Pops of colour and strong angles transform a simple checkerboard motif into a bold design full of movement. Customize the colour scheme and elevate your room décor.

The colour blocks are worked in long Garter Stitch strips, each joined to the one before it as the blanket grows, so there’s no seaming and only one colour in use at a time. Spit splice joins to minimize weaving in of ends. Simple increases and decreases create the chevrons.

This pattern includes written directions, detailed instructions for working modular joins, assembly diagram, and a “colour it yourself” sheet to design your own colourway.

Finished Measurements
Baby: 27 x 36” / 68.5 x 91.5 cm
Child: 34 x 45” / 86.5 x 114.5 cm
Lap: 41 x 54” / 104 x 137 cm
Throw: 48 x 64” / 122 x 162.5 cm
Twin: 54 x 72” / 137 x 183 cm
Double/Queen: 61 x 82” / 155 x 208.5 cm
Shown in the Throw size.

Yardage
Worsted weight yarn;
C1 (White): 485 (755, 1090, 1450, 1935, 2445) yd / 445 (695, 1000, 1330, 1770, 2240) m.
C2 (Marble Heather): 515 (805, 1160, 1550, 2060, 2605) yd / 475 (740, 1065, 1420, 1885, 2385) m.
C3 (Honey): 40 (60, 90, 115, 155, 195) yd / 40 (55, 85, 110, 145, 180) m.
C4 (Wonderland Heather): 35 (50, 75, 100, 130, 165) yd / 35 (50, 70, 95, 120, 155) m.
C5 (Conch): 30 (40, 60, 80, 105, 130) yd / 30 (40, 55, 75, 100, 120) m.
C6 (Peapod): 30 (40, 60, 80, 105, 130) yd / 30 (40, 55, 75, 100, 120) m.

Use the Knit Picks kit builder to customize your own colours.

Shown in Knit Picks Swish Worsted (affiliate link) (100% Superwash Merino Wool; 110 yards/50g; C1 White, C2 Marble Heather, 5 (8, 11, 15, 19, 24) skeins each; C3 Honey, C4 Wonderland Heather, 1 (1, 1, 1, 2, 2) skeins each; C5 Conch, C6 Peapod, 1 (1, 1, 1, 1, 2) skeins each.

Substitution Notes
Choose a worsted weight yarn with easy care instructions. While a wool blend or superwash wool makes the colour changes easy and minimizes the number of ends to sew in (because of the spit splicing technique), an acrylic blanket will be easy to launder.

Knit Picks Wool of the Andes Superwash (affiliate link) would be great.

Techniques
Modular knitting, cabled cast on, all knit sts (garter st only), increases/decreases (kfb/k2tog), working modular sections from a diagram and written instructions, no seams

Helpful Links
Modular Chevron Tutorial
How to spit splice two colours together and minimize the number of ends to sew in.

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