SUPPLIES & TOOLS:
- Lion Brand Off the Hook Ombre (Art. #534)
- Lion Brand Yarn Skein, #611 Coral Reef (2)
- MEASUREMENTS: About 34" x 42"
DIRECTIONS:
SET UPPull out one end of yarn and count out 59 loops. You'll be working on just 56 loops. This length of 56 loops will be the beginning of your blanket, the other 3 loops are beginning yarn tail and will be secured later.
Lay this length of 59 loops onto a flat surface, with the end of the yarn on your right hand side.
Tip: This yarn is designed so that the loops stay in place - you can set the Blanket down at any point and the loops won't come undone.
Check to be sure that all loops are facing upwards and that the loops aren't twisted. Now you'll be working in rows across the length of loops. The yarn that's coming from the yarn ball is called the working yarn.
Hold the working yarn behind the length of loops. With your thumb and index finger, reach through the first loop on the right hand side, reaching from front through to back, and pull the next loop from the working yarn through the first loop.
BEGINNING BORDER
Hold the working yarn in front of the base of 56 loops.
Row 1: With your thumb and index finger, bring through the first loop (56th loop from the end) on the beginning of your throw.
With working yarn continued to be held in front, pull the next loop from the working yarn through the first loop.
Working across the length of loops from right to left, continue to pull the next loop of working yarn through the next loop on the throw until you've pulled up 56 loops.
Row 2: Work same as Row 1, but working from left to right to pull up a loop of working yarn in each of the 56 loops on the Blanket.
Row 3: Work same as Row 1, this time working from right to left.
Row 4: Repeat Row 2.
MAIN SECTION(WITH SIDE BORDERS)
Beginning on Row 5, you'll be working the first and last 5 loops with the working yarn in front and all the loops in between with the working yarn in the back. This technique creates a border on the blanket.
Row 5: Working from right to left, and reaching from back to front, with the working yarn in the front (do not turn the work), pull up a loop in each of the first 5 loops; move the yarn to the back; * working with next 2 loops cross the first loop over the second loop and reaching through from front to back pull up a loop in order loops appear; repeat from * across to last 5 loops; move the yarn to the front and reaching through from back to front pull up a loop in each of the last 5 loops.
Row 6: Working from left to right, and reaching from back to front, with the working yarn in the front (do not turn the work), pull up a loop in each of the first 5 loops; move the yarn to the back; * working with next 2 loops cross the second loop over the first loop and reaching through from front to back pull up a loop in order loops appear; repeat from * across to last 5 loops; move the yarn to the front and reaching through from back to front pull up a loop in each of the last 5 loops.
Row 7: Working from right to left, and reaching from back to front, with the working yarn in the front (do not turn the work), pull up a loop in each of the first 5 loops; move the yarn to the back; reaching through from front to back pull up a loop in next loop, * working with next 2 loops cross the first loop over the second loop and reaching through from front to back pull up a loop in order loops appear; repeat from * across to last 6 loops; pull up a loop in next loop; move the yarn to the front and reaching through from back to front pull up a loop in each of the last 5 loops.
Rows 8-53: Repeat Rows 6 and 7.
Rows 54: Work same as Row 1, but working from left to right to pull up a loop of working yarn in each of the 56 loops on the blanket.
Row 55: Work same as Row 1, this time working from right to left.
Row 56: Work same as Row 1, this time working from left to right.
Row 57: Repeat Row 55.
FINISH OFF YOUR LOOPS
Now you'll need to finish off your loops. Drop the working yarn.
Working in the same direction as the last row you made, pull the second loop through the first; pull the third loop through the second; pull the fourth through the third - and so on across to the end of the row.
Now you're back at the side with working yarn. Carefully snip the remaining loops off the working yarn tail. Pull working yarn through the last loop and knot.
With your fingers, weave the yarn ends into the loops of the blanket.