We are so taken with our new Gentle Giant colors that we want to recreate every project we’ve ever made in the new palette. Alas, we are dreamers but even more so, doers. So we’ve made choices and among them, our Granny Square Blanket in Gentle Giant and our Colorful Corner Blanket came out winners.
The original versions had a soft, vintage look, while this season’s blankets combine bright bursts of neon with warm outlier shades. Together, they bring out the best in each other, a bouquet of total happy!
Sometimes the gray days of winter beg for a playful touch, whether in one corner or at the center of a square. Injecting jolts of color into these big-stitch blankets give them a thoroughly modern feel and and a get-through-winter-with-a-smile power.
Our soft and cozy 100% merino Gentle Giant is pure pleasure and now comes in 21 colors! We’ve dipped into our six new colors to put together some new Gentle Giant Blanket Bundles: a new 12-color Bundle for the Granny Square Blanket, plus seven new 9-skein Bundles for either the Granny Square or Colorful Corner Blanket. The original collection of Bundles is still available, too, so lots of choices to make: Crochet or knit? Playful or serious? Lots of colors or a few? All of the above?
Colorful Corners Blanket
Materials
For the Colorful Corners Blanket, we used a 9-skein Gentle Giant Blanket Bundle. It includes…
- 9 skeins of Purl Soho’s Gentle Giant, 100% merino wool: 3 skeins of Contrast Colors and 6 skeins of Heirloom White. We used the palette Fresh Fruit.
You’ll also need…
- US 19, 40-inch circular needles
New Palettes
There are seven new 9-skein Gentle Giant Blanket Bundles to choose from, plus our original six. The new palettes are…
Top
- Fresh Fruit: Color A is Super Pink; Color B is Parakeet Yellow; Color C is Super Yellow; Color D is Heirloom White
First Row
- Pink Clover: Color A is Purple Lupine; Color B is Rose Violet; Color C is Super Pink; Color D is Heirloom White
- Sweet Melon: Color A is Super Pink; Color B is Honey Amber; Color C is Cowrie Pink; Color D is Heirloom White
- Winter Cherry: Color A is Super Pink; Color B is Wolf Brown; Color C is Graphite Gray; Color D is Heirloom White
Second Row
- Wild Lily: Color A is Sugar Maple; Color B is Super Pink; Color C is Super Yellow; Color D is Heirloom White
- Key Lime: Color A is Mint Ice; Color B is Super Yellow; Color C is Parakeet Yellow; Color D is Heirloom White
- Lighthouse: Color A is Super Yellow; Color B is Mint Ice; Color C is Graphite Gray; Color D is Heirloom White
Gauge
6 stitches = 4 inches in garter stitch
Size
Finished Dimensions: 30 inches wide x 42 inches long
Pattern
For the free pattern, visit our original Colorful Corner Blanket story!
Granny Square Blanket in Gentle Giant
Materials
For our Granny Square Blanket in Gentle Giant, we used a Gentle Giant Blanket Bundle in a Dozen Colors. We used the Bright palette. It includes…
- Contrast Colors: 12 skeins of Purl Soho’s Gentle Giant, 100% merino wool
- Top Row: Orange Koi, Clay Pot, Cowrie Pink, Honey Amber, Parakeet Yellow, Super Yellow
- Middle Row: Sugar Maple, Super Pink, Rose Violet, Purple Lupine, Iceberg Blue, Mint Ice
- Main Color: 6 skeins of Gentle Giant in Heirloom White
NOTE: The original Soft palette is still available, too!
You’ll also need…
Another Option
Our nine-skein Gentle Giant Blanket Bundles include enough yarn to make the same size blanket as the one you make with the Dozen Colors Bundle, but with only three Contrast Colors instead of twelve (see above). Each one includes…
- 9 skeins of Purl Soho’s Gentle Giant, 100% merino wool: 3 skeins of Contrast Colors and 6 skeins of Heirloom White.
You’ll also need…
Gauge
Each finished Granny Square should measure 10 x 10 inches. If yours is smaller, try a bigger hook; and if yours is bigger, try a smaller one!
Size
Finished Dimensions: 30 inches wide x 40 inches long
Pattern
For the free pattern, visit our original Granny Square Blanket in Gentle Giant story! The layout for the Bright palette is…
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I love your color’s beautiful.
Hi Marie,
Thank you so much for your kind words!
Best,
Cassy
It`s such an easy and basic pattern. But the luxurios wool and the choice and combination of colours make it so special and a true (crochet) design classic!
Hi! I would like to make this into a baby blanket, but would prefer a washable yarn that can handle some wear. Do you have any suggestions. Thanks!
Hi Megan,
Thanks for writing in! Although we don’t have any super bulky machine washable yarns, I would suggest trying Blue Sky Worsted Cotton held double as a substitute! It is one of our favorites for hard wearing baby items and it washes and dries very well. It will be a bit thinner than our Gentle Giant even held double, so I would definitely recommend knitting a gauge swatch to see if you are happy with the knitted fabric on US 19s. If not, you could go down to US 17s and work a few extra increase rows in the first section of the blanket to match the size of our original blanket.
I hope that helps!
Julianna
What size needle do you use to whip stitch the Granny squares together. My yarn has just shipped, I have my crochet hook but I am nonplussed about the size of the needle needed to handle this yarn! Thanks!
Hi Maddie,
Great question! I have used a Jumbo Bent Tip Tapestry Needle with Gentle Giant without any issues – the eye of this tapestry needle is quite generous!
Best,
Julianna
Hi. Would Spud and Chloe Outer work for the Gentle Giant Granny Square blanket. I like it for it’s washability. Thanks. Great website, BTW
Hello Filomena,
Thank you for reaching out! This yarn has a smaller gauge than Gentle Giant, so you wouldn’t be able to follow these patterns without making adjustments.
Happy knitting!
-Marilla
Thanks!