How to Knit the "Henry" Baby Blanket

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Baby Blankets don't have to be complicated to be beautiful, even something as a plain garter stitch blanket can look so snuggly and inviting knitted well, and in the right yarn.

Henry is just one small step away from a Garter Stitch blanket. I've added in one row of purl stitches which transforms what would be a very plain (but beautiful) blanket, into one that has bags of texture, but remains a super simple quick knit.

My instructions produce a Blanket approximately 60cm x 80cm, but the beauty of this blanket is there is NO pattern repeat, you just cast on as many stitches as you need and off you go. Ideal for when you really don't want to have to sit and work out how many stitches you need to achieve the perfect size.

I've chosen to knit this blanket in a rich dark purple instead of the pastel shades you often see baby blankets knitted it. I think the darker colour helps the subtle texture of the purl stitches shine through.

Materials Needed:

• 4mm Circular Needs (to recreate this blanket 80-100cm is a perfect length)
• 400g of DK Yarn - I used Stylecraft Bellissima in Purple Passion
• 2 Stitch Markers
• Scissors & Tapestry Needle for sewing in ends

Written Pattern:

Stiches Used

• k - knit
• p - purl
• sl1pwyf - slip one purlwise with yarn in front.
• Pm - place marker
• Sm - slip marker

Bottom Edge

Foundation Row: Cast on 132 stitches.

Knit 16 rows as follows: K until final stitch, sl1pwyf

Main Pattern Repeat

Setup Row: k9, pm, p across until 9 stitches remain, pm, k8, sl1pwyf. 

Repeat Rows:

Row 1-9: k until 1 stitch remains (sm as you come across them), sl1pwyf

Row 10: k9, sm, p across until second marker, sm, k8, sl1pwyf. 

Repeat Rows 1-10 (I worked 28 repeats in total) until project is slightly shorter than desired length (to allow for garter edging. Start Edging after completing a "Row 10".

Top Edge

Knit 16 rows as follows: K until final stitch, sl1pwyf.

Final row (Row 17): Cast off knit wise with right side facing.

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