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As a part of my baby knitting spree, I decided to make another basketweave baby blanket like the green one I made for my cousin’s son a couple of years ago. This time (since the baby is a girl!) I decided to go with a really soft pink called Shell in the same Blue Sky Alpacas Worsted Cotton as the original blanket. I love this basketweave pattern and think it’s perfect for a cozy baby blanket. (I also made a simple little stockinette hat from a pattern in my head; if you’re looking for a similar pattern try the Umbilical Cord Hat by Jennifer Jones).
I’ve had some requests for the pattern used to make my basketweave baby blanket, and since it’s pretty much just a simple stitch pattern with a garter stitch border I figured I would just post what I did here instead of making up a pattern pdf. I used 4 skeins of Blue Sky Alpacas Worsted Cotton with a US size 6 needle, but I’m a very loose knitter so I would suggest going up a size or two (the ball band calls for US 7-9). My blanket ended up approximately 28″ x 28″.
Please let me know if you have any issues with the pattern!
Stockinette 
I need a much smaller version of your blanket. I knit for premies. I need a blanket 20×20 inches. Do you have an idea how many stitch I would need? Thank you, Diane
Hi Diane! I think for a 20×20 blanket, you would need to cast on 79 sts (you would be removing 4 pattern repeats). Good luck!
I knitted this pattern precisely, and yet it didn’t come out properly–until I
realized your pattern is for straight needles I think–when you are using circular knitting needles, the WS pattern has to be corrected–by reading it right to left and doing the opposite stitch–then it turns out correctly. There IS no wrong side WS when you are knitting on circular needles. You might want to include this in your pattern.
Found when I asked Google /knitting/RS vs.WS/circular needles–from a Vogue
pattern. It says to ” reverse WS rows by reading them R to L and working opposite stitches.” The pattern was written for straight needles, right?Also
says to write out the pattern for WS before you start. Great pattern!
Hi Lani – Are you saying that you knit the stitch pattern in the round? You’re right, this pattern is written to be worked flat, but that can be done with either straight or circular needles. If you were knitting this pattern in the round, there would be no wrong side so you would need to change the knits to purls and the purls to knits on the WS rows. Am I clear on what you mean?
Yes– I was thinking I’d need to reverse all the rows, but it’s just the WS?
Yes, if you want to work this pattern in the round, you need to reverse just the WS rows (so if it says knit, you purl and vice versa). This will give you a tubular piece of fabric, though, so it won’t be a typical baby blanket. Are you using the stitch pattern for something else?
I’m not connecting the two ends to make it tubular–just using round needles
so it will come out flat–have done it several times on round needles–I mean
the two needles that are connected by a plastic cable–they accomodate more stitches without the weight of straight needles.
Do not only change knits to purls and vice versa, but read the pattern from right to left–as the Vogue pattern suggested?
Ok, so you are knitting the piece flat, just on circular needles (which is my preferred method too!). In that case, you should not have to change the pattern at all. The pattern is written to be knitted flat, so it doesn’t matter if you are knitting it on straight or circular needles. What sort of problems did you have when you tried knitting the pattern before?
I knitted the first four sets perfectly, but then picked it up and did it beginning on the wrong side–my fault–the pattern is perfect.
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This may sound silly, but what do the stitches in the brackets mean?
Not silly at all! The brackets are surrounding the pattern repeat, so where it says “[p5, k3] to last 6 sts,” that means you are going to repeat the “p5, k3” pattern as many times as you need to knit all of the stitches up to the last 6 stitches. Hope that makes sense!
thanks so much!
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Love this baby blanket! I am a beginner knitter and I’m really looking forward to trying this pattern. I’d like to make one 36 x 36. Can you tell me how many stitches I would need? Many thanks!
Hi… I knitted a few rows with a size US 8 needle and Carron Simply Soft yarn. With 143 stitches cast on, it seems like it’s about 36 inches wide. I can’t be sure until I finish it, but it’s a good guess.
This is a great pattern and easy to follow! I am currently making a baby blanket using the pattern. Thank you for posting it!
Lisa
Love the blanket and hat, winner! I found an app to save my patterns. Do you have a PDF version?
No, I haven’t made the pattern into a pdf. Maybe someday! Sorry!
Did you use just one strand of yarn or did you use a double strand (held together) the whole way through?
Hi! I just used one strand of yarn the whole way through. Happy knitting!
My daughter would like a much larger one, she loves the look of this and has already picked her yarn. This is something she wants to keep for a long time.Could you please help me and let me know how many stitches would I cast on to double or triple the size? If you could list both options I and my daughter would appreciate it. Thank you
I am asking again hoping someone might be able to help.
My daughter would like a much larger one, she loves the look of this and has already picked her yarn. This is something she wants to keep for a long time.Could you please help me and let me know how many stitches would I cast on to double or triple the size? If you could list both options I and my daughter would appreciate it. Thank you
Hi! For a blanket twice the size, you’ll need to cast on about 223 stitches, and for three times the size you will need about 335. Both of those counts take into account the size of the pattern repeat. As always, be sure to check your gauge! :) Happy knitting!
Do you have a pattern for the hat.. its so cute! What weight/# yarn did you use for the blanket and how many yards?
How long were your needles (straight or circular)?
I was not able to find the pattern for the umbilical cord hat by Jennifer Jones.
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