This color-block blanket allows you to play with a palette of five colors that you can create from classic color harmonies or your own inspiration. You could also use three colors of a fingering weight yarn held together to create your own blended gradient of hues.

FINISHED SIZE
With worsted-weight yarn: 35” (89 cm) wide and 54¼“ (138 cm) long.

With doubled fingering-weight yarn: 30¼“ (77 cm) wide and 46” (117 cm) long (lap-blanket size).

YARN
Color block (5 color sections):
Shown here: SweetGeorgia Yarns Superwash Worsted (100% merino wool; 200 yd 183 m/4 oz 115 g): Charcoal, 1 skein; Birch, 3 skeins; Orchid, 3 skeins; Empress, 3 skeins; Silver, 1 skein.

Mélange (3 colors spread over 5 color sections for an ombré effect):
Shown here: SweetGeorgia Yarns CashLuxe Fine (70% superwash merino, 20% cashmere, 10% nylon; 400 yd 365 m/4 oz 115 g): Riptide, 2 skeins; Terra Firma, 3 skeins; Woodland, 2 skeins.