ConcentricSauaresBabyBlanket byFiber Fiend
Difficulty: Beginner Finished Measurements Width: 36.5" / 92.5 cm Length: 36.5" / 92.5 cm
Materials
Lion Brand Homespun (98% acrylic, 2% polyester, 185 yd / 175 m per 6 oz. skein); 3 skeins; Shown in Williamsburg blue 1 24-inch / 60 cm US #10.5 / 6.5 mm circular needle StitchMarkers Tapestry needle
Gauge
12 sts/22 rows = 4 inches / 10 cm in stockinette stitch 12 sts/20 rows = 4 inches / 10 cm in garter stitch
Abbreviations
K - knit Rep - repeat SM - slip mkr/slipping mkrs PM - place marker Sl - slip, slipping P - purl RM - remove marker St - stitch (Sts - stitches)
Directions
Cast on 110 sts. Knit 15 rows. Note: For this blanket, always knit all sts on the right side, slipping markers. Row 16: K10, pm, p90, pm, k10. Each time you get to a marker on the wrong side, change from k to p, or vice versa. Row 17: Knit, sm. Row 18: K10, sm, p90, sm, k10. Rows 19-32: Rep Rows 17-18 seven more times. Row 33: Knit, sm. Row 34: K10, sm, p10, pm, k70, pm, p10, sm, k10. Row 35: Knit, sm. Row 36: K10, sm, p10, sm, k70, sm, p10, sm, k10. Rows 37-46: Rep Rows 35-36 five times more. Row 47: Knit, sm. Row 48: K10, sm, p10, sm, k10, sm, p50, sm, k10, sm, p10, sm, k10. Row 49: K30 (sm), pm, k50, pm, k30 (sm). Row 50: Same as Row 48. Row 51: Knit, sm. Rows 52-63: Rep Rows 50-51 six more times. Row 64: Same as Row 48. Row 65: Knit, sm. Row 66: K10, sm, p10, sm, k10, sm, p10, pm, k30, pm, p10, sm, k10, sm, p10, sm, k10. Row 67: Knit, sm. Row 68: K10, sm, p10, sm, k10, sm, p10, sm, k30, sm, p10, sm, k10, sm, p10, sm, k10. Rows 69-78: Rep Rows 67-68 five more times. Row 79: K50 (sm), pm, k10, pm, k50 (sm). Row 80: K10, sm, p10, sm, k10, sm, p10, sm, k10, sm, p10, sm, k10, sm, p10, sm, k10, sm, p10, sm, k10. Row 81: Knit, sm. Rows 82-95: Rep Rows 80-81 seven more times. (You're more than halfway done!) Row 96: K10, sm, p10, sm, k10, sm, p10, sm, k10, sm, p10, sm, k10, sm, p10, sm, k10, sm, p10, sm, k10. Row 97: Knit, sm. Row 98: K10, sm, p10, sm, k10, sm, p10, sm, k10, rm, k10, rm, k10, sm, p10, sm, k10, sm, p10, sm, k10. Row 99: Knit, sm. Row 100: K10, sm, p10, sm, k10, sm, p10, sm, k30, sm, p10, sm, k10, sm, p10, sm, k10. Rows 101-110: Rep Rows 99-100 five more times. Row 111: K40 (sm), rm, k30, rm, k40 (sm). Row 112: K10, sm, p10, sm, k10, sm, p50, sm, k10, sm, p10, sm, k10. Row 113: Knit, sm. Rows 114-127: Rep Rows 112-113 seven more times. Row 128: K10, sm, p10, sm, k10, sm, p50, sm, k10, sm, p10, sm, k10. Row 129: Knit, sm. Row 130: K10, sm, p10, sm, k10, rm, k50, rm, k10, sm, p10, sm, k10. Row 131: Knit, sm. Row 132: K10, sm, p10, sm, k70, sm, p10, sm, k10. Rows 133-142: Rep Rows 131-132 five times more. Row 143: K20 (sm), rm, k70, rm, k20 (sm). Row 144: K10, sm, p90, sm, k10. Row 145: Knit, sm. Rows 146-159: Rep Rows 144-145 seven more times. Row 160: K10, sm, p90, sm, k10. Knit 15 rows (175 rows total). Bind off. Weave in ends.
About The Designer
Margit Sage of Fiber Fiend lives in the Bay Area with her husband and two young energetic dogs. Knitwear designer and fiber/yarn entrepreneur, Margit chronicles her progress photographically in dyeing, spinning, knitting, weaving, quilting, design, and life at http://FiberFiend.com/blog. Join the Ravelry Fiber Fiends group (http://www.ravelry.com/groups/fiberfiends) for the latest updates, to share your projects, and to chat! Follow thefiberfiend on Twitter. Check out the FiberFiend.com Facebook page! If you have any problems with or questions about this pattern, email thefiend@FiberFiend.com. Pattern & Images Copyright 2007-2011 Fiber Fiend / Margit Sage
