Sizing: Instructions provided for making a smaller blanket.

Description from Interweave Knits, Summer 2000: “This blanket is so soft, so generously sized, so beautiful that it will make anyone cuddled within it feel special, not to mention warm and comfortable. It requires a lot of knitting and a lot of yarn (the yarn is used doubled for extra weight and body), but because it is made in five separate strips (three narrow, two wide), rather than in one big piece, it is a surprisingly manageable project - even one that can be worked on while traveling, one strip at a time. The finishing requires only seaming the five strips together (because the edges join in the appearance of a cable, the seams are invisible), then picking up and knitting the final borders (garter stitch at the side edges and cabled ribbing at the top and bottom).”

Finished Size: About 64” (162.5 cm) wide and 68” (173 cm) long.

Yarn: Classic Elite Waterpsun (100% felted Merino; 138 yd 123 m/50 g): #5035 chartreuse, 64 skeins (used double). See introduction if you want to make a smaller blanket.

Yarn weight: #4 - Medium

Gauge: 15 sts and 21 rows = 4” (10 cm) in St st on larger needles.

Needles:

• Panels-Size 10½ (6.5 mm): straight.
• Edging-Size 10 (6 mm): 32” (80-cm) circular (cir).
• Adjust needle sizes if necessary to obtain correct gauge.

Notions: Cable needle (cn); tapestry needle.

Originally Published: Interweave Knits, Summer 2000