Building Blocks Blanket by Brenda Green

Building Blocks Blanket

Knitting
February 2014
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
28 stitches and 36 rows = 4 inches
in Stocking Stitch
US 3 - 3.25 mm
1159 yards (1060 m)
One Size - Width 67cm/26ins Length 91cm/36ins
English
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Building Blocks is worked flat on either straight needles or a circular needle. It is constructed in one piece. The blocks us a twisted st pattern to resemble little building blocks. Other stitches used are knit and purl. Pattern is written in an easy to understand format.

While the blanket is in one size it is easily adaptable to a smaller or larger size. If you needle help with this please do not hesitate to contact me.

One Size
67cm/26ins (Width) x 91cm/36ins (Length)
This is the approximate finished blocked size)

Materials
Feather Brush Yarns 4ply/Fingering Superwash Merino. Approximately 357m/390y.
Colourway - Bubbles approximately 357m per skein.
3 x 100g skeins.
1 x 80cm 3.25mm/US 3 circular needle.
Wool needle for sewing.
Note: Using a different wool other than the one specified may give an unsatisfactory result.

Tension
28sts and 36 rows to 10cm/4ins over stocking stitch on 3.25mm/US 3 needle.

Abbreviations
Cm - centimetres, ins - inches, k - knit, p - purl, rep - repeat, st(s) - stitch(es), tw2 - twist 2 by knitting the next 2 stitches together but do not slip off the left hand needle, knit into the first of these stitches again, then slip both stitches off the needle.