Knitting the Crosswise Free Baby Blanket Pattern
The Crosswise Free Baby Blanket Knitting Pattern
Knitting the Crosswise Free Baby Blanket Knitting Pattern is a simple and satisfying knitting project. Beginning with 5 stitches and using one yarnover per row, the blanket grows for as long as you desire. When it’s the right length, simply begin the decreases and you will have a perfect square.
Use one color, two colors, 10 colors. It is simply your vision, and is fun to use up all those half used skeins that you cannot bear to throw out.
For this project, I used up 9 colors of skeins in my stash. I had varying amounts of each color and knit the rest of whatever I had left over from other projects.
This pattern makes a perfectly square blanket. This Crosswise Baby Blanket is 30″ x 30″.
Yarn
Project shown with Hobby Lobby’s Aran Weight I Love This yarn in 9 colors for a stroller sized blanket 30 x 30, approximately 700 yards total of leftover yarn.
How much yarn do I need?
Assuming a gauge of 4.5 stitches to the inch:
- Stroller: 400 yards for 24 x 24
- Baby: 700 yards for 30 x 30
- Small: 1000 yards for 36 x 36
- Medium: 1300 yards for 42 x 42
- Large: 1600 yards 48 x 48
Needles
Knitpicks: Mosaic Options Interchangeable Circular Needles. Size 8 with a 24″ or 32″ cord with a gauge of 18 stitches per 4 inches.
Knitpicks says it best: Combining Radiant’s bright, bold and warm boisterousness, the sea-inspired colors of Caspian’s oceanic hues, and the luxurious jewel tones of dignified Majestic, Mosaic gives you the usual strong and smooth layers of laminated birch in every color you could want. And the distinct sequence of colors will make finding the right needle size easier than ever.
The Crosswise Free Baby Blanket Pattern
With Size US8 circular needles and a 24″ or 32″ cord:
- Cast on 5 stitches. Knit 1 row.
- Next row Knit 4, yo, knit to end.
Repeat this row until the 2 sides (not the diagonal) are 24″ (30″, 36″, 42″, 48″) wide
Change colors at will.
- Begin Decreases
- Next Decrease Row Knit 3, k2tog, yo, k2tog, k to end.
Repeat this row until there are 5 stitches on needle.
- Bind off 5 stitches.