Color Study Blanket in Daily Wool by Purl Soho

Color Study Blanket in Daily Wool

Knitting
March 2025
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
19 stitches and 38 rows = 4 inches
in Garter Stitch
US 7 - 4.5 mm
1490 - 2495 yards (1362 - 2281 m)
Crib (Throw)
English
This pattern is available for free.

MATERIALS
Our Color Study Blanket Bundle includes all the yarn you’ll need for your own Crib (Throw) blanket: 10 (16) skeins of Purl Soho’s Daily Wool, 100% superwash wool yarn. Each skein of this worsted/aran-weight yarn is 164 yards/ 100 grams; approximately 1490 (2495) total yards required. We used the Field Thistle and Fishing Hut bundles.

  • Color A: 2 (4) skeins; approximately 290 (635) total yards required
  • Color B: 3 (5) skeins; approximately 490 (820) total yards required
  • Color C: 3 (5) skeins; approximately 490 (820) total yards required
  • Color D: 2 (2) skeins; approximately 220 (220) total yards required

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NOTE: An earlier version of this pattern used 9 skeins of Purl Soho’s Worsted Twist (no longer available) and had a different gauge, square shape, and one size. For more on that version, visit our original Color Study Blanket pattern!

GAUGE
19 stitches and 38 rows (19 ridges) = 4 inches in garter stitch

NOTE: The Throw size uses almost all of Colors B and C. To avoid running short, be sure to check your gauge by swatching with Color D, and keep tails short.

SIZES
Crib (Throw)

Finished Dimensions: 39 inches wide x 30 inches tall (39 inches wide x 51 inches tall)

Samples: We knit the Crib size in the Field Thistle and Fishing Hut bundles.

Originally designed by Purl Soho designer, Laura Ferguson, and updated by Purl Soho designer, Hiromi Glover. See even more of Hiromi’s work on her Instagram!