Black Cats on a Blanket by Sylvia Leake

Black Cats on a Blanket

Knitting
September 2023
Aran (8 wpi) ?
12 stitches and 18 rows = 4 inches
in Stocking/stockinette stitch
US 9 - 5.5 mm
856 - 870 yards (783 - 796 m)
Width: 80cm/32in. Length: 120cm/48in
English
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This slightly quirky cat themed baby blanket is made up of stocking/stockinette stitch mitred blanket squares with moss/seed stitch borders. The blanket squares are sewn together with alternating squares having a cat motif in the left corner. The cat motifs are added after the square is knitted by Swiss Darning/duplicate stitch following the charts provided. However, they could be added using the intarsia method as you knit the square. The squares are knitted using a chunky/bulky weight yarn.

As well as blankets, the squares could have many uses, for example, cushion covers, bed runners, framed as wall art, coasters using a less bulky weight yarn and much more. The cat motifs could also be used for different projects.

Size: one blanket square is 20cm/8in x 20cm/8in
The blanket pictured is 80cm/32in wide x 120cm/48in long