’Footprints’ ~ a faux fair isle horse saddle blanket complete with socks and a pet kerchief for your doll’s favorite pet dog

Footprints is also featured in a Winter Special Collection eBook that includes Denali, ~ a faux fair isle stitched Cape, Hat and matching fingerless-Mitts set.

This winter inspired collection took form from the desire to have an outer garment that compliments my sweater dress pattern, Ayanna., which once again makes use of the easy to achieve faux fair isle pattern with variations offered.

Pattern Clarification:
Faux Fair Isle (Mosaic) is an easy slipped stitch pattern that gives a Fair Isle look, whereas traditional Fair Isle is the technique often used to describe colorwork knitting where stitches are knit alternately in various colors, with the unused colors stranded across the back of the work.

Designed to Fit: American Girl Doll Horse & similar sized like my daughter’s 18” Battat model, Flicka. Pet kerchief designed to fit doll’s pet dog like Rembrandt.

Pattern Features: The faux fair isle is achieved with the use of slipped stitches, thereby avoiding the traditional stranded color work, written out with line-by-line instructions given along with variations offered. Horizontal ribbing is worked for the edging and featured around the neck collar where button loop closure is added at completion. Socks feature horizontal ribbing throughout.

Construction: Blanket is worked from the bottom up in one piece to neck shaping, then each section is worked individually to neck edge. Socks worked in one piece, then seamed, pet kerchief worked in one piece

Materials: 90 – 120 yards (3 – 4 ounces) of worsted/aran weight yarn including scraps of contrast A & B Yarn Equivalent: 8 ply/Aran, Double Knit (UK/Australia)

Notions: 2 Buttons size ½” (12mm), Darning Needle, Small Crochet Hook (size F) used for button-loops

Suggested Gauge for Blanket & Socks only: Using 3.75mm needles: 6 sts and 8 rows in 1in over horizontal ribbing based on * materials used

• Materials Used: aran weight yarn: Lion Brand’s Heartland ™ in the Denali & Sequoia colorway with Wool-Ease ™ used for contrast B

Skill Level: Easy: Project uses basic stitches, repetitive stitch patterns, simple color changes, and simple shaping and finishing.

Copyright:
Please respect my designer rights, and as such the copyright of this pattern will always remain with me; it's text, photos copyright 2013/14 Debonair Designs. Patterns must not be duplicated, distributed and/or sold without the author's permission. Feel free to use this pattern for your knitting pleasure, a courtesy acknowledgment would be greatly appreciated and welcomed.