Get this FREE blanket knitting pattern, which includes a row-by-row tutorial video. This blanket uses the fans & feathers knit stitch. It’s an easy 4 row repeat.
About:
Available Sizes: One
Size: Throw
Pattern Format: Written Pattern, No Chart
Pattern Language: English
Skill Level: Beginner
PDF Format: Printer & Mobile Friendly
PDF Bonus: Ad-Free Video
Techniques:
Knit Flat {Back & Forth}
Clean Edge
Increase Stitch
Decrease Stitch
Materials:
Yarn Weight: Super Bulky
Yardage: 400 – 410 yards {366 – 375 meters}
Suggested Yarn: Lion Brand Wool Ease Thick & Quick
Needle Size: US 13 {9mm} Knitting Needles with a 40″ {100cm} Cable
Yarn Substitutes:
Cascade Lana Grande
Lang Yarns Virginia
Phildar Phil Alaska
Rowan Big Wool Yarn
MillaMia Super Chunky
Read more about yarn substitutions here {+ video}.
Details:
Measurements: 27″ x 91″ {68cm x 231cm}
Gauge: 12 STS & 12 rows per 4″ {10cm} square {knit in the pattern below}
Weight: 1lb 5.5oz {610g}
Notes:
Not reversible
CO edge is the width
To make it wider CO in increments of 18+
Knit using the fan & feather knit stitch
Knit flat, back & forth, on circular needles
A circular needle is used to accommodate the large number of CO stitches
This is a borderless blanket with an I-cord on each side, the first 2 stitches and last 2 stitches of each row
Video:
Click here to watch the “Fan & Feather Knit Stitch” video tutorial.
Pattern, Knit Flat {Back & Forth}:
CO 76 STS
Row 1 {RS}: WYIB S1PW, K73, WYIB S1PW, P1
Row 2 {WS}: WYIB S1PW, P73, WYIF S1PW, P1
Row 3 {RS}: WYIB S1PW, K1, [{K2TOG x3}, {YO, K1 x6}, {K2TOG x3} repeat 4 times], WYIB S1PW, P1
Row 4 {WS}: WYIB S1PW, P73, WYIF S1PW, P1
Repeat Rows 1-4, 27 times or until desired length
Next row: *K*
Next Row: BO in all knit STS
Weave in the ends.
Block, if desired.
Abbreviations:
* – * – repeat between *
BO – bind-off in pattern
CO – cast-on {long-tail cast-on method}
K – knit stitches {K1 means to knit 1 stitch}
K1TBL – knit 1 stitch through the back loop
K2TOG – knit 2 stitches together
KITR – knit in the round
P – purl stitches {P2 means to purl 2 stitches}
RS – right side
S1PW – slip one stitch purl-wise
STS – stitches
WS – wrong side
WYIB – with yarn in back
WYIF – with yarn in front
YO – yarn over
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