Fleur-du-Lit Baby Blanket by Luise O'Neill

Fleur-du-Lit Baby Blanket

Knitting
January 2011
DK (11 wpi) ?
21 stitches = 4 inches
in stockinette stitch
US 3 - 3.25 mm
700 yards (640 m)
23” wide x 25” tall / 58 cm wide x 64 cm tall
English
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A clever pattern with Wow-Factor results yet never requires knitting with more than one colour!

Pattern uses 1 solid colour yarn and 1 multi-colourd yarn; choose whether to knit the bottom and top borders in the solid or a multi-coloured yarn.

Sample used a little over 2 skeins each of Patons Astra in “Maize Yellow” (solid) and Patons Astra in “Happy Days” (multi) -- (approx. 350 yds / 320 m of each).

The blanket has a Garter stitch top and bottom border as well as Garter side edges; the multi-coloured yarn is carried right out to the side edges for a lovely striped effect. Yarn colour is changed every 2 rows but the yarn does NOT have to be cut; the “waiting” yarn can be carried up the side of the blanket so there are minimal ends to weave in.

Notions
2 stitch markers (optional)
Yarn needle

Method
Knit flat.

Stitches Used
Knit, k2tog, purl, slip, ssk, yarn over.