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:) About the Pattern:

• Difficulty level: Beginner
• Knit & Purl stitches
• Written pattern, no chart
• Knit Flat / Back & Forth
• Time it took me to knit: 2-3 hours per skein of yarn
• Dimensions: 41″ {104cm} x 41” {104cm}
• Gauge: 9 sts & 14 rows per 4” {10cm} square

:) Materials Needed:

• Craft Scissors
• Approximately 525-575 yards of a super bulky yarn
• I used Lion Brand Wool Ease Thick & Quick Yarn, Oatmeal
• {Learn about yarn substitutes here}
• Size US 13 needles with a 40" cable
• Darning Needle

:) FREE Square Blanket Knitting Pattern:

• Knitting in the magic-loop-method
• CO 4 STS, place a stitch marker in between each stitch, with a unique stitch marker for the beginning of your round, split 2 STS per needle. {or you can use DPN’s.}
• Round 1: *K1, SM* {repeat 4 times}
• Round 2: *INC1, K1, INC1, SM, K1, SM* {repeat one more time for the other side}
• Round 3: *K3, SM, INC1, K1, INC1, SM* {repeat one more time for the other side}
• Round 4: *INC1, K3, INC1, SM, K3, SM* {repeat one more time for the other side}
• Round 5: *K5, SM, INC1, K3, INC1, SM* {repeat one more time for the other side}
• Round 6: *INC1, K5, INC1, SM, K5, SM* {repeat one more time for the other side}
• Round 7: *K7, SM, INC1, K5, INC1, SM* {repeat one more time for the other side}
• Round 8: *INC1, K7, INC1, SM, K7 SM* {repeat one more time for the other side}
• Round 9: *K9, SM, INC1, K7, INC1, SM* {repeat one more time for the other side}
• Round 10: *INC1, K9, INC1, SM, K9 SM* {repeat one more time for the other side}
• Round 11: *K11, SM, INC1, K7, INC9, SM* {repeat one more time for the other side}
• I think you have the hang of it now, so you’ll want to repeat rounds 10 & 11 until you’ve reached your desired size.
• Knit all the STS in the row before you start your border, leaving the 4 stitch markers in place.

:) Border:

• Row 1: [P1K1, *P1, K1* P1, KFB | SM | KFB, *K1, P1* K1, P1K1] repeat 1 more time
• Row 2: *P1, K1* {slip markers as you come to them}
• Row 3: [KFB, *K1, P1* K1, P1K1| SM | P1K1, *P1, K1* P1, KFB] repeat 1 more time
• Row 4: *K1, P1* {slip markers as you come to them}
• Row 5: [P1K1, *P1, K1* P1, KFB | SM | KFB, *K1, P1* K1, P1K1] repeat 1 more time
• Row 6: *P1, K1* {slip markers as you come to them}

:) Bind-off:

• BO: [*KFB, put both STS on right needle slipping the first stitch over the second, BO knitting the knit STS and purling the purl STS {this will give you a stretchy edge} your last stitch before your stitch marker, KFB, put both STS on right needle slipping the first stitch over the second, BO last st, remove stitch marker*]repeat 4 times

:) Blocking:

You can block it if you want to. I blocked mine, several times, and the center never laid completely flat. :( I created this pattern because I love all the square crocheted blankets out there that start in the center and I want a knitted one, but couldn’t find one. Well, I guess I know why… it doesn’t lay flat in the center… but I still love it!

PS. I use Knitter’s Pride Blockers and Pins and Blocking Wires block all my projects.

:) Abbreviations:

• * – * – repeat pattern
• BO – bind-off in pattern
• CO – cast-on {long-tail cast-on method}
• K – knit stitches {K1 means to knit 1 stitch}
• KFB – knit the stitch, before slipping off, knit another stitch into the back of the same stitch, slip to right needle
• P – purl stitches {P2 means to purl 2 stitches}
• P1K1 – purl 1 stitch, without slipping the stitch knit into the same stitch, creating 2 STS
• SM – slip marker
• STS – stitches