Billowy Cloud Nine Baby Blanket
By Carina Barron
Ravelry: cece72 email: ccbarron72@gmail.com This is more of a collection of my notes, as opposed to a well written pattern. I had several people ask me how to make this blanket. I thought a download file would be the best way to help people. I did this particular project on one of my Kiss Looms (www.kisslooms.com) but you can use any loom to make this pattern. Simply make a swatch and adjust row count and peg count to match the size blanket you would like to make. Loom: Kiss 2 Way Adjustable Loom (reg peg) configured to use 144 pegs, no washers 53 peg sides (x2), 21 peg ends (x2) Yarn: Knit Picks Billow Quantity: 2 skeins natural, 2 skeins clarity, 1 skein chocolate, 1 skein ice lily, small amounts (16g) of all 16 Billow colours (clarity, natural, willow, cornmeal, turmeric, lichen, spearmint, sagebrush, cadet, ash, gosling, ice lily, tea rose, comfrey, chocolate, mongoose) Stitches Used: Continuous U knit stitch, purl stitch Gauge: 14 stitches x 24 rows = 4" x4" (3.5 st per inch, 6 rows per inch) Notes: This blanket can be made in all wide stripes or all different sized stripes. This general stitch/row pattern can be used any way you like! This blanket has a seed stitch border on the top, bottom and sides. If I were to make it again, I would do one more row of seed stitch border on the top and bottom to match the width of the sides a little better. Order of colours from top to bottom is: (12 rows each) clarity, natural, ice lily, chocolate, natural, clarity; (4 rows each) natural, comfrey, tea rose, ice lily, gosling, mongoose, chocolate, ash, cadet, clarity, sagebrush, spearmint, lichen, tumeric, cornmeal, willow, cream; (12 rows each) clarity, natural, chocolate, ice lily, natural, clarity Glossary K - u knit stitch P-purl S1 -slip 1 Start Large Stripe Section - 12 rows per color Using Clarity (blue), ewrap cast on 144 pegs from left to right. Row 1: S1, (K, P) repeat across Row 2: S1, (P, K) repeat across Repeat row 1 & 2 three times (6 rows total) Row 7 - 12: S1, K, P, K, P, K 134 pegs, P, K, P, K Cut yarn leaving tail Make a slip knot using Natural (cream) yarn and attach to peg #1 - do not knit off Row 13: S1, (K, P) repeat across Row 14: S1, K, P, K, P, K134 pegs, P, K, P, K (on the last peg, knit off both loops as one) Row 15-25: S1, K, P, K, P, K134 pegs, P, K, P, K Cut yarn leaving tail I will refer these rows (rows 13-25) as our 12 row repeat. You will repeat these 12 rows for each of the large stripes. Make a slip knot using Ice Lily yarn and attach to peg #1 - do not knit off Knit Rows 1-12; Cut yarn leaving tail Make a slip knot using Chocolate yarn and attach to peg #1 - do not knit off Knit Rows 1-12; Cut yarn leaving tail Make a slip knot using Natural (cream) yarn and attach to peg #1 - do not knit off Knit Rows 1-12; Cut yarn leaving tail Make a slip knot using Clarity yarn and attach to peg #1 - do not knit off Knit Rows 1-12; Cut yarn leaving tail Start Small Stripe Section - 4 rows per color Make a slip knot using Natural yarn and attach to peg #1 - do not knit off Row 78: S1, (K, P) repeat across Row 79: S1, K, P, K, P, K 134 pegs, P, K, P, K (on the last peg, knit off both loops as one) Row 80-81: S1, K, P, K, P, K 134 pegs, P, K, P, K Cut yarn leaving a small tail. We will refer these rows as Rows 1, 2, 3, 4. You will repeat these four rows for each of the small stripes. Make a slip knot using Willow yarn and attach to peg #1 - do not knit off Row 1, 2, 3, 4 ; Cut yarn leaving tail Make a slip knot using Cornmeal yarn and attach to peg #1 - do not knit off Row 1, 2, 3, 4; Cut yarn leaving tail Make a slip knot using Tumeric yarn and attach to peg #1 - do not knit off Row 1, 2, 3, 4 ; Cut yarn leaving tail Make a slip knot using Lichen yarn and attach to peg #1 - do not knit off Row 1, 2, 3, 4 ; Cut yarn leaving tail Make a slip knot using Spearmint yarn and attach to peg #1 - do not knit off Row 1, 2, 3, 4 Make a slip knot using Sagebrush yarn and attach to peg #1 - do not knit off Row 1, 2, 3, 4; Cut yarn leaving tail Make a slip knot using Clarity yarn and attach to peg #1 - do not knit off Row 1, 2, 3, 4; Cut yarn leaving tail Make a slip knot using Cadet yarn and attach to peg #1 - do not knit off Row 1, 2, 3, 4; Cut yarn leaving tail Make a slip knot using Ash yarn and attach to peg #1 - do not knit off Row 1, 2, 3, 4; Cut yarn leaving tail Make a slip knot using Chocolate yarn and attach to peg #1 - do not knit off Row 1, 2, 3, 4; Cut yarn leaving tail Make a slip knot using Mongoose yarn and attach to peg #1 - do not knit off Row 1, 2, 3, 4; Cut yarn leaving tail Make a slip knot using Gosling yarn and attach to peg #1 - do not knit off Row 1, 2, 3, 4; Cut yarn leaving tail Make a slip knot using Ice Lily yarn and attach to peg #1 - do not knit off Row 1, 2, 3, 4; Cut yarn leaving tail Make a slip knot using Tea Rose yarn and attach to peg #1 - do not knit off Row 1, 2, 3, 4; Cut yarn leaving tail Make a slip knot using Comfrey yarn and attach to peg #1 - do not knit off Row 1, 2, 3, 4; Cut yarn leaving tail Make a slip knot using Natural yarn and attach to peg #1 - do not knit off Row 1, 2, 3, 4 Start Large Stripe Section - 12 rows per colour Make a slip knot using Clarity yarn and attach to peg #1 - do not knit off Row 1: S1, (K, P) repeat across Row 2: S1, K, P, K, P, K 134 pegs, P, K, P, K (on the last peg, knit offboth loops as one) Row 3-12: S1, K, P, K, P, K 134 pegs, P, K, P, K Cut yarn leaving tail This is our 12 row repeat for the remainder of the large stripes. Make a slip knot using Natural (cream) yarn and attach to peg #1 - do not knit off Knit Rows 1-12; Cut yarn leaving tail Make a slip knot using Chocolate yarn and attach to peg #1 - do not knit off Knit Rows 1-12; Cut yarn leaving tail Make a slip knot using Ice Lily yarn and attach to peg #1 - do not knit off Knit Rows 1-12; Cut yarn leaving tail Make a slip knot using Natural (cream) yarn and attach to peg #1 - do not knit off Knit Rows 1-12; Cut yarn leaving tail
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Make a slip knot using Clarity yarn and attach to peg #1 - do not knit off Row 1-6: S1, K, P, K, P, K134 pegs, P, K, P, K Row 7: S1, (K, P) repeat across Row 8: S1, (P, K) repeat across Repeat row 7 & 8 three times (6 rows total) Bind Off Method: I tried the non-loopy bind off, but this didn't work well with such a large project. The bind of method I used is by Graciela Worth and I found it on her youtube channel. It's a great bind off for larger projects, such as this blanket! You can watch the video by using this link: http://youtu.be/kj2o8iu8ESM
