‘Arabesque’ designed by Tina Jane for Manos Yarns UK, is a stunning blanket design for knitting enthusiasts everywhere! Inspired by the delightful Arabesque art form, this beautiful supersoft blanket features a play of intertwining branches, twists and turns created through textured stitch patterns and colourwork.

You can now buy the pattern as a stand-alone pattern.

The pattern was originally released as a knitting kit that included the Manos del Uruguay Alpaca Heather yarn.

These kits are still available to buy from Manos del Uruguay Cratejoy Store. Each kit comes with:

• The Manos Alpaca Heather yarn needed to knit the blanket in a choice of two colour palettes - Warm or Cool
• Written pattern instructions
• Digital pattern with links to video tutorials
• An organza project bag

Blanket dimensions:
120cm x 120cm (47.25” x 47.25”)

Yarn used:
800g of Manos Del Uruguay Alpaca Heather yarn:

Warm colour palette
5 x 100g of H704 Beige
3 x 50g of H2150 Bing Cherry
3 x 50g of H2222 Honeycomb

Cool colour palette:
5 x 100g H703 Grey
3 x 50g of H2446 Petrol
3 x 50g of H21791 Goji Berry

You will also need:

• 4mm knitting needles – you may prefer to use a circular needle to accommodate the number of sts
• 4mm DPNs
• Blocking mat/towel
• Cable needle, optional
• Locking stitch marker
• Pins or blocking wires
• Safety pin
• Stitch markers
• Tapestry needle

For more information, see https://manos-del-uruguay1.cratejoy.com/about