The musturdeki is created from community, therefore,
rather than a formal pattern, I have created a pattern “recipe”
to take inspiration from. I asked the
knitting group to make swatches inspired by the question
“What does Latvia mean to me?” 88 individual squares came
from it. Swatches of varying color, texture, and style comprise
this cozy blanket. This is a wonderful way to stash bust,
use old swatches, or even ask friends to contribute. This is
the perfect opportunity to try out a new stitch, technique,
or even a new yarn. Blankets can also be as big as you’d like!

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Each swatch: approx. 6” / 15 cm square.

Lap blanket, six rows of eight squares:
Width: 36” / 91 cm
Height: 48” / 122 cm

MATERIALS
Yarn:
Fingering to DK-weight, stash materials.
Needles: US 2 / 2.75 mm and US 3 / 3.25 mm, in
preferred style for knitting flat.
Adjust needle size if necessary to obtain the
correct gauge.

Gauge: 20–24 sts = 4” x 4” / 10 cm x 10 cm
square.

PATTERN NOTES
This pattern recipe includes 8 swatches to provide some inspiration from knitting group, Musturprieks. The final blanket has 88 total squares, each approximately 6” / 15 cm square, arranged in eight rows of eleven squares. All the squares are whip-stitched together allowing for imperfect swatches to stretch or squish into one another. At the very end, I picked up stitches around the border to finish with an i-cord bind off.