| Knitted Baby Blankets |
From "DIY Crafts"
episode DIC-160 |
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Carol Duvall, host of HGTV's The Carol Duvall Show, writes about the baby blanket she made on her show: If you are a knitter and if you have or know a cute baby, you should love this blanket. It is so soft and warm that any baby should love it too. My blanket measures about 33" by 36", but size is up to you. As I mentioned on the show, I cast on 150 stitches because that's how many I could get on my size-7 needles. If you have tried the tube knitting that we have done in the past on the show, this should be no trouble. If you have not tried it, this will be slightly tricky, only because you have to pay attention and remember not to purl that stitch! Materials:
Six 3-ounce skeins LionB. Brand Jiffy yarn
One pair size-7 knitting needles
- Cast on 150 stitches.
- Knit back and forth in the garter stitch (knit every row) for 2" (figure A).
- Knit the first 10 stitches, then insert the needle to knit the next stitch. Wrap the yarn around the needle twice--not once as you usually do--then complete the stitch (figure B).
- Bring the yarn around to the front of the needle as if you were going to purl the next stitch, but do not purl it. Instead, slip the stitch off the needle.
- Bring the yarn around to the back of the needle again, and insert the needle to knit. Again, wrap the yarn around needle twice and complete the stitch. Continue across the row in this manner until you get to the last 10 stitches. Knit the stitches, and turn the work (figure C).
- Continue in this manner until the piece measures the desired length, minus the 2" border. Knit the remaining rows in garter stitch. Cast off.
Note: - On the return rows, you will always knit where you slipped the stitches on the previous row, and you will slip stitches where you previously knit. Because you wrapped the yarn around the needle twice on the knit stitches, you will have two loops on the needle. Treat these as one stitch. Insert the needle in the front of the first loop as if to purl, and slip both loops off the needle.
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