There are only 10 days left ‘til Christmas! Are you excited? I am!!
I’m really enjoying knitting lace patterns at the moment, so sticking to the Christmas theme I created a pattern for a candy cane blanket.
This blanket is doll-sized, as I didn’t have quite enough time to knit one human sized, but of course you can adjust the pattern or knit the blanket multiple times and stitch together as a patchwork if you would like it larger. I have sized it to fit 18-inch doll beds, such as the Ikea Duktig bed and the Olivia’s Little World trundle bed, which it fits perfectly.
Note: I have included the stitches for the border of the blanket into the pattern as this is how I like to read them when I am knitting. I have also included a printable version of the pattern at the bottom of this post.
Candy Cane Blanket
Cast on 83 stitches.
Slipping 1st stitch of each row, knit 6 rows for the top border.
Pattern:
1st row: Sl 1, knit to end
2nd row and every even row: sl 1, k4, purl to last 5 sts, k5
3rd row: Sl 1, k6, sl 1, k1, psso, yf, k1, yf, k2tog, (k3, sl 1, k1, psso, yf, k1, yf, k2tog) repeat to last 7 sts, k7
5th row: Sl 1, k5, (sl 1, k1, psso, yf, k3, yf, k2tog, k1) repeat to last 5 sts, k5
7th row: Sl 1, k8, sl 1, k1, psso, yf, (k6, sl 1, k1, psso, yf) repeat to last 8 sts, k8
9th row: Sl 1, k7, sl 1, k1, psso, yf, (k6, sl 1, k1, psso, yf) repeat to last 9 sts, k9
11th row: Sl 1, k6, sl 1, k1, psso, yf, (k6, sl 1, k1, psso, yf) repeat to last 10 sts, k10
13th row: Sl 1, k5, (sl 1, k1, psso, yf, k6) repeat to last 5 sts, k5
15th row: Sl 1, knit to end
17th row: As 3rd row
19th row: As 5th row
21st row: Sl 1, k7, yf, k2tog, (k6, yf, k2tog) repeat to last 9 sts, k9
23rd row: Sl 1, k8, yf, k2tog, (k6, yf, k2tog) repeat to last 8 sts, k8
25th row: Sl 1, k9, yf, k2tog, (k6, yf, k2tog) repeat to last 7 sts, k7
27th row: Sl 1, k4, (k6, yf, k2tog) repeat to last 6 sts, k6
Repeat the pattern through 3 times more, so that you have 8 candy canes.
Slipping 1st stitch of each row, knit 6 rows for bottom border
Cast off
If you would like to print out a pdf version of the pattern click the link here.
I hope you enjoyed today’s craft! Do you like to knit? Be sure to come back tomorrow for the next craft!
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Emily M x
