The Laurentian Plateau covers almost half of Canada, from the Great Lakes to the Arctic Ocean. The rugged landscape inspires images of snow, mineral rich rock and migrating caribou herds. The yellow diamonds in this entrelac design add a pop of colour, framed by the monochromatic hues of a snowy Canadian vista from the rocky outcrop of a mountain top. Garter stitch gives this blanket a lofty warmth like a fat ptarmigan! Make this design your own with colour choices that are inspired by your landscape. And when you’re done, wrap yourself up and enjoy the sunset from your balcony or cabin deck, on a pier, in a prairie eld or at the edge of the forest; you’ll be cozy and warm!

This knitting pattern includes detailed written directions.

Sizes & Finished Measurements
Baby: 24 ½ x 33” / 62 x 84 cm
Lap: 35 ¼ x 47 ½“ / 89.5 x 120.5 cm
Throw: 47 ¼ x 63 ¾” / 120 x 162 cm

Yardage
Aran/worsted weight yarn;
C1 295 (570, 950) yd / 270 (525, 865) m;
C2 165 (375, 670) yd / 155 (345, 610) m;
C3 175 (405, 720) yd / 160 (370, 660) m;
C4 90 (250, 445) yd / 85 (230, 410) m;
C5 85 (190, 335) yd / 75 (170, 305) m.

We used River City Yarns Epic Yarn (100% virgin wool; 212 yds / 194 m per 100 g ball).
Colour 1: 2 (3, 5) balls in White
Colour 2: 1 (2, 4) ball(s) in Light Grey
Colour 3: 1 (2, 4) ball(s) in Medium Grey
Colour 4: 1 (2, 3) ball(s) in Black
Colour 5: 1 (1, 2) ball(s) in Gold

Substitution Notes
Choose a worsted weight yarn with easy care instructions. While a wool blend or superwash wool makes the colour changes easy and minimizes the number of ends to sew in (because of the spit splicing technique), an acrylic blanket will be easy to launder.

Techniques
Entrelac, garter stitch, picking up sts, decreases.

Helpful Links
How to spit splice two colours and minimize the number of ends to sew in.

Available as a kit at https://rivercityyarns.com/products/epic-laurentian-kit