We love receiving your questions and comments, and for this project, took special notice of your requests for a knit version of our Crochet Four Points Baby Blanket.

The conversion was as smooth as can be. Borrowing a neat trick from Joelle’s book, More Last Minute Knitted Gifts (specifically the smart no-sewing way she connects the triangles in her Entrelac Baby Blanket), our Knit Four Points Baby Blanket is even more straightforward than the original!

Still in Linen Quill, our soft, lightweight blend of fine highland wool, alpaca, and linen, we’ve added Wild Radish to the choice of palettes. It’s crisp and fresh, soothing and happy, just right for babies and adults.

Whether you’re a knitter, crocheter, or both, our Four Points Baby Blankets are a fun and interesting way to get off the x and y axis, plus they’re really satisfying and beautiful!– Kristy

Update: February 2018

We’ve updated the gauge for this pattern to suit our thick and squishy Super Soft Merino! It’s an ideal weight to bundle up baby for a bracing stroller ride or to plop her down for some play time on the floor… Not that those over the age of two are prohibited from cuddling up in this wonderfully cozy blanket! In nine intriguing color combinations, the Four Points Baby Blanket in Super Soft Merino is a fun math game and a very clever knit!

Materials

Our Four Points Baby Blanket in Linen Quill Bundle includes…

• 4 skeins of Purl Soho’s Linen Quill, 50% fine highland wool, 35% alpaca, and 15% linen. We used the palette Wild Radish, which includes one skein of each of the following…
  • Color A: Pale Oats
  • Color B: Lavender Opal
  • Color C: Heirloom White
  • Color D: Oatmeal Gray

You’ll also need…

• US 3, 32-inch circular knitting needles

Our Four Points Baby Blanket in Linen Quill Bundle is also available in these gorgeous palettes. Pick your favorite!

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• Top Row: Hearth and Thistle
• Bottom Row: Desert Marigold and Speckled Feather

Gauge

26 stitches = 4 inches in garter stitch

Size

Finished Dimensions: Approximately 36 x 36 inches

Notes

For instructions and a video tutorial on how to pick up stitches along a vertical edge in garter stitch, please visit our Picking Up Stitches Tutorial.

Pattern

Triangle 1

With Color A, cast on 156 stitches.

Row 1 (wrong side): Knit.

Row 2 (right side): Knit to last 2 stitches, k2tog. [1 stitch decreased]

Repeat Rows 1 and 2 until 1 stitch remains. Cut yarn and pull through remaining stitch.

Triangle 2

With the right side of Triangle 1 facing you and its cast-on edge oriented vertically, use Color B to pick up 156 stitches [see Notes, above] along the top edge of Triangle 1.

Row 1 (wrong side): Knit.

Row 2 (right side): Knit to last 2 stitches, k2tog. [1 stitch decreased]

Repeat Rows 1 and 2 until 1 stitch remains. Cut yarn and pull through remaining stitch.

Triangle 3

With the right side of Triangle 2 facing you and its picked-up edge oriented vertically, use Color C to pick up 156 stitches along the top edge of Triangle 2.

Row 1 (wrong side): Knit

Row 2 (right side): Knit. to last 2 stitches, k2tog. [1 stitch decreased]

Repeat Rows 1 and 2 until 1 stitch remains. Cut yarn and pull through remaining stitch.

Triangle 4

With the right side of Triangle 3 facing you and its picked-up edge oriented vertically, use Color D to pick up 156 stitches along the top edge of Triangle 3.

Row 1 (wrong side): Knit to last stitch, slip last stitch knitwise to right-hand needle, pick up 1 stitch from the adjacent cast-on edge of Triangle 1, pass slipped stitch over.

Row 2 (right side): Knit to last 2 stitches, k2tog. [1 stitch decreased.]

Repeat Rows 1 and 2 until 1 stitch remains. Cut yarn and pull through remaining stitch.

Finish

Weave in ends and block as desired.