January 09, 2013

Cabled warm blanket & Pillow

All you need is a nice warm knitted blanket & good book in a cold night...



  You need:

- straight needles 4 mm (US 6)
- cable needle (cn)
- I used yarn for 4 mm needles, 75% acrylic, 25% wool
- tapestry needle

Abbreviations:


CO-cast on

BO-bind off
k-knit
p-purl
cn-cable needle


Ensign’s Braid abbreviations:
CrL - sl 3 on cn at FRONT, p1, k3 from cn
CrR - sl 1 on cn at BACK, k3, p1 from cn
C6F - sl 3 on cn at FRONT, k3, k3 from cn
C6B - sl 3 on cn at BACK, k3, k3 from cn

OXO Cable abbreviations:
C4F - sl 2 on cn at FRONT, k2, k2 from cn
C4B - sl 2 on cn at BACK, k2, k2 from cn

Pillow pattern:

CO 80 sts.

Rows 1-10: knit

Row 11: k5, (k1, p1) seed stitch, OXO, p4, Braid, p4, OXO, (k1, p1) seed stitch, k5
(k5; then work in seed stitch 13 sts; then 8 sts in OXO cable; p4, 20 sts in Braid pattern; p4; 8 sts in OXO cable; 13 sts in seed stitch; knit 5 sts. Totally 80 sts.)

Row 12: k5, seed stitch, purl 8, p4, knit knits and purl purls, p4, p8, seed stitch, k5

   Continue this way, keep to the cable knitting patterns. Knit length as you need, finishing with 10 rows knit (the same way as the beginning). I sew a pillow-case from white satin for the back side.

Blanket pattern:

   To make the blanket I used the same cable knitting patterns- Ensign’s Braid and Oxo cable. I knit blanket in two parts which i sew together with mattress stitch. The width and length depends on your needs. Make tassels at the ends.


Oxo Cable

Panel of 8 sts
Row 1: (RS) K8
Row 2: P8
Back side of the pillow
Row 3: C4B, C4F
Row 4: P8
Row 5: K8
Row 6: P8
Row 7: C4B, C4F
Row 8: P8
Row 9: K8
Row 10: P8
Row 11: C4F, C4B
Row 12: P8
Row 13 K8
Row 14: P8
Row 15: C4F, C4B
Row 16: P8
Repeat these 16 rows.

 Ensign’s Braid

Panel of 20 sts
Row 1: (RS) k3, p4, C6B, p4, k3
Row 2: k all k, p all p sts
Row 3: (CrL, p2, Cr4R) twice
Row 4: k all k, p all p sts
Row 5: (p1, CrL, Cr4R, p1) twice
Row 6: k all k, p all p sts
Row 7: p2, C6F, p4, C6B, p2
Row 8: k all k, p all p sts
Row 9: (p1, CrR, CrL, p1) twice
Row 10: k all k, p all p sts
Row 11: (CrR, p2, CrL) twice
Row 12: k all k, p all p sts
Row 13: K3, p4, C6F, p4, k3
Row 14: k all k, p all p sts
Row 15: (CrL, p2, CrR) twice
Row 16: k all k, p all p sts
Row 17: (p1, Cr4L, Cr4R, p1) twice
Row 18: k all k, p all p sts
Row 19: p2, C6B, p4, C6F, p2
Row 20: k all k, p all p sts
Row 21: (p1, CrR, CrL, p1) twice
Row 22: k all k, p all p sts
Row 23: (CrR, p2, CrL) twice
Row 24: k all k, p all p sts
Repeat these 24 rows.

This pattern is for personal use, knitting pleasure and fun.You are not permitted to sell whole or part of it.

  To be more comfortable I wrote these two tables below for you. They are printable. If you have any difficulty just email me!



P.S.  Also, I place a stitch markers.