This intarsia-knit small throw/lap blanket features the French Fleur-de-Lis symbol centered prominently on the right side of the blanket. Knit with a unique varying-weight yarn, the lap blanket develops a wonderful character almost reminiscent of a small hand spun blanket fit only for royalty.

Size:
• Approx. 45.5” x 37” (115.5 cm x 94 cm) relaxed after blocking

Needles & Materials:
• US Size 10 – 6.0 mm 36” (91 cm) circular knitting needles
• Stitch markers to mark the center stitch
• Darning needle to weave in ends

Yarn:
• Knit Picks Billow (100% Pima Cotton), 120 yds (110 meters), 3.53 oz. (100 grams), bulky weight yarn in two colors
◦ Eggplant (I142) - 7 skeins (MC) & Clarity (B961) - 7 skeins (CC)
▪ Amounts include plenty of extra yardage/meterage – amounts can be reduced to 5 skeins MC and 4 skeins CC but because of the varying weight of the yarn (that at times is nearly sport weight, increasing back to bulky weight in just a few inches), buying more yarn than needed is the safest option.
▪ Additionally, as alternating skeins is difficult in intarsia knitting, be sure to work with skeins from the same dye lot to avoid any variations in color within the work.

Gauge:
• Approx. 10 sts/3” (10 sts/7 cm) – in the center stockinette motif
◦ Note that gauge is not terribly important for this pattern.

Notes on Knitting Intarsia:

It is assumed that you know how to knit intarsia for this pattern. Detailed instructions on the technique can be found online if needed. When knitting the blanket myself, I preferred to use full skein bobbins when starting new blocks of colorwork to ensure I didn’t run short on yarn but you may choose to use smaller, more manageable bobbins and conserve yarn rather than have lots of partial skein leftovers. The yarnage estimate range high end value (7 skeins ea. color) comes from this non-conservative approach where the low side value (5 skeins MC and 4 skeins CC) was calculated by weighing and measuring the partial skins I was left with at the end to calculate how many full skeins worth of yarn I had left over. This amount was then subtracted from the high end yardage value. In other words, the low end yardage value was estimated from the amounts of yarn I was left with when using 7 skeins of each color and using full skein bobbins in the colorwork.