I don’t like picking up stitches so this blanket, named in honour of my granddaughter, is knitted all in one!

A square DK baby blanket knit flat all in one piece. The design incorporates a slipped stitch colourwork pattern with intarsia borders on each side.

Size
Length: 75 cm 29½in
Width: 75 cm 29½in

Skills
Cast on, knit, purl, slip stitches, intarsia, cast off

Yarn
West Yorkshire Spinners Bo Peep DK (52% Falkland wool, 48% nylon 112m 122 yds per 50g ball)
Yarn A: 4 balls of Tinman (305)
Yarn B: 1 ball of Cheeky Chops (210)
Yarn C: 1 ball of Apple (213)
Yarn D: 1 ball of Pumpkin (276)

Needles and Accessories
4mm 80cm circular needles
Yarn needle

Gauge
19 sts and 28 rows to 10cm 4in over st st using 4mm needles, after washing and blocking