Simple no-wrong side baby blankets

So my nearly-mother-in-law has been volunteering at the neonatal ICU at her local hospital and put out a request for baby blankets for the tiny ones that need help staying warm. So I went over to the local big giant box store in town (because fancy yarn shops are not willing to stoop to selling Red Heart Super Saver and other washing machine friendly acrylics) and stocked up.

I wanted to be able to churn out some blankets quickly, and so this is the first of some unknown number of simple blankets that don't really have a wrong side.  I feel like it saves time to know that both sides are right sides, because we all know that nurses have nothing but free time...

This has basically a frame of seed stitch and rows of alternating directions of stockinette in the contrasting colors.



Here's the first one:

Supplies:
Size 10.5 circular knitting needles (not a short circular, but doesn't need to be enormously long)
Red Heart Super Saver in any 2 contrasting colors you like (I chose white and orange, which looks more like Texas Longhorns than Tennessee Volunteers)

Instructions:

  • Cast on 77 stitches with main color (I used long tail cast on, but use whatever is your favorite reasonably stretchy cast on stitch)
  • Do 10 rows of nothing but seed stitch (k1p1*rep until end, k1; next row: k1p1*rep until end, k1)
  • Next 2 rows in same color:
    • Row A: k1p1*rep 4 more times, knit until 10 stitches remain, p1k1*rep 4 more times
    • Row B: k1p1*rep 4 more times, purl until 10 stitches remain, p1k1*rep 4 more times
  • Repeat 6 more times, then 1 more Row A (15 rows in each color for stockinette sections)
  • At end, change to contrast color, then 7 repeats of Row A and B, then 1 more row of A.
  • Continue each section of color and 15 rows until you are working the 4th row of the main color (I used white as the main color, orange as the contrast)
  • Once 4th row of main color is completed, complete 10 rows of nothing but seed stitch, still in main color.
  • Cast off with larger needles (I used my 13s)


Comments

  1. Dorothy BellJune 21, 2014 at 10:35 PM

    Thank you ,great pattern i think i can do ,thought i would for babies hospital

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    1. EJune 22, 2014 at 8:17 AM

      Thanks! I just finished another one which should be up later today, which is even simpler - no color changes.

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