(ing)
K = Knit
K2(3)tog = Knit next 2(3) stitches together
P = Purl
Pat = Pattern
Psso = Pass slipped stitch over
Rep = Repeat
RS = Right side
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
St(s) = Stitch(es)
WS = Wrong side
Yo = Yarn over