Friday, July 31, 2009

Free Easy Preemie and Full Term Diagonal Baby Blanket Knit Pattern

Easy Preemie and Full Term 
Diagonal Baby Blanket Knit Pattern

Material
(For 30”X30”blanket)
2 skeins acrylic baby yarn
You can use any baby yarn 3 or 4 ply and 29"circular size needles 8 to 10.5

Blanket:
Cast on 4 sts
Row 1: Knit 1 row
Row 2: Knit 1 st, Increase 1 st in next st Increase 1 st in next st (see below), Knit 1 st. 
Row 3: Knit 1 row
Row 4: K3, YO (yarn over), Knit to the end of row. *Repeat row 4 until side of blanket measure 30”.
Decrease:
Next Row: K2, K2 Tog, YO, K2 Tog, Knit to the end of row.  *Repeat this row until 6 sts remain.*
Row 1: Knit 1 row
Row 2: K1, K2 Tog, K2 Tog, K1= 4 sts
Row 3: Knit 1 row
Row 4 : Bind off
Increase 1 st in next st;  "Knitting in front and back of the same stitch."
1. Insert needle into the front of the stitch.
    Knit the stitch but do not remove it from left needle.
2. Insert right needle into back of the same stitch and knit again.
3. Remove the stitch from left needle. One stitch is added.

5/13/13
Those blankets have a crochet border added to this pattern.
You can find the hat, booties and mittens in patterns list.

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