Checkered Knit Blanket
This Checkered Knit Blanket will look fantastic in your living room! Use this free knitting pattern from Bernat Yarns to create a quick and easy knit blanket. Thrown over a couch or chair in your living room, this blanket will be the finishing touch to tie the room together and add an extra splash of color. You could customize the colors of your classy knit blanket to match the room or tailor it to match the current season. You'll love snuggling up under this afghan with your loved ones on a cool evening.
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MATERIALS:
- Size 5 mm (U.S. 8) circular knitting needle 36 ins [90 cm] long or size needed to obtain gauge.
- Bernat® Super Value Harvest Colors (197 g / 7 oz) OR Bernat® Worsted Harvest Colors (400 g / 14 oz) 1 ball each:
- MC: (Taupe Heather)
- A: (Rustic Heather)
- B: (Steel Blue Heather)
- C: (Moss Heather)
- D: (Plum Heather)
- E: (Teal Heather)
- F: (Redwood Heather)
MEASUREMENTS:
Approx 45 x 58" [114.5 x 147.5 cm].
GAUGE:
18 sts and 24 rows = 4" [10 cm] in stocking st.
INSTRUCTIONS:
Panel I
With MC, cast on 42 sts.
1st row: (RS). Purl.
**2nd row: K1. *(K1. P1. K1) in next st. P3tog. Rep from * to last st. K1.
3rd row: Purl.
4th row: K1. *P3tog. (K1. P1. K1) in next st. Rep from * to last st. K1.
5th row: Purl.
Rep last 4 rows of Trinity Stitch Pat for 9 ins [23 cm], ending with a 4th row.
Join A and proceed as follows:
1st row: (RS). K3. *Sl1. K3. Rep from * to last 3 sts. Sl1. K2.
2nd row: Purl.
Rep last 2 rows of Ridge Pat for 9 ins [23 cm], ending with 1st row.**
Rep from ** to ** twice more, changing colors as follows: B, C, D, E. Cast off knitwise.
Panel II
With C, cast on 42 sts.
***1st row: (RS). K2. *Sl1. K3. Rep from * to end of row.
2nd row: Purl.
Rep last 2 rows of Ridge Pat for 9 ins [23 cm], ending with 1st row.
With D, proceed as follows:
1st row: (WS). K1.*(K1. P1. K1) in next st. P3tog. Rep from * to last st. K1.
2nd row: Purl.
3rd row: K1.*P3tog. (K1. P1. K1) in next st. Rep from * to last st. K1.
4th row: Purl.
Rep last 4 rows of Trinity Stitch Pat for 9 ins [23 cm], ending with a 4th row.***
Rep from *** to *** twice more, changing colors as follows: E, F, MC, A. Cast off knitwise.
Panel III
Work as given for Panel I, working colors in the following sequence: F, MC, A, B, C, D. Cast off knitwise.
Panel IV
Work as given for Panel II, working colors in the following sequence: B, C, D, E, F, MC. With MC, cast off knitwise.
Panel V
Work as given for Panel I, working colors in the following sequence: E, F, MC, A, B, C. Cast off knitwise.
FINISHING:
Sew panels tog in following sequence: I, II, III, IV, V.
EDGING:
With RS of work facing and MC, beg at lower right corner of Blanket, pick up and knit 200 sts evenly along right side of Blanket.
Knit 1 row. Knit 2 rows of each color as follows: A, B, C, D, E. With F, knit 1 row. Cast off knitwise (WS).
Rep for left side of blanket.
With RS facing and MC, beg at right side edging of Blanket, pick up and knit 180 sts evenly across upper edge of Blanket. Work as given for side edging. Rep for lower edge.
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quanahs 5032097
Mar 13, 2016
I love the patchwork afghans to hone my knitting skills, learn new stitches and to bust my ever growing stash of yarn. This is a nice size blanket to cuddle under while watching TV or knitting, plus its elegant enough to be used as a decorative throw over the back of your favorite chair. With fewer blocks you can make a crib blanket to match a special nursery.
carolsnedden3 5111 711
Nov 14, 2015
This is another really easy pattern. I have used the pattern instructions as a base to use up all my scrap wool this year and have ended up with 5 of them - guess what everyone's getting for Christmas LOL. I am planning one in the actual colours and wool you suggested for my sister's living room now.
NanyChris
Oct 25, 2014
Having trouble sourcing the yarn as I want to make this in the colours shown. Has anyone got alternate yarn that works up the same shades?
FaveCrafts Editor JL
Oct 27, 2014
Hi there - Most of this yarn can be found on Amazon. They also have a great selection of yarn from other brands, so you should be able to find what you're looking for. Thanks! - Julia from FaveCrafts
mariancampbell53 9 233626
Feb 22, 2014
I find it difficult to get circular knitting needles, can you tell me how I can knit the checkered knit blanket on straight needles and what size to use in Ireland, thank you
Lisa
Sep 04, 2016
The panels themselves can be knit on straight needles, they are only a 42 stitch cast on, the circulars would be absolutely necessary for the edging because you are picking up 200 stitches on one side of the blanket, nothing will change in the pattern knitting with straights instead of circ's because there is no join. I know this is late hope it helps someone.
karenhartley43 854 6987
Jun 20, 2013
IT looks a lovely pattern.Isi it not possible to put into my I Book.Am new to computers so still learning!!
aubu1964 9524488
Feb 20, 2013
Is this pattern easy or hard. I like easy knitting projects
libo5053 1142996
Mar 05, 2013
This is very easy but I have only gotten as f a r as knitting the panels. Does anyone have any helpful tips on how to sew the panels together? What color yarn do you use?
Dsynr1
Dec 22, 2010
I usually make sweaters in one piece, a front, a back, and the other front. No side/shoulder seams and sleeves exactly the same number of rows. As for afghans, sometimes you can't knit all the squares at the same time, though. I have made one with a greek key border that I could only make in strips and sew together. It doesn't work when the panels are all different sizes like a Mondrian-inspired blankie, either. There is also the fact that the project can get very heavy and tiring on your arms and hands. You can't take a 40-inch thing along to do on the bus like you can a foot-square or a slim panel, especially if the bus gets crowded, either.
nonanunzi
Nov 19, 2010
Christivas when you knit or crochet squares all together at the same time, do you drop one color and pick up the next as you go across the rows?
Elrine
Jul 24, 2010
Greetings from a cold and wet Cape Town, South Africa! This is just the thing to warm up our winter days - cheerful, quick and not too difficult! Thank you! Kind regards Elrine Greig [Mrs]
christivas
Jan 01, 2010
WHEN KNITTING OR CROCHETING A ANYTHING THAT HAS SQUARES OR PANELS, I KNIT THEM ALL TOGETHER AT THE SAME TIME SO THAT I DON'T HAVE TO """SEW""" THEM TOGETHER OR """CROCHET THEM TOGETHER""" LATER. THIS WORKS GREAT ! ! ! ! ! I EVEN DO THIS WHEN I CHANGE NOT ONLY COLOR BUT PATTERNS AS WELL. TRY IT, IT'S GREAT. CHRISTIVAS
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