Memory Maker
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Knitted blanket for baby in DROPS Cotton Merino. Theme: Baby blanket
DROPS Baby 33-35
DROPS design: Pattern no cm-003-by
Yarn group B
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SIZE:
Piece measures approx. Width = 72 cm Length = 83 cm
MATERIALS:
DROPS COTTON MERINO from Garnstudio (belongs to yarn group B)
400 g colour 01, off white
KNITTING TENSION:
22 stitches in width and 30 rows vertically in stocking stitch = 10 x 10 cm.
NEEDLES:
DROPS CIRCULAR NEEDLE SIZE 3.5 mm: Length 80 cm.
Needle size is only a suggestion! If you have too many stitches on 10 cm switch to larger needles. If you have too few stitches on 10 cm switch to smaller needles.
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EXPLANATION FOR THE PATTERN:
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PATTERN:
See diagrams A.1, A.2 and A.3.
GARTER STITCH (back and forth):
Knit all rows.
1 ridge vertically = knit 2 rows.
INCREASE TIP:
Increase 1 stitch by making 1 yarn over, on next row work yarn over twisted to avoid holes at the increase. Increase as follows: *Work 20 stitches, 1 yarn over*, repeat from *-* 7 times, work the rest of row.
KNITTING TIP A.1:
On row 6 in diagram A.1 (row with yarn overs) work as follows: 3 stitches in garter stitch, A.1 over the next 152 stitches, work 1 stitch in stocking stitch and finish with 3 stitches in garter stitch.
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START THE PIECE HERE:
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BABY BLANKET - SHORT OVERVIEW OF THE PIECE:
Worked back and forth on circular needle, bottom up. Work lace edge A.3 at the top of baby blanket.
BABY BLANKET:
Cast on 159 stitches on circular needle size 3.5 mm with Cotton Merino. Work first row as follows from right side: 3 stitches in GARTER STITCH - see explanation above - A.1 over the next 153 stitches, finish with 3 stitches in garter stitch – see KNITTING TIP A.1. Continue until A.1 has been worked 1 time vertically. REMEMBER THE KNITTING TENSION! Then work as follows from right side: 3 stitches in garter stitch, A.2 over the next 152 stitches (= 19 repetitions of 8 stitches), work 1 stitch in stocking stitch and finish with 3 stitches in garter stitch. Continue pattern like this. Work until piece measures approx. 63 cm, adjust so that last row is last row in a repetition of A.2. On next row (= from wrong side and last row in A.2) increase 7 stitches evenly - read INCREASE TIP = 166 stitches.
Then work as follows from right side: 3 stitches in garter stitch, A.3 over the next 160 stitches (= 10 repetitions of 16 stitches), finish with 3 stitches in garter stitch. Work A.3 1 time vertically (there are now 236 stitches on needle), then loosely cast off by knitting, cut and fasten the yarn.
Diagram explanations
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= | knit from the right side, purl from the wrong side |
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= | knit from wrong side, purl from right side |
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= | knit 2 together from the right side, purl 2 together from the wrong side |
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= | slip 1 stitch knitwise, knit 1, pass slipped stitch over stitch worked |
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= | between 2 stitches make 1 yarn over |
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= | slip 1 stitch knitwise, knit 2 together, pass slipped stitch over stitches worked together |
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