Blankets and Squares
Free Knitting patterns for blankets and squares
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Mosaic Sampler Blanket Knitting Pattern
Soft, squishy garter stitch in striking geometric patterns - what's not to love? The mosaic sampler blanket looks complex, but is actually easy! It uses the magic of slipped stitches to create intricate designs, with only one color on each row. This pattern comes in 3 sizes, and includes instructions to adjust to any other size you like!
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Knit Blanket Square Pattern – Dorothy’s Square
Delicate diamonds flow into a ring of eyelets, wrapped in a cabled border. Dorothy's Square is a soothing mix of subtle textures and blocks of color. This soft, light, knit blanket square is perfect for a sweet summer baby blanket.
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Free Pattern – Groove is in the Chart – Harmony Blanket Square #45
Groove is in the Chart is pattern #45 in the 2018 Harmony Blanket Knit Along. The ridges and valleys in this square look like textured stripes from the top, but when viewed at an angle, a hidden image appears! This remarkably easy technique is called illusion knitting or shadow knitting and uses just the basic knit and purl stitches. The pattern includes both written and charted versions of the instructions.
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Free Pattern – Ease on Down the Rows – Harmony Blanket Square #41
Ease on Down the Rows is pattern #41 in the 2018 Harmony Blanket Knit Along. This unique square combines intentionally dropped stitches with an embroidery technique to create the lacy, zig-zag columns. A video tutorial is included.
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Free Pattern – I’m Still Stranding – Harmony Blanket Square #37
I'm Still Stranding is pattern #37 in the 2018 Harmony Blanket Knit Along. The simple, fair isle leaf design fits any season, depending on the colors you use. A special technique of locking the floats down in every stitch creates a neat back without loopy strands.
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Free Pattern – Bad to the Herringbone – Harmony Blanket Square #33
Bad to the Herringbone is pattern #33 in the 2018 Harmony Blanket Knit Along. This square uses common decreases with a slight modification to create the dense, herringbone texture.
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Free Pattern – Wouldn’t It Be Rice – Harmony Blanket Square #28
Wouldn't It Be Rice is pattern #28 in the 2018 Harmony Blanket Knit Along. This square features panels of rice stitch, separated by vertical lines of stockinette. Rice stitch is a form of ribbing, so it gives the pattern a squishy, bouncy texture, with the stockinette lines adding a bit of visual "pop"
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Free Pattern – Knit Me Baby, One More Line – Harmony Blanket Square #24
Knit Me Baby, One More Line is pattern #24 in the 2018 Harmony Blanket Knit Along. Normally, color changes in garter stitch need to be worked on the right side of the fabric in order to get a clean line. With this square, a simple shift in the garter stitch pattern allows the stripes to be worked neatly out from the center, in alternating directions.
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Free Pattern – Message in a Bobble – Harmony Blanket Square #19
Message in a Bobble is pattern #19 in the 2018 Harmony Blanket Knit Along. Puffy bobbles are a fun texture and work really well to create raised shapes and letters. They also remind me of the raised bumps used in braille. This 12 inch blanket square uses bobbles to spell out the word "Love", in both braille and English versions!
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Free Pattern – Weave Only Just Begun – Harmony Blanket Square #15
Weave Only Just Begun is pattern #15 in the 2018 Harmony Blanket Knit Along. Like a series of mini cables, pairs of stitches cross over each other in alternating directions to make the beautiful texture. The pattern includes both written and charted versions of the instructions.
