When a new arrival is imminent, or friends are moving into their first home, this blanket makes a welcome gift. Southwick’s cotton and bamboo blend makes it deliciously soft and cozy. A combination of Double Moss stitch outer hems and eyelet inner borders with a stockinette field keeps this project interesting and just challenging enough. Hydra is knit flat seamlessly from the bottom up. The eyelet stitch pattern is charted and written out.

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Skill Level: Adventurous Beginner
Finished Measurements: Shown in Baby Blanket size
Width – 36 (48)”
Length – 40 (72)”
Yarn Requirements: 11 (25) Valley Yarns Southwick (52% Pima Cotton/ 48% Bamboo; 50g/105yds) shown in 28 Smoky Quartz
Needles: US 7 (4.50mm) 24–32” circular to get gauge
Gauge: 18 sts and 24 rows = 4” in both stockinette and eyelet stitch patterns, blocked