This blanket is a simple and highly addictive thing to knit, and is incredibly meditative too. It is the perfect project for brioche beginners, and for more experienced knitters. Simple in construction, this blanket lets your yarns shine and your mind rest. You’ll be amazed at how quickly this project will fly off your needles!
This blanket is hard to put down! It is really snuggly, making it the perfect gift for a baby and an excellant present for a baby shower.
Porcelain Blanket uses the same motif as my Porcelain Shawl because it really needed a large and cosy companion. The blanket works well for either gender and is completely unique. It is so versatile it can be used as a wrap / blanket / bedspread or even a folded shawl; it is totally adaptable. It could be an elegant addition to your home decor.
Gather together your favorite sports, fingering or other weight yarn and knit the brioche blanket of your dreams. Be warned – brioche is addictive!

Porcelain Blanket is a one-piece blanket worked from the center out counterpane style, in the round, and begins with Emily Ocker’s Cast On. This cast on allows the yarn tail to be pulled tight, all but eliminating the hole at the center. It is a square, worked from the center, growing out to the edges. Although it was designed as a blanket, it would also make a lovely folded shawl.

YARN:
• Drops Lima (65% wool / 35% camelid -alpaca) = 50 grams / 1.76 ounces – 100 m/109 yds ;
• Drops Karisma (100% wool) = 50 grams / 1.76 ounces – 100 m / 109 yds.

YARN CONSUMPTION:
MC yarn: approx. 9 skeins (900m /984 yds) colorway Off White (0100), Drops Lima
CC yarn: approx. 8.5 skeins (850 m/930 yds), colorway Dark Mustard (52), Drops Karisma - (including yarn for tassels).
Or use any other DK weight yarn. Amount of yarn used – 17.5 skeins – about 1750m / 1914yds. Sample blanket weighs approx. 875 gr / 31 oz.
Note that if you use different weight yarn or different needle size, the yardage, weight and dimensions of your blanket may differ from mine.
NEEDLES: 3.50mm (US 4 ): DPNs, 60cm/24“ and 100cm/40“ or longer circular needle or 2 or even 3 circular needles in the round to accommodate a large number of stitches, or size needed to get right gauge.

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS:
Approx 125cm x 125cm, (49“ x 49“) square. Measurements taken from relaxed fabric after blocking.

OTHER TOOLS: 3.5mm (E) crochet hook for cast on, stitch markers (only 1 is required, but if you wish, you can use 4 additional markers for the corners); tapestry needle; scissors; round counter (if needed); blocking tools (wires and pins).

GAUGE: 17 sts x 20 rounds = 10 cm / 4“ in two-color brioche stitch pattern after blocking.
Needle sizes are recommendations only. Always use the needle size necessary to achieve given gauge (to save your time). (My personal knitting tension is tight).

TECHNIQUES USED: Brioche in the round, brioche decreases/increases (brLsl dec, brRsl dec, br4sts dec, br4sts inc, brkyobrk, brk1, brp1, sl1yo), I-cord Bind-off.

SKILL LEVEL: Adventurous beginner or intermediate knitter. Previous experience of working basic two-color Brioche is not required, but it is recommended.

And thank you again my dear test knitters. Without you, my testing guys, this pattern isn’t here ….

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