Our Double Knit Blanket is, indeed, double knit! Double knitting is a simple way to create two layers of stockinette fabric at once by slipping every other stitch as you alternate yarn colors each row. The result? One yarn on one side and another on the other… Needle magic!

Double Knit Blanket | Purl Soho

What’s more, we took a page from the quilting books and threw in tiny tacks (created while you knit!), critical little details that truly set this blanket apart.

Double Knit Blanket | Purl Soho

One of the opportunities our Double Knit Blanket gives us is to explore our favorite stew: the one where we throw rustic and refined into the very same pot. And so, one side is our undyed Good Wool, a straight-from-nature rugged beauty, while the other is our sumptuous Mulberry Merino with its subtle shine and smooth finish… Great flavors together!

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To make a baby-size blanket in these two yarns, you’ll just need one of our Double Knit Blanket Bundles. Each one includes Good Wool’s Driftwood Gray for one side, and then choose from four different Mulberry Merino colors for the other (this one is gorgeous Persimmon Orange). Want to make it a throw? We tell how many skeins and cast-on stitches to add!

Double Knit Blanket | Purl Soho

Apart from its two-sided fun, our Double Knit Blanket’s two layers give it a seriously decadent drape and warmth… an heirloom knit for a new baby or an old friend or even yourself!

Double Knit Blanket | Purl Soho

Update: New Colors

March 25, 2019

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We love the original version of our Double Knit Blanket so much that we decided to update our Bundle options with the newest colors of Mulberry Merino! Our Double Knit Blanket Bundle is available in seven beautiful color combos!

UPDATE: NOW IN GOOD WOOL + SEASON ALPACA

MARCH 2024

Double Knit Blanket | Purl Soho

Earthy Good Wool and smooth-as-honey Season Alpaca each bring their own very special touch to our Double Knit Blanket… You’ll love the satisfying feel of these yarns together! Pick from nine gorgeous Double Knit Blanket Bundles and enjoy the two-sided wonder that is double knitting!

Designed by Purl Soho designer, Jake Canton. Click here to see even more of Jake’s designs!

Share your progress and connect with the community by tagging your pics with #PurlSoho, #PurlSohoBusyHands, #PurlSohoDoubleKnitBlanket, and #PurlSohoGoodWool. We can’t wait to see what you make!

Materials

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Please Note: Our Double Knit Blanket Bundles are no longer available. To build your own, you will need…

  • Yarn A: 3 (5) skeins of Purl Soho’s Good Wool, 100% undyed Andean highland wool. Each skein is 383 yards/ 100 grams; approximately 966 (1788) yards required.
  • Yarn B: 4 (7) skeins of Purl Soho’s Mulberry Merino, 80% extra fine merino wool and 20% mulberry silk. Each 218 yards/ 100 grams; approximately 957 (1526) yards required. (NOTE: We no longer offer Mulberry Merino, but choose from one of our other sport weight yarns.)

In addition to the Driftwood Gray + Persimmon Orange palette we used, you can choose from six other palettes, shown above from left to right, top to bottom…

  • Driftwood Gray + Heirloom White
  • Walking Stick + Red Pine
  • Winter Grass + Light Cerulean
  • Driftwood Gray + True Turquoise
  • Winter Grass + Mustard Seed
  • Driftwood Gray + Green Spruce

You’ll also need…

  • US 6 (4 mm), 32-, 40-, or 47-inch circular needles
  • Spare US 5 (3.75 mm) or smaller, 32-, 40-, or 47-inch circular needles

Gauge

21 stitches and 30 rows = 4 inches in double knit stockinette stitch, using the larger needles

Sizes

Crib (Throw)

  • Finished Measurements: 28 x 38 (39½ x 50) inches

Sample: We knit the Crib size.

Notes

Slip Stitches

Slip all slipped stitches purlwise unless indicated in the pattern.

Changing Colors

When changing colors, carry the new yarn up the selvedge in back of the old yarn.

Turn and Slide

Each row in this pattern starts with the instructions to either “Turn” or “Slide” the work:

“Turning the work” means to do what you would normally do when knitting rows with circular needles: Transfer the needle from your left hand into your right and the needle from your right hand into your left, and flip the work around so the opposite side is facing you.

“Sliding the work” means to keep the same side of the work facing you and to push all the stitches to the right end of the circular needles. Without turning the work, start the new row as you normally would.
You will know that you’re doing this right if the yarn you need to work the next row is magically there waiting for you!

Stitch Multiple

To adjust the width of the project, cast on a multiple of 10 + 7 stitches, then double it.

Double Knitting

This blanket uses a technique called Double Knitting. You can follow the pattern as written, but if you need extra help, our step-by-step video tutorial shows you how to do it! (Please note that Rows 1 and 2 in the video are the Set-Up Rows in our Double Knit Blanket pattern, below.)

Pattern

Cast On + Set Up

NOTE: For our version of this blanket, we used a Long Tail Tubular Cast On (and omitted the foundation rows). You should know that this cast on is quite a bit more complicated than a Long Tail Cast On, so if you go down the Tubular path and get frustrated, just use a Long Tail Cast On… It’ll look beautiful, we promise!

With Yarn A and the smaller needles if working a Long Tail Cast On and the larger needles if doing a Tubular one, cast on 294 (414) stitches.

NOTE: If using a Long Tail Cast On on smaller needles, switch to larger needles.

Set-Up Row 1 (wrong side): Turn work (see Notes) and with Yarn A,*k1, slip 1 with yarn in front (wyif), repeat from * to end of row.

Set-Up Row 2 (right side): Turn work and with Yarn B, *k1, slip 1 wyif, repeat from * to end of row.

Begin Double Knitting

Row 1 (right side): Slide work (see Notes) and with Yarn A, *slip 1 with yarn in back (wyib), p1, repeat from * to end of row.

Row 2 (wrong side): Turn work and with Yarn B, *slip 1 wyib, p1, repeat from * to end of row.

Row 3 (wrong side): Slide work and with Yarn A, *k1, slip 1 wyif, repeat from * to end of row.

Row 4 (right side): Turn work and with Yarn B, *k1, slip 1 wyif, repeat from * to end of row.

Repeat Rows 1-4 for a total of 1 inch, ending with Row 4.

Tack Down

Row 1 (right side): Slide work and with Yarn A, [slip 1 wyib, p1] 3 times, *slip 1 wyif, p1, [slip 1 wyib, p1] 9 times, repeat from * to last 8 stitches, slip 1 wyif, p1, [slip 1 wyib, p1] 3 times.

Row 2 (wrong side): Turn work and with Yarn B, [slip 1 wyib, p1] 3 times, *slip 1 wyif, p1, [slip 1 wyib, p1] 9 times, repeat from * to last 8 stitches, slip 1 wyif, p1, [slip 1 wyib, p1] 3 times.

Row 3 (wrong side): Slide work and with Yarn A, *k1, slip 1 wyif, repeat from * to end of row.

Row 4 (right side): Turn work and with Yarn B, *k1, slip 1 wyif, repeat from * to end of row.

Continue Double Knitting

Repeat Rows 1-4 of Begin Double Knitting section until piece measures 1 inch from the previous tack down row, ending with Row 4.

Stagger Tack Down

Row 1 (right side): Slide work and with Yarn A, [slip 1 wyib, p1] 8 times, *slip 1 wyif, p1, [slip 1 wyib, p1] 9 times, repeat from * to last 18 stitches, slip 1 wyif, p1, [slip 1 wyib, p1] 8 times.

Row 2 (wrong side): Turn work and with Yarn B, [slip 1 wyib, p1] 8 times, *slip 1 wyif, p1, [slip 1 wyib, p1] 9 times, repeat from * to last 18 stitches, slip 1 wyif, p1, [slip 1 wyib, p1] 8 times.

Row 3 (wrong side): Slide work and with Yarn A, *k1, slip 1 wyif, repeat from * to end of row.

Row 4 (right side): Turn work and with Yarn B, *k1, slip 1 wyif, repeat from * to end of row.

Continue

Repeat from Row 1 of Begin Double Knitting section to Row 4 of Stagger Tack Down section until piece measures 37 (49) inches from cast-on edge, ending with Row 4 of Stagger Tack Down section.

Repeat Rows 1-4 of Begin Double Knitting section for 1 more inch, until piece measures 38 (50) inches from cast-on edge, ending with Row 4.

Cut Yarn B.

Bind Off

Set-Up Row 1 (right side): Slide work and with Yarn A, *k1, slip 1 wyif, repeat from * to end of row.

Set-Up Row 2 (wrong side): Turn work and with Yarn A, *k1, slip 1 wyif, repeat from * to end of row.

Alternating between needles, slip all the knit stitches onto the working circular needles and all the purl stitches onto spare circular needles.

FOR A LONG TAIL TUBULAR CAST ON…

Slide work and with right side facing you, use Yarn A to bind off in Kitchener Stitch.

IF YOU DID A LONG TAIL CAST ON…

With Yarn A and the right side facing you, bind off using a 3-Needle Bind Off.

Weave in the ends and block as desired!

Double Knit Blanket | Purl Soho
Double Knit Blanket | Purl Soho