This colorful and strikingly easy blanket will help your use up your stash. The more colors you use the better it looks, and it can be made from worsted, light worsted, or combinations of even lighter weights (instructions for combining and testing for equivalency are included. Most of the knitting is plain garter stitch. There is no sewing, and pieces are joined with pick up and knit and a 3-needle Bind off, which you will fully master by the time you’ve joined a couple strips. The pattern includes a link to my helpful video tutorial.

Size 32 x 43”/81 x 109 cm

Techniques Garter Stitch, Pu&k, 3-needle BO, i-cord

The photographed sample was knit with 3000 yards of Knit Picks Palette yarn, held double. For a worsted version, about 1500 yards is required.

Needles (2) US Size 7/4.5 mm 40”/100 cm circular needles, (1) US Size 7/4.5 mm needle used only as the 3rd needle in a 3-needle BO.

Notions Tapestry needle or crochet hook for weaving in ends, needle protectors

Gauge 16 sts x 32 rows = 4”/10 cm in garter stitch, with yarn held single, and on US Size 5/3.5 mm or size to obtain gauge.

Notes

• Yarn of two different colorways are held double throughout.

• The Blanket is worked in horizontal Strips, with striping. Strips are joined together by pu&k on the top of one Strip, knitting some rows; repeating this on the bottom of the adjacent Strip, then joining the Strips with a 3-needle BO.