{"id":97,"date":"2009-07-12T17:51:43","date_gmt":"2009-07-12T16:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/knit.colourfuldesigns.co.uk\/?p=97"},"modified":"2009-07-12T18:13:48","modified_gmt":"2009-07-12T17:13:48","slug":"easy-baby-blanket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knit.colourfuldesigns.co.uk\/?p=97","title":{"rendered":"Easy Baby Blanket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I recently knitted an Easy Baby Blanket for a friend who was having a baby.  (He was born big and healthy last weekend and both mum and baby are doing well.)<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 230px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images4.ravelry.com\/uploads\/bexx\/10357988\/picture_201001_small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Baby Blanket\" src=\"http:\/\/images4.ravelry.com\/uploads\/bexx\/10357988\/picture_201001_small.jpg\" alt=\"Easy Baby Blanket\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Easy Baby Blanket<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The pattern is available on the BBC website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/stoke\/content\/articles\/2006\/0\/15\/easy_baby_blanket_with_lace_feature.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.\u00a0 (On Ravelry <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/easy-baby-blanket-with-lace-option\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.)<br \/>\nIt is a pattern is for a blanket, knitted as a a square starting at the corner, when finished you then knit a lace edging and sew it on.<\/p>\n<p>I used 200grams off DK weight yarn, a full edging all the way around takes about 20% of the yarn.<\/p>\n<p>I am adverse to sewing anything when doing a knitting project, so I made some changes, to enable me to knit the edging on, making for a neater, seamless blanket.<\/p>\n<p>I used a different increase method, a slip stitch edge, knitted the border on with No sewing!<\/p>\n<p>As Follows\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>For increases:<br \/>\nEvery Row:<\/strong> Slip 1 purlwise, K into Front and Back of stitch, Knit to last stitch, Knit through back of loop.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For decreases:<br \/>\nEvery Row:<\/strong> Slip 1 purlwise, Slip 1 Knit 1, Pass Slipped stitch over, Knit to last stitch, Knit through back of loop.<\/p>\n<p>This forms 1 stitch on the edge of the blanket for every 2 rows, perfect for attaching the border.<\/p>\n<p>For knitting on the edging, start on a corner, knit the last stitch on the even rows together with 1 slip stitch from the blanket edge.<br \/>\nThis will align the edging on the blanket perfectly, without having to measure how much edging is needed and sew it on.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Edging worked as follows:<\/strong><br \/>\nCast on 8 stitches<br \/>\nRow 1 ( Wrong side) Slip 1, Knit 1,(Yarn fwd knit 2 tog)twice, Yarn fwd Knit 2 (9sts)<br \/>\nRows 2, 4, and 6. Slip 1, Knit to last stitch, <strong>K last st together with 1 slip stitch from blanket edge.<\/strong><br \/>\nRow 3. Slip 1, knit 2 (yarn fwd knit 2 tog) twice. Yarn fwd Knit 2 (10sts)<br \/>\nRow 5. Slip 1, knit 3 (yarn fwd knit 2 tog) twice. Yarn fwd Knit 2 (11sts)<br \/>\nRow 7. Slip 1, knit 4 (yarn fwd knit 2 tog)twice . Yarn fwd Knit 2 (12sts)<br \/>\nRow 8. Slip 1, Knit 10 sts, <strong>K last st together with 1 slip stitch from blanket edge.<\/strong><br \/>\nRow 9. Slip 1 Knit 11 sts Row 10 cast off 4 Sts Knit to the end ( 8sts)<br \/>\nThese 10 rows form the pattern.<\/p>\n<p>I hope these changes will help anyone who wants to knit this pattern.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently knitted an Easy Baby Blanket for a friend who was having a baby. (He was born big and healthy last weekend and both mum and baby are doing well.) The pattern is available on the BBC website here.\u00a0 (On Ravelry here.) 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