Baby Bliss

Knitted baby blanket in garter st with wave pattern edge in DROPS BabyMerino

DROPS Baby 25-2
DROPS design: Pattern no bm-052-by
Yarn group A
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Measurements: approx. 80 x 80 cm
Materials:
DROPS BABY MERINO from Garnstudio
350 g colour no 02, off white

4 DROPS CIRCULAR NEEDLES (80 cm) size 4 mm – or size needed to get 21 sts x 41 rows in garter st = 10 x 10 cm.
DROPS CROCHET HOOK SIZE 4 mm - for edge.

GARTER ST (back and forth on circular needle):
K all rows. 1 ridge = 2 rows K.

PATTERN:
See diagrams A.1 to A.3.
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BLANKET:
Worked back and forth on circular needle. Work diagonally from corner to corner, then work edge in Wave pattern in the round on circular needle - NOTE: Because of no of sts use 1 circular needle on each of the 4 sides on blanket.
Cast on 3 sts on circular needle size 4 mm with Baby Merino. K 1 row. Then work in GARTER ST - see explanation above, AT THE SAME TIME inc as follows at beg of every row: K 1, K 2 in next st and K the rest of row, turn piece. Continue back and forth like this. REMEMBER THE KNITTING TENSION! When 76 ridges have been worked (= 155 sts on needle), blanket measures 52 cm along each of the 2 sides.
Then dec at beg of each row as follows: K 1, K 2 tog, K the rest of row, turn piece. Continue like this until 3 sts remain on needle, slip 1 st as if to K, K 2 tog, psso. Cut the yarn, pull it through st and fasten. Blanket measures 52 cm along each of the 4 sides.

EDGE IN WAVE PATTERN:
Beg in the mid of a corner on blanket and pick up from RS on circular needle size 4 mm with off white as follows: * Pick up 1 st in the corner, pick up 1 st at the edge in every ridge and make 1 YO between every st until next corner, pick up 1 st in the corner * = 155 sts along one side of blanket. Beg with next circular needle and repeat from *-* along next side on blanket – NB: When picking up like this there will be 2 sts in each corner. Repeat the same way along the next 2 sides on blanket = 620 sts distributed on 4 circular needles.
K 1 round (= 1st round in diagram). Work next round as follows: * Work A.1 (= 8 sts), repeat A.2 over the next 140 sts and work A.3 (= 7 sts) *, repeat from *-* along all 4 sides. Continue pattern like this.
When last round in A.1, A.2 and A.3 remains, edge measures approx. 13 cm.
Work last round in A.1, A.2 and A.3 AT THE SAME TIME LOOSELY cast off - outer edge will bend according to pattern.

CROCHET EDGE:
Work a finishing edge around the entire blanket on hook size 4 mm with off white as follows: Work 1 dc in st before the 2 sts in a corner, 4 ch, 1 tr in first ch worked, skip the 2 sts in the corner, 1 dc in next st, * 4 ch, 1 tr in first ch worked, skip approx. 2 sts, 1 dc in next st *, repeat from *-* around the entire blanket but make sure that a "loop" is in every corner, finish round with 1 sl st in first dc from beg of round. Fasten off.

Diagram explanations

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