Cable Blanket Knitting Pattern

(Please be aware that this pattern is not my own)

It seems pretty boring and old-fashioned, but it really isn't. Knitting can be very complex or simple. It's so much more satisfying than buying something at the store because you get the joy of making something by hand and having something new.  I dare you to try it and let me know how it goes. For those of you who are more advanced, or have knitted for a long time, here's a pattern from my most recent project. There are also some pictures that show the ways I've styled the blanket.


Items Needed:

• 3 balls of Bernat Baby Blanket or Blanket Brights yarn
• 1 US 11 Circular knitting Needle
• 1 Stitch Holder or Cable Needle

Abbreviations:

Alt - alternate

Beg - beginning

C6B - slip next 3 stitches onto cable needle and leave at back of work. K3, then K3 from cable needle

K- knit

K2tog - Knit next 2 stitches together

M1 - Make 1 stitch by picking up horizontal loop lying before next stitch and knitting into back of loop.

P- purl 

Pat - pattern 

Rep- repeat 

RS - right side 

St(s) - stitch (es)

WS - wrong side

Instructions:

Cast on 79 stitches. Do not join. Working back and forth across needle in rows, proceeds as follows: Knit 9 rows (garter st) noting 1st row is RS.

Next row: (WS). K2. *(K4. M1) twice. K1. Rep from * to last 5 sts. K5. 95 sts.

Proceed in pat as follows:

Row 1: (RS). K5. *P1. K6. P1. K3. Rep from * to last 2 sts. K2.

Row 2 and alt rows: K2. *K4. P6. K1. Rep from * to last 5 sts. K5.

Row 3: As row 1

Row 5: K5. *P1. C6B. P1. K3.  Rep from * to last 2 sts. K2.

Row 7: As row 1

Row 8: As row 2

Rep these 8 rows until work from beg measures approx 38 1/2", ending on row 1.

Nest row: (WS). K2. *K4. K2 tog. K2. K2tog. K1. Rep from * to last 5 sts. K5. 79 sts.

Knit 9 rows (garter st).

Cast off.

(Project Sheet #83184 from Michaels)

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