The Pattern Was Cute - Baby Blankets (2010)

Completely useless to me for now (hopefully soon), these baby blankets were inspired by the book I mentioned earlier, Knitting Made Easy by Red Heart.  On page 31 of this inspirational book, there is a picture of the most adorable baby pose ever!  And this adorable little baby is strategically positioned with a cute purple/pink baby blanket.  The first blanket was an attempt to understand the pattern, so I used two different colors of yarn and alternated them.  The second blanket was an attempt to make the blanket better.  Overall, they turned out all right... though I wish I could have made both blankets a little more square.

Since I wanted to get back into knitting and do something more than just a scarf, I started here!  Believe it or not, this was *before* the scarves in the scarves post, but not by much.

~Pattern:
-4 skeins of medium weight yarn in your desired color and size 11 (8 mm) knitting needles.
-Increase (inc) - Knit in the front loop of the next stitch as usual but leave it on the left needle, then knit into the back loop of the same stitch and slip off the left needle - two stitches made from one.
-S2KP - Slip the next 2 stitches from the eft needle purlwise.  Knit the next stitch, then pass the 2 slipped stitches over the knit stitch - one stitch made from 3.

Blanket's First Half

*Cast on 3 stitches.
*Next row: knit.
*Row 1 (right side): increase in first stitch, knit to last 2 stitches, increase in next stitch, knit 1 (2 stitches increased)
*Row 2: Purl.
*Row 3: (right side): increase in first stitch, knit to last 2 stitches, increase in next stitch, knit 1 (2 stitches increased)
*Row 4: Knit.

Repeat Rows 1-4 for pattern until there are 131 stitches, end by working Row 4.  Each "leg" of the triangle should measure 37".

Blanket's Second Half

*Row 1: slip 1, knit 1, pass slip stitch over, knit to last 2 stitches, knit 2 stitches together (2 stitches decreased)
*Row 2: Purl.
*Row 3: slip 1, knit 1, pass slip stitch over, knit to last 2 stitches, knit 2 stitches together (2 stitches decreased).
*Row 4: Knit.

Repeat Rows 1-4 for pattern until 3 stitches remain.

*Next Row: Purl.
*Last Row: S2KP - 1 stitch remains.  Fasten off.  Weave in ends.




Hope you enjoyed!