Eleventh Hour Color Story Blanket by Purl Soho

Eleventh Hour Color Story Blanket

Knitting
November 2019
yarn held together
Jumbo
+ Jumbo
= Jumbo (0-4 wpi) ?
3 stitches and 5.5 rows = 4 inches
in Seed Stitch, yarn held double
US 50 - 25.0 mm
352 - 802 yards (322 - 733 m)
Crib Size (Throw Size)
English
This pattern is available for free.

MATERIALS
9 (18) skeins of Purl Soho’s Gentle Giant, 100% merino wool. Each skein is 48 yards/125 grams.

  • Color A: 1 (2) skeins of Gentle Giant, approximately 46 (96) yards required
  • Color B: 2 (4) skeins of Gentle Giant, approximately 80 (178) yards required
  • Color C: 2 (4) skeins of Gentle Giant, approximately 82 (192) yards required
  • Color D: 2 (4) skeins of Gentle Giant, approximately 64 (178) yards required
  • Color E: 1 (2) skeins of Gentle Giant, approximately 48 (96) yards required
  • Color F: 1 (2) skeins of Gentle Giant, approximately 32 (62) yards required

You will also need…

We came up with 3 pretty palettes…

PARAKEET (the palette we used for our sample)

Color A: Periwinkle Blue
Color B: Clear Turquoise
Color C: Pool Blue
Color D: Mallard Green
Color E: Nighttime Blue
Color F: Lapis Blue

DAYBREAK

Color A: Cowrie Pink
Color B: Silver Mauve
Color C: Rose Violet
Color D: Pink Camellia
Color E: Super Pink
Color F: Orange Koi

RIVERSTONE

Color A: Wolf Brown
Color B: Winter Bark
Color C: White Peppercorn
Color D: Heirloom White
Color E: Pigeon Gray
Color F: Elephant Gray

GAUGE
3 stitches and 5½ rows = 4 inches in seed stitch, holding yarn doubled

SIZES
Crib Size (Throw Size)

Finished Dimensions: Approximately 27½ inches wide x 40 inches long (approximately 41½ inches wide x 54¾ inches long)

NOTES
STITCH MULTIPLE
This pattern works over an odd multiple of stitches.

DOUBLE THE YARN
Throughout this pattern, you will pull two strands together. If you’re making the Crib Size, when you’re knitting two strands of the same color, pull from the inside and outside of the ball.