Free Checker Knit Baby Blanket Pattern

Free Checker Knit Baby Blanket Pattern

Materials

Yarn: Bernat Forever Fleece Finest (9.9 oz/280 g; 888 yds/812 m)

• Contrast A: Daisy Heather (18008) — 1 ball or 300 yds/272 m
• Contrast B: Sky Blue Heather (18011) — 1 ball or 280 yds/255 m
• Contrast C: Leaf Green Heather (18009) — 1 ball or 245 yds/225 m
• Contrast D: Tangerine Heather (18007) — 1 ball or 280 yds/255 m
• Knitting needles: Size U.S. 7 (4.5 mm) Susan Bates knitting needles, or size needed to obtain gauge
• Yarn needle: Susan Bates yarn needle

Abbreviations

• Approx: Approximately
• Beg: Beginning
• Ch: Chain(s)
• Cont: Continue(ity)
• Dc: Double crochet
• Hdc: Half double crochet
• Pat: Pattern
• Rep: Repeat
• Rem: Remaining
• Rnd(s): Round(s)
• RS: Right side
• Sp(s): Space(s)
• St(s): Stitch(es)
• WS: Wrong side

Measurements

Approximately 32" × 38" [81 × 96.5 cm].

Gauge

18 stitches and 36 rows = 4" [10 cm] in garter stitch.

Instructions

Strip 1 (Make 2)

1. With A, using the “2-needle cast on” method, cast on 27 sts.
2. Work in garter stitch (knit every row), noting that the first row is a wrong-side (WS) row, until work from the beginning measures 6" [15 cm], ending on a right-side (RS) row.
3. Break A. Join B.
4. Continue in garter stitch, changing colors on RS rows every 6" [15 cm] in the following sequence: B, C, D, A, B.

Strip 2 (Make 2)

1. With D, cast on 27 sts.
2. Work in garter stitch (knit every row), noting that the first row is a wrong-side (WS) row, until work from the beginning measures 6" [15 cm], ending on a right-side (RS) row.
3. Break D. Join A.
4. Work in garter stitch, changing colors on RS rows every 6" [15 cm] in the following sequence: A, B, C, D, A.

Strip 3 (Make 1)

1. With C, cast on 27 sts.
2. Work in garter stitch (knit every row), noting that the first row is a wrong-side (WS) row, until work from the beginning measures 6" [15 cm], ending on a right-side (RS) row.
3. Break C. Join D.
4. Work in garter stitch, changing colors on RS rows every 6" [15 cm] in the following sequence: D, A, B, C, D.

Strip 4 (Make 1)

1. With B, cast on 27 sts.
2. Work in garter stitch (knit every row), noting that the first row is a wrong-side (WS) row, until work from the beginning measures 6" [15 cm], ending on a right-side (RS) row.
3. Break B. Join C.
4. Work in garter stitch, changing colors on RS rows every 6" [15 cm] in the following sequence: C, D, A, B, C.

Assembly

Following the assembly diagram, sew the strips together using a flat seam.