46" x 68"
Materials:
Size 9 (US) circular needle
(BC) 2 skeins Loops & Threads Impeccable in Aran
(CC) 3 skeins Lang Yarns Mille Colori Big in Color No. 0044 (pink and green blend)
(MC) 4 skeins Land Yarns Mille Colori Big in Color No. 0039 (brown and orange blend)
Abbreviations:
K - knit
P - purl
Yo - yarn over
Sl - slip next stitch
Psso - pass the slipped stitch over the stitch just worked
St(s) - stitch(es)
Chevron Pattern:
Row 1: *K1, yo, K12, K2tog, sl 1, K1, psso, K12, yo.* Repeat from * to * until last st, K1.
Row 2: P across.
Instructions:
This blanket will test your intarsia skills. If you've never worked with color changes before, I posted some instructions here but I found these instructions were helpful as well.You'll have seven different color sections, each bordered by white. Each section has its own ball of yarn. Conveniently, you'll have four sections of MC to match the 4 skeins you'll use and three sections of CC to match the 3 skeins you'll use. There are 8 border sections of BC so you'll want to make 8 relatively small balls of BC yarn. You'll be working from a lot of different skeins and it'll get tangled a lot, but don't get frustrated! The finished product is worth it.
In BC, CO 204 stitches
Row 1-6: Work Chevron Pattern.
Now you change colors, which are ordered across a row as follows:
BC, MC, BC, CC, BC, MC, BC, CC, BC, MC, BC, CC, BC, MC, BC
Row 7: (In BC, K1, yo, K1), *(In MC, K11, K2tog, sl 1, K1, psso, K11), (In BC, K1, yo, K1, yo, K1), (In CC, K11, K2tog, sl 1, K1, psso, K11), (In BC, K1, yo, K1, yo, K1).* Repeat from * to * until last 28 sts, in MC, K11, K2tog, sl 1, K1, psso, K11, in BC, K1, yo, K1.
Row 8: P across
Repeat Rows 7 and 8, 9 more times for a total of 10 repeats (making 20 Rows total).
Rows 9-12: In BC, work Chevron Pattern.
TIP: When changing from working the BC only across to working the different colors across, be sure you are pulling from the same skein in that section below to keep the color changing consistent.
Repeat Rows 7-12, 9 more times (10 times total)
Work Rows 7-8 one more time.
Rows 13-18: In BC, work Chevron Pattern. Bind off.
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