High Contrast is a super cuddly, doubleknit throw blanket in a graphic black-and-white design with dark red trim. Since doubleknit is reversible, there’s no true back to this blanket, making it appealing from any angle.

Knitting Skill Level: Intermediate
Skills Needed: tubular cast on, doubleknitting, grafting cast off using kitchener stitch

Size: one size
Finished Measurements: At least 40” x 52”; doubleknit fabric has some give!

Materials
Caron One Pound Yarn, 100% acrylic; 812 yds/453.6 g: Black #0503, 1 skein (MC)

Caron One Pound Yarn, 100% acrylic; 812 yds/453.6 g; While #0501, 1 skein (CC)

Caron Simply Soft Yarn, 100% acrylic; 315 yds/170.1 g; Autumn Red #9730, 1 skein (TC)

US size 10 6mm 24” 61 cm circular needle (2nd circular needle of similar size needed for grafting cast off)

8 stitch markers (optional)

Waste yarn

Tapestry needle

Gauge
11 sts (DKPs) and 15 rows = 4” 10 cm in double knit

Pattern support available: kateandtatum@gmail.com (Also accepting: suggestions, typo notices, recommendations, criticisms, general comments, good jokes.)