Mint green and cream knitted baby blanket. Hand make for newborn.
Mint green and cream knitted baby blanket. Hand make for newborn.

Minty Baby Blanket Pattern

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This knitting pattern PDF is for the Minty Baby Blanket - a two-colour classic blanket for baby.

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The garter stitch border pattern is textured with a feature knit stitch and the mitred corners provide a neat finish. The centre section pattern is a broken rib, consisting of 2 easy pattern rows: every right-side row is knit stitch, every wrong-side row is rib stitch.

It is knitted in one piece (except for the side borders).

The Minty Baby Blanket requires average to intermediate knitting skills.

This knitting pattern PDF is for the Minty Baby Blanket - a two-colour classic blanket for baby.

When you purchase this knitting pattern you will automatically receive an email containing a link to download a PDF.
If you wish to have the pattern in your Ravelry library please purchase it from Ravelry instead.

The garter stitch border pattern is textured with a feature knit stitch and the mitred corners provide a neat finish. The centre section pattern is a broken rib, consisting of 2 easy pattern rows: every right-side row is knit stitch, every wrong-side row is rib stitch.

It is knitted in one piece (except for the side borders).

The Minty Baby Blanket requires average to intermediate knitting skills.

Finished measurements

width approx 65cm/25½ins
length approx 80cm/31½ins

Yarn

8 ply/DK weight cotton
approx 470 metres/513 yards of main colour (M) and 320 metres/349 yards of contrast colour (C).

Featured yarn

Patons Cotton Blend 8 ply
50% cotton, 50% acrylic
50g (95m/105yds)

Needles and notions

  • 3.75mm/US 5 and 4.5mm/US 7 circular needles, both 80cm/32ins long

  •  yarn needle

Tension

The tension required is 20 sts and 30 rows to 10cm/4ins over centre section patt using 4.5mm needles.

 

Knitting techniques

  • casting on and off

  • working knit and purl stitches in the same row

  • decreasing and increasing stitches (in mitred border)

  • knitting up stitches (side borders)

  • flat seam (for mitred borders)