Chevron Baby Blanket in Super Soft Merino | Purl Soho

Our Chevron Baby Blanket in Super Soft Merino takes its cue from our very popular original, but rather than two strands of cotton, this one uses a single strand of Purl Soho’s sumptuous Super Soft Merino. We also changed up the striping, playing this time with whimsical irregularity. The result is a dense and toasty blanket, with a whole lot of personality, perfect for floor or stroller time!

Designed by Purl Soho designer, Whitney Van Nes.

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Materials

7 skeins of Purl Soho’s Super Soft Merino, 100% merino wool. Each skein is 87 yards/ 100 grams.

  • Main Color (MC): 3 skeins; approximately 261 yards required. We used Heirloom White.
  • Contrast Colors 1-4 (CC 1-4): 1 skein per color; approximately 87 yards required per color. We used Toasted Charcoal for CC 1, Desert Blue for CC 2, Oyster Gray for CC 3 and Yellow Yellow for CC 4.

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Gauge

12 stitches = 4 inches in garter stitch

Size

Approximately 26 x 33 inches

Notes

If you want to change the sizing or use this stitch pattern for a different project, just cast on a multiple of 14 plus 2 stitches.

Pattern

With Main Color (MC) cast on 100 stitches.

We used a basic Long Tail Cast On.

**Row 1 (right side): With MC, K1, slip slip knit (ssk), *k10, knit 2 together (k2tog), ssk, repeat from * to last 13 stitches, k10, k2tog, k1. (86 stitches)

Row 2 (wrong side): K6, *knit into front and back (kfb) 2 times, k10, repeat from * to last 8 stitches, kfb 2 times, k6. (100 stitches)

Repeat Rows 1 and 2 two more times.

With  Contrast Color 1 (CC 1), repeat Rows 1 and 2 four times.

Repeat from ** two more times.

***With MC, repeat Rows 1 and 2 three times.

With CC 2,  repeat Rows 1 and 2 four times.

Repeat from *** two more times.

+With MC, repeat Rows 1 and 2 one time.

With CC 3, repeat Rows 1 and 2 one time.

Repeat from + eleven more times.

With MC, repeat Rows 1 and 2 one time.

++With CC 4 , repeat Rows 1 and 2 four times.

With MC, repeat Rows 1 and 2 three times.

Repeat from ++ two more times.

With MC, repeat Row 1 one more time.

Bind Off Row: Bind off 5 stitches, *(knit into the next stitch and leave the stitch on the left needle, bind off 1 stitch, knit into the back of the stitch, let the stitch off the left needle, bind off 1 stitch) 2 times, bind off 10 stitches, repeat from * to last 8 stitches, (knit into the next stitch and leave the stitch on the left needle, bind off 1 stitch, knit into the back of the stitch, let the stitch off the left needle, bind off 1 stitch) 2 times, bind off 6 stitches, pull the yarn through the last stitch.

Weave in the ends and you’re all done!

Chevron Baby Blanket in Super Soft Merino | Purl Soho