Keyfit Baby Blanket
Keyfit Baby Blanket
This pattern is also available as part of the Lucky Penny Baby Collection.
Yarn: 1 TFA Palette (palette includes 130 yards of 8 coordinating colourways of Yellow Label DK Weight yarn) plus 1 additional skein of Yellow Label DK Weight yarn (100% superwash merino, 115g = 260yds) for border.
Sample shown uses 1 Nursery Palette and 1 skein of Charcoal.
Needle: 4.5mm 32” circular needle. Pieces are knit flat and then seamed, border is picked up and knit in finishing, a long circular needle is needed for the border.
Gauge: 20 sts and 28 rows = 4” square in stockinette stitch after blocking. Gauge is not crucial for this project, but will affect finished dimensions and yarn requirements.
Finished Dimensions: 45” wide and 28” tall after blocking.
Additional tools and materials: Tapestry needle.
Pattern also available on Ravelry.
It is my experience that one can never, ever have too many baby blankets. I use them in the car seat, in the stroller, in the crib now that baby is older, as decoration over the back of a chair, as a peek-a-boo toy! You name it! Baby blankets are truly a labour of love and seeing as it is something that the baby will never outgrow, it is perfect heirloom knitting. A gift that the baby in your life will cherish forever. This bright, graphic design was inpired by the colour palette of my son’s nursery. It’s modern, crisp and fresh.
This blanket is knit in pieces and then seamed. The border is knitted on after.