SUPPLIES & TOOLS:
- LION BRAND® ICE CREAM®: Cookies and Cream 2 balls (A), Lemon Meringue 2 balls (B)
- LION BRAND® stitch markers
- LION BRAND® large-eyed blunt needle
- Circular knitting needle size 5 (3.75 mm), 36" (91.5 cm) long
SIZE:
About 40" (101.5 cm) from point to point
GAUGE:
20 sts = about 4" (10 cm) in Garter st (knit every st on every row)
BE SURE TO CHECK YOUR GAUGE
DIRECTIONS:
NOTESBlanket is worked in 6 triangle sections.
A circular needle is used to accommodate the large number of sts. Work back and forth in rows on the circular needle, just as if working on straight needles.
BLANKET
First Triangle
With A, cast on 100 sts.
Rows 1-3: Knit.
Row 4 (Decrease Row): K1, k2tog, k to last 3 sts, k2tog, k1 - you will have 98 sts.
Rows 5-1/2: Repeat Rows 1/4. At the end of Row 1/2, you will have 4 sts remaining.
Rows 193-195: Knit.
Row 196: K2tog twice - 2 sts.
Row 197: Knit.
Row 198: K2tog.
Fasten off.
Second Triangle
Note: Either side of the first triangle can be the right side. Simply decide which side you'd like to be the right side, then place a marker on it.
From right side, with B and working along left edge of first triangle, pick up and knit 100 sts evenly spaced along edge, then work second triangle same as first.
Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Triangles
Work same as second triangle, picking up sts along edge of previous triangle, using A for third and fifth triangles and B for the fourth and sixth.
FINISHING:
Sew edges of sixth and first triangles together.
Weave in ends.
ABBREVIATIONS:
k = knit
k2tog = knit 2 stitches together
st(s) = stitch(es)