Are you a crocheter who has wanted to learn how to knit but just couldn’t get it? That was me for decades until my friend and yarn store owner Lana Ford took the time to show me the Continental Method using a pair of wooden circular knitting needles! I was hooked almost immediately! For a limited time I am providing this easy pattern for free both on my blog and in my LoveCrafts store. I hope some of you pick up a set of knitting needles and give it a try. If you do, please let me know how it goes!

Description: This EASY KNIT Baby Blanket is a fun project for a beginning or seasoned knitter! The complete video tutorial (QR code below) demonstrates the Continental Method.

Skill Level:  Beginning

Yarn: Yarnspirations Caron Colorama Halo Perfect Phasing (71% acrylic, 18% nylon, 11% polyester, 8 oz/227 g, 481 yds/440 m, #5 bulky weight)

Needles: Circular knitting needles size 10 (or 6.00 mm), 40" total length (a shorter wire can be used)

Notions: yarn needle

Dimensions: approx. 23" x 23"

Gauge: 14 sts = 4"

Complete Video Tutorials:

  Right-Handed Left-Handed

Abbreviations:

BO bind off

CO cast on

k knit

kfb knit front & back (single knit increase)

k2tog knit two together

yo yarn over increase

BLANKET

CO 8 sts using a long tail cast on.

Row 1: k across, turn. (8 sts)

Rows 2 - 8: kfb in first st, k across, turn. (You will add 1 st each row. 15 sts at end of Row 7.)

Rows 9 - 110: k4, yo, k across, turn. Repeat Row 9 until blanket reaches desired width diagonally, or until you have 117 loops on your needles. (At this point my blanket measures approximately 23" x 23". If you wish to make your blanket larger, you can continue to repeat the increase row before going to the next row below that begins the decreases.)

Rows 111 - 213 (Decrease Rows): k3, k2tog, yo, k2tog, k across, turn. (Repeat until you have 17 loops remaining, and 7 center sts.)

Rows 214 - 222: k2tog, k across, turn. (Repeat until you have 8 loops remaining.)

Row 223: BO