Feeling blue? Not mopey, sad blue… Crisp, sailing-on-a-summer-breeze blue, the kind of blue that makes you cast on and never stop until it’s time to bind off. Our reinvented Knit Four Points Baby Blanket in a new combo of uplifting ocean blues sure puts us in that mood!

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Our Four Points Baby Blanket has lived through several incarnations: the original crocheted version, then the original knit version, a knit Super Soft Merino adaptation, and now another knit one in Linen Quill, this one dipping into our latest palette of rich and evocative colors.

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For either the knit or crocheted version, you’ll need just a Four Points Baby Blanket In Linen Quill Bundle. There are ten color stories to choose from, four oldies-but-goodies and six newcomers. All include just four skeins of our wonderfully interesting and beautiful Linen Quill and all will inspire a mood!

Yarn lovers, if you adore the yarn used in this project, you’ll love exploring all of our other yarn collections! Discover over 45 thoughtfully designed yarns in nearly every natural fiber and in every spectacular color you can imagine. Only available here at Purl Soho’s online yarn store, where every skein is created with care and your creativity in mind!

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

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

Materials

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Our Four Points Baby Blanket in Linen Quill Bundle can be used for either this knit version or our crocheted version. It includes…

  • 4 skeins of Purl Soho’s Linen Quill, 50% fine highland wool, 35% alpaca, and 15% linen. Each skein of this fingering weight yarn is 439 yards/ 100 grams; approximately 396 yards required in Colors A-D. We used the palette Millpond, which includes one skein of each of the following…
    • Color A: High Tide
    • Color B: Vintage Celadon
    • Color C: True Turquoise
    • Color D: Pale Oats

You’ll also need…

And here are five more Four Points Baby Blanket in Linen Quill Bundles… Pick your favorite!

HYDRANGEA

    Color A: Dark Iris; Color B: Crocus Bud; Color C: Oatmeal Gray; Color D: Purple Smoke

    WINTERBERRY

      Color A: Lychee Pink; Color B: Kiln Red; Color C: Pale Oats; Color D: Chestnut Red

      SOAP

        Color A: Honey Pink; Color B: Wheat Flour; Color C: Peony Pink; Color D: Rose Granite

        MOUNTAINTOP

          Color A: Pale Oats; Color B: Fresh Nutmeg; Color C: Lavender Opal; Color D: Peach Stone

          BIRCH

            Color A: Juniper Green; Color B: Salt + Pepper; Color C: Pale Oats; Color D: Stonewall Gray

            Here are some more color ideas, below! We don’t have bundles for these palettes, but you can just pick up one skein of Linen Quill for each color, and you’ll be all set!

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            TOP ROW

            Color A: Pink Pop; Color B: Peachy Pink; Color C: Magnolia Blossom; Color D: Bright Flamingo

            Color A: Wheat Flour; Color B: Turmeric Yellow; Color C: Golden Wheat; Color D: Mustard Seed

            Color A: Buttercup Yellow; Color B: Red Poppy; Color C: Pale Oats; Color D: Eggshell Blue

            Color A: Mustard Seed; Color B: Pink Pop; Color C: Golden Wheat; Color D: Bright Flamingo

            MIDDLE ROW

            Color A: Peachy Pink; Color B: Oatmeal Gray; Color C: Super Orange; Color D: Pale Oats

            Color A: Pale Oats; Color B: Kiln Red; Color C: Super Orange; Color D: Sweet Potato

            Color A: Birds Egg Blue; Color B: Grasshopper Green; Color C: Peony Pink; Color D: Golden Green

            Color A: Clover Green; Color B: Bright Mint; Color C: Lemon Lime; Color D: Pale Celery

            BOTTOM ROW

            Color A: Honey Pink; Color B: Rose Granite; Color C: Baked Earth; Color D: Lavender Opal

            Color A: Purple Clematis; Color B: Pale Oats; Color C: Magnolia Blossom; Color D: Crocus Bud

            Color A: Gray Denim; Color B: Vintage Celadon; Color C: Oatmeal Gray; Color D: Green Turquoise

            Color A: Blue Pansy; Color B: Blue Blue; Color C: Pale Oats; Color D: Cobalt Blue

            Gauge

            26 stitches and 52 rows = 4 inches in garter stitch

            Size

            Finished Dimensions: Approximately 36 x 36 inches

            Pattern

            NOTES

            For instructions and a video tutorial on how to pick up stitches, please visit our Picking Up Stitches Tutorial and scroll down to the section titled Along A Vertical Edge: Garter Stitch, Between Ridges.

            PATTERN

            TRIANGLE 1

            With Color A, cast on 156 (238) stitches. We used a basic Long Tail Cast On.

            Row 1 (wrong side): Knit to end of row.

            Row 2 (right side): Knit to last 2 stitches, knit 2 together (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 and knit 156 (238) stitches (see Notes, above) along the top edge of Triangle 1.

            Row 1 (wrong side): Knit to end of row.

            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 and knit 156 (238) stitches along the top edge of Triangle 2.

            Row 1 (wrong side): Knit to end of row.

            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 and knit 156 (238) stitches along the top edge of Triangle 3.

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

            Here’s a wrong-side row broken down into steps…

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            Knit to last stitch (above left), slip last stitch knitwise to right needle (above right)… 

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            … pick up and knit 1 stitch from the adjacent cast-on edge of Triangle 1…

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            …and 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.

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            We designed this project to highlight the uniquely beautiful qualities of our Linen Quill, a wonderful fingering-weight yarn that is a blend of 50% wool, 35% alpaca, and 15% linen. It feels amazing in your hands, and in 70 jaw-droppingly gorgeous colors, Linen Quill is the candy store of yarn!

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