Irish Aran knitting patterns have a long and rich history, originating in the Aran Islands, off the west coast of Ireland. Most commonly seen in sweaters, I have replicated those patterns here in blanket form. The Irish Aran Tree of Life Cable Knit Blanket design is a mixed pattern of cable hearts, cable trees (with bobbles for leaves) and a centre staghorn cable chain. Each pattern within an Irish Aran knit design holds meaning: the Tree of Life is said to be symbolic of life’s rites of passage or stages of life, and the importance of family. I’ve added the cable hearts to represent the love of one’s family and chosen the staghorn cable to represent strength.

SKILL LEVEL: Intermediate.

SUGGESTED MATERIALS: 9 balls of Lion Brand Off-The-Hook Yarn (3.5 oz/100g (Image shown is the colour ‘Beach Sand’).

SUGGESTED TOOLS: No needles required (finger knitting). Scissors.

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS: Approx. 42” by 42” (107 cm by 107 cm).

PLEASE NOTE: This pattern will work with any brand of loop yarn, but keep in mind that the size of the loops, and size of the balls/skeins of each brand is different.

Lion Brand Off-The-Hook, Lion Brand Crayola Off-The-Hook, and Red Heart Loop-It yarns can all be used with this pattern as is and will yield a blanket of approximately the same same size.

If you use Bernat Alize Blanket-EZ yarn, the loops are larger, so the blanket will be larger; and because the balls are larger (6.4 oz/180g), only 5-6 balls should be needed.

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The Irish Aran Tree of Life Cable Knit Blanket pattern and all photographs are the property of I Love My Blanket/Reena Belford. This pattern and design are subject to copyright, and you may not distribute or sell this pattern under any circumstances.

Products made with this pattern ARE permitted to be used for both personal and commercial use, but please credit ‘I Love My Blanket/Reena Belford’.

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