Concentric Squares Baby Blanket by Fiber Fiend
Difficulty: Beginner FINISHED MEASUREMENTS Width: 36.5" / 92.5 cm Length: 36.5" / 92.5 cm
MATERIALS Lion Brand Homespun $58\%$ acrylic, $2\%$ polyester, 185 yd / 175 m per 6 oz. skein]; 3 skeins; Shown in Williamsburg blue 1 24-inch / 60 cm US $\#10.5\,/\,6.5\,\mathsf{m m}$ circular needleStitch Markers (Optional) Tapestry needle GAUGE 12 sts/22 rows $=4$ inches / 10 cm in stockinette stitch ABBREVIATIONS P-purl K- knit Rep - repeat SI - slip, slipping SM - slip mkr/slipping mkrs St - stitch (Sts - stitches)
DIRECTIONS
Cast on 110 sts. Knit 18 rows. Row 19: K10, place marker, k90, place marker, k10. Markers are optional,but makeit easier.Eachtime you gettoamarker on thewrong side, you change from K toP,or vice versa. For this blanket you always knit all sts on the right side. Row 20: K10 , sm, p90, sm, k10. Row 21: Knit, sm. Rows 22-37: Rep Rows 20-21 eight more times. Row 38: K10, sm, p10, place marker, k70, place marker, p10, sm, k10. Row 39: Knit, sm. Row 40: K10, sm, p10, sm, k70, sm, p10, sm, k10. Rows 41-54: Rep Rows 39-40 seven times more. Row 55: K30 (sm), place marker, k50, place marker, k30 (sm). Row 56: K10, sm, p10, sm, k10, sm, p50, sm, k10, sm, p10, sm, k10. Row 57: Knit, sm. Rows 58-73: Rep Rows 56-57 eight more times. Row 74: K10, sm, p10, sm, k10, sm, p10, place marker, k30, place marker, p10, sm, k10, sm, p10, sm, k10. Row 75: Knit, sm. Row 76: K10, sm, p10, sm, k10, sm, p10, sm, k30, sm, p10, sm, k10, sm, p10, sm, k10. Rows 77-90: Rep Rows 75-76 seven more times. Row 91: K50 (sm), place marker, k10, place marker, k50 (sm). Row 92: K10, sm, p10, sm, k10, sm, p10, sm, k10, sm, p10, sm, k10, sm, p10, sm, k10, sm, p10, sm, k10. Row 93: Knit, sm. Rows 94-109: Rep Rows 92-93 eight more times. (You're more than halfway done!) Row 110: K10, sm, p10, sm, k10, sm, p10, sm, k10, remove marker, k10, remove marker,k10, sm, p10, sm, k10, sm, p10, sm, k10. Row 11i: Knit, sm. Row 112: K10, sm, p10, sm, k10, sm, p10, sm, k30, sm, p10, sm, k10, sm, p10, sm, k10. Rows 113-126: Rep Rows 111-112 seven more times. Row 127: K40 (sm), remove marker, k30, remove marker, k40 (sm). Row 128: K10, sm, p10, sm, k10, sm, p50, sm, k10, sm, p10, sm, k10. Row 129: Knit, sm. Rows 130-145: Rep Rows 128-129 eight more times. Row 146: K10, sm, p10, sm, k10, remove marker, k50, remove marker, k10, sm, p10, sm, k10. Row 147: Knit, sm. Row 148: K10, sm, p10, sm, k70, sm, p10, sm, k10. Rows 149-162: Rep Rows 147-148 seven times more. Row 163: K20 (sm), remove marker, k70, remove marker, k20 (sm). Row 164: K10, sm, p90, sm, k10. Row 165: Knit, sm. Rows 166-181: Rep Rows 164-165 eight more times. Row 182: K10, remove marker, k90, remove marker, k10. Knit 18 more rows (200 total). Bind off. Weave in ends.
ABOUT THE DESIGNER
Fiber Fiend lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and two young energetic dogs. Half-time engineer, halftime knitwea designer and fer/yarnentreprener, FiberFiend chroniclsherprogress in dyeing, sinning, knitting,ad the social politicsof pack lifeat htt:/fibefiend.com/blog.Join theRavelryFiberFiends group (http://www.ravelry.com/groups/fiber-fiends) for the latest updates, to share your projects, and to chat! Follow thefiberfiend on Twitter. Check out the FiberFiend.com page on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/pages/FiberFiendcom/35819011364. If you have any problems with or questions about the pattern, email thefiend @fiberfiend.com.
