Grab your FREE blanket knitting pattern below, which is supported by ads, or you can purchase the ad-free PDF to the right.

:) About the Pattern:

• Difficulty level: Beginner to Intermediate {there’s a video below showing you how to create this, row by row!}
• Knit & Purl stitches, plus Increase & decrease stitches and slipped stitches
• Written pattern, no chart
• Knit Flat / Back & Forth
• Approximate time to knit: 3-4 hours per skein
• Gauge: 12 sts & 12 rows per 4” {10cm} square {knit flat}
• Weight: 1 lb 5.5 oz {610g}
• Measurements: 27″ {68cm} x 91″ {231cm}

:) Materials Needed:

• Craft Scissors
• Approximately 400 yards of a super bulky yarn
• {I used Lion Brand Wool Ease Thick & Quick Yarn}
• {Learn about yarn substitutes here}
• Size US 13 needles with a 40" cable {you might be able to use a 32” cable}
• Darning Needle

:) Notes:

• The CO edge is the width.
• This is a borderless blanket with an I-cord on each side, the first 2 stitches and last 2 stitches of each row make up the I-cord.
• To make it larger, CO in increments of 18 +4

:) FREE Blanket Knitting Pattern:

• 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
• No blocking required :)

:) Video Tutorial:

Watch my Fan and Feather Knit Stitch video tutorial.

:) 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}
• K2TOG – knit 2 stitches together
• P – purl stitches {P2 means to purl 2 stitches}
• PM – place marker
• RS – right side
• S1PW – slip one stitch purl-wise
• STS – stitches
• WYIB – with yarn in back
• WYIF – with yarn in front
• WS – wrong side
• YO – yarn over

:) Storytime:

“Boundaries define us. They define what is me and what is not me. A boundary shows me where I end and someone else begins, leading me to a sense of ownership.”

~Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend in the book Boundaries.

I haven’t read any other book more than this book, other than my bible. I believe boundaries should be “taught” in the public school system starting in kindergarten. Teaching them to respect other people’s things, feelings and bodies. Defining what it means to be a good friend and eliminate the word “bully”. It’s about their behavior, not who they are as human beings.

I believe everyone has the capability of change, owning our behaviors and making better choices.

We need somewhere to start and this book is chock-full of ways to improve in different areas of life with friends, spouse, coworkers, family, children and most importantly “self.”