Over the summer, I had the pleasure of completing a baby blanket for a friend's newborn son. A big part of the pleasure was from working with the beautiful colors that the expecting mother selected, which ranged from cream and light grey to deeper blue hues. Unfortunately, Purl Soho, which published the pattern, was out of the yarn kit my friend selected, but my husband and I were able to recreate the colorway through scouring the Cascade 220 Superwash color cards.
With the yarns ordered, to knitting I went! The result was a super squishy and bouncy blanket, with even color block stripes. I look forward to recreating this blanket in different variations – including for an at-home throw for our living room. That's how lovely this blanket knit up – I want one as well!
Modern Striped Baby Blanket
Pattern: Super Easy Baby Blanket by Purl Soho.
Needles: One US7 circular
Yarn: ~5/6 of 7 different skeins of Cascade 220 Superwash, in colors 817 ecru, 348 white pepper heather, 204 smoke blue, 847 caribbean, 892 space needle, 910A winter white, 1973 seafoam heather.
Measurements: Pre-blocking measurements of 33 3/4 inches wide by 34 3/4 inches tall. Post-blocking (machine wash / dry) measurements of 30 inches wide by 29 1/2 inches tall.
Completed 8/4/22
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