Knit Four Points Baby Blanket in New Colors
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!
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.
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!
Designed by Purl Soho designer, Kristina McGowan. Click here to see even more of Kristina’s designs!
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Materials
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 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…
- US 3 (3.25 mm), 32-inch circular knitting needles
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!
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…
Knit to last stitch (above left), slip last stitch knitwise to right needle (above right)…
… pick up and knit 1 stitch from the adjacent cast-on edge of Triangle 1…
…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.
Hi all! I don’t care to knit with a light weight yarn such as linen quill so therefore my ? is this: what other yarn, besides merino wool and linen quill, would be a good yarn to use on this blanket? Or……..could I double the linen as I LOVE the colors? Thank you for your advice/info! PS. ? the cost of doubling yarn vs the use of a completely different yarn.
Hi Pam,
Thanks for writing in! If you are up to a bit of experimenting to figure out the cast on for either your doubled yarn or heavier weight yarn, the Four Points Blanket pattern could actually work with any weight yarn and appropriate needles – we’ve even gone all the way up to bulky weight for our Four Points Baby Blanket in Super Soft Merino! Although holding the yarn doubled may seem like it would take more yardage, it often turns out about the same since you will need to increase your needle size and cast on fewer stitches.
I hope that helps!
Julianna
I’ve made a small sample similar to your color swatches to practice picking up stitches and to figure out which edge(s) to use. Also learned the technique of joining Triangle 3 to 4 as it is worked. I just want to check, however, that the “seams” on the wrong side are supposed to appear as raised ridges. Perhaps they will sink in when the items is blocked? Thanks for an interesting approach to a square blanket.
Hi Christina,
Thanks for writing in! Doing a small test swatch is a great way to learn the techniques used here! The seam on triangles 3 to 4 is different than the other joins. It may be slightly raised on the backside but blocking will minimize this!
Best,
Cassy
Hi there! Love the new colors. I’m wondering if this can be done using US 4, 32 as that’s what I have at home! I don’t have a sense of whether it will stretch it too much. Also, considering swapping that gorgeous turmeric yellow for one of the blues in this pattern – do you think that would work out well?
Thanks!
Hi Nicole,
Thanks for writing in! I would suggest knitting a gauge swatch on US 4 needles before beginning to see if you are happy with the fabric. If you are, the only other concern would be that going up a needle size takes more yardage, but since we only used about 80% of each skein, you should have plenty of extra yarn. I would probably substitute Turmeric Yellow in place of Vintage Celadon in the Millpond colorway – Turmeric Yellow looks quite striking between High Tide and True Tourquoise!
Best of luck and happy knitting!
Julianna
Hi! I bought this kit because those colors are stunning but I’m not keen on this pattern, do you have any suggestions for some alternative baby blanket patterns that would work for the number of skeins/type of yarn in the kit?
Hello Katherine,
Thank you for reaching out! While we don’t have another baby blanket pattern with four colors of this yarn, you could check out our Plaited Throw (Though I haven’t seen it done with stripes or color blocking it could be really cool!) or you could do a simple garter stitch blanket with four color blocks.
I hope this gives you some ideas and let us know if you have any further questions!
-Marilla
I am doing the blanket with seasonal alpaca and size 6 needle. If I would like to do smaller overal blanket , how do I figure out amount of stitches? Right now doing 144 each triangle for 36x 36 blanket. I feel 28 x 28 would be enough. Please guide me.
Hi Gizela,
Great question! Since the cast on for each triangle is one of the diagonal lines of the blanket, rather than a side edge, your cast on edge will need to be about 19 inches for a 28 inch blanket. To figure out your cast on number, you will need to knit a gauge swatch with Season Alpaca on US 6 needles and multiply your stitches per inch by 19. This number will then be your cast on for the first triangle, as well as the number of stitches to pick up for each of the other triangles.
Happy knitting!
Julianna
I enjoy doing knitting also i am goinh to do my chairty knitting and enjoy doing the chairty knitting i have got 41boards on pintrest i am a full timer carer for my disabled husband and i hsve a carer for myself and mine is my daughter Sussn i suffer with copd thst id lung disease
3/4 of the way done, but am a little confused about the triangle 3>4 technique. Is there a tutorial for this? Thank you!
Hi Barb,
Thanks for writing in! Unfortunately we do not have a tutorial for this step; however, if you read through the comments on our original Knit Four Points Baby Blanket story, there are quite a few helpful tips for joining Triangle 4 to Triangle 1, and if all else fails, many knitters have had good success knitting Triangle 4 without joining it and then sewing the seam after the blanket is complete.
I hope that helps!
Julianna
I have wanted to make this blanket in pinks. I have begun making with linen quill pale oats. I had purchased peony pink and rhubarb pink which I am happy with. I also purchased bright flamingo and pink pop which are quite bright. Would you have any other suggestions for the fourth color. They are all beautiful colors. Also does rhubarb pink need to be re-fixed? I have already received in a ball.
Hello Lisa,
Thank you for reaching out! I think Rose Granite would be a beautiful addition to your blanket. Rhubarb Pink is machine dyed and should be fine!
I hope this helps and happy knitting!
-Marilla
I made this blanket up using rhubarb pink and it did bleed during blocking process. I don’t know how I was so lucky but heirloom white did not pick up a pink tint. Just FYI for people that may want to use this color
I would love to use your yarn for baby items but feel the yarn needs to be machine washable. My daughters would not hand wash anything no matter how beautiful and expensive the yarn. They just don’t have the time. Are any of your yarns machine washable?
Hello Linda,
Thank you for reaching out! For a machine washable option I would reccomend our yarn Posy.
I hope this helps and happy knitting!
-Marilla
Would the Cotton Pure work for this blanket? Would this require any changes to the pattern? I am pretty new to knitting so I wouldn’t want to make it more complicated.
Hi Christy,
Thank you for reaching out! Cotton Pure would work very nicely for this blanket- in fact I had the same idea and have been working on one myself! I recommend knitting a gauge swatch on the needle size called for by the pattern (US 3), and as long as you get a gauge of 26 sts = 4 inches you shouldn’t have to make any adjustments. You can make either size blanket with 8 skeins of Cotton Pure, 2 skeins per color. I hope this was helpful, but if you have any further questions don’t hesitate to ask!
Happy knitting!
Gaby
Hi,
I’m working on the crib size and just finished the whole skein of yarn and it’s not enough to complete the triangle. Disappointing given the amount of time I’ve already put into this. I’m working on US 3 needles and I don’t think my tension has been particularly loose. I suppose I need to start over with fewer stitches. Any guidance on this?
Thanks,
Hannah
Hi Hannah,
Thanks for writing in, and I’m so sorry you ran out of yarn! I would suggest first measuring your gauge on your triangle so far and comparing it to our gauge of 26 stitches to 4 inches. You should have actually had over 100 yards left from each skein of Linen Quill, so I’m afraid your gauge must have been off by quite a bit if you weren’t able to complete the triangle. Although you can cast on fewer stitches if you like, and the pattern will work with any number or multiple of stitches, it’s very hard to say how many to cast on to make sure you won’t run out of yarn at your gauge without doing quite a bit of math. It will be much easier to adjust your needle size as necessary to obtain the correct gauge!
I hope that helps!
Julianna
Hi there, looking for some help!
As some other people have mentioned I am struggling with the 4th triangle and trying to join up with the first triangle. Is there any video you could recommend? I’m having difficulty with picking up the stitch on the first triangle? If there isn’t a video on it could you describe that in a little bit more detail? I’m nervous about trying to mattress stitch in the end in case it isn’t the exact same length! Thanks.
Hi Marianne,
Thanks for reaching out! Unfortunately we don’t have a video showing how to do the join between triangles 4 and 1, but you might find our Picking Up Stitches tutorial helpful, specifically the video titled Along A Horizontal Edge. When you are picking up the stitches from Triangle 1, you will be picking up from the original cast on edge, so this will be the method to use.
I hope that helps!
Julianna
Hi there,
I just found out that my first grandchild is going to be a girl! I want to make her a four point blanket. My daughter-in-law likes pinks and grays for the baby’s room. I like the Soap bundle but was wondering if I could switch out one the colors for a light gray.
Thank you
Cathy
Hi Cathy,
Thanks for reaching out! Congratulations, that is so exciting! We can’t swap out colors in the pre existing bundles, but you can create your own bundle with 4 skeins of Linen Quill for the same price!
Please let us know how this goes, happy knitting!
Gianna
Beautiful yarn with this pattern! Is it washable? If not, do you have a recommendation for yarn that is, for a baby blanket?
Thank you!
Hi Susan,
Thanks for reaching out and for your kind words! The yarn we used for this pattern is not machine washable, however our yarn Posy would be absolutely beautiful with this pattern and it happens to be a machine washable yarn! The gauge should be similar but I do recommend working a gauge swatch before beginning to insure you are consistent with the pattern!
Happy knitting!
Gianna
Hello!
What are the best color matches for the “wild radish” (Color A: Pale Oats; Color B: Lavender Opal; Color C: Heirloom White; Color D: Oatmeal Gray) linen quill bundle when using the super soft merino yarn instead?
Thank you!
MBS
Hi MBS,
Thanks for reaching out! Luckily we have a few of the same colors available in Super Soft Merino! I would recommend
Color A: Sea Salt
Color B: Crocus Bud
Color C: Heirloom White
Color D: Oatmeal Gray
All the best,
Gianna
Hi, if I was to knit this up in a yarn that has a gauge of 20 stitches x 28 rows = 4inch square on 4mm needles, what sort of yardage ( or metreage) would I need for each colour (each quarter) to make a blanket of similar size (assuming less stitches for cast on).
Thank you
Hi Julie,
Thanks for reaching out! For the Linen Quill version of this blanket on a US size 3 needle and 26 stitches for 4″ we used approximately 330 yards per triangle so If your gauge is 20 stitches for 4″ I would approximate 280-300 yards per triangle to be safe!
I hope this helps, happy knitting!
Gianna
hello,
Is this yarn good for babies?
Thank’s
shani
Hi Shani,
Thanks for reaching out! This is a great yarn for baby blankets, it is exceptionally soft, squishy and gentle next to a babies skin!
Warmly,
Gianna
Hi there
I want to knit this blanket in the millpond colourway but notice that you have sold out of Pale Oats? Do you know when this will be back in stock? Alternatively I actually already have a skein of Heirloom White, do you think I could use this instead?
Just in case, could you provide some other yarn alternatives? I’d prefer to not use the super soft merino – although I think this is lovely yarn I think it would be too hot for a summer baby 🙂
Many thanks
Charlotte
Hi Charlotte,
Thanks for reaching out! Although I don’t have a firm estimate on when out of stock Linen Quill will be available again, I anticipate that we should have colors like Pale Oats back in stock within the month! If you don’t want to wait you could certainly use Heirloom White in place of Pale Oats, they are very similar but Heirloom White is a bit more cool toned in comparison to Pale Oats. I actually think that Heirloom White would work very well with the blues in the Millpond color way!
As for alternatives to Linen Quill you could use Line Weight, Posy or even Sweetgrass!
Warmly,
Gianna
Ah thanks Gianna – I will either start casting on with Heirloom White or wait a couple of weeks for Pale Oats, good to know that the other colours will be back in stock soon. Thanks also for the alternatives, I am so looking forward to seeing Posy back in stock, it is such a lovely yarn! 🙂
Good Morning! I am looking to knit your “Four Points Baby Blanket” for upcoming baby. The mother to be is using pink and gray for her colors. I love the “Soap” kit, but am wondering if you could possibly offer color suggestions to possibly switch out one of the colors and add in a gray…I’m kind of at a loss. I am also open to switching out more than 1 color if that works, too. Thanks so much!
Hi Peggy,
Thanks for reaching out! I would love to recommend a color palette for you! Soap is such a pretty palette, but to fit the colors for the mom to be I would recommend keeping the Linen Quill colors in Peony Pink and Rose Granite but swapping in Oatmeal Gray and Stonewall Gray in place of Honey Pink and Wheat Flour. To get the best result out of the combination I would recommend knitting the triangles in the following order; Triangle 1: Peony Pink, Triangle 2: Oatmeal Gray, Triangle 3: Rose Granite, and Triangle 4: Stonewall Gray!
I hope this helps and please let me know if you have any more questions!
Gianna
Perfect!! Thank you!!
I just finished the fourth triangle and got all the way to the end and still have four stitches left on my needle and nowhere to go! What should I do? Except for that, the blanket is beautiful! This is so frustrating!
Hi Carrie,
Thanks for reaching out! Oh no! That is very frustrating… My best guess is that somehow you got off from the correct stitch count when you picked up stitches along the way (picked up more stitches than necessary) I would suggest sending our team a photo of your work to customerservice@purlsoho.com and they can troubleshoot further from there what may be the best solutions to proceed.
Warmly,
Gianna
I had the opposite problem—I finished triangle four about two inches short of the end of triangle 1. I think I probably wasn’t picking up triangle 1 stitches accurately the entire way. I’m going rip out maybe a third of the triangle and mark out my rows/the corresponding triangle 1 stitches that need to be picked up so I can be sure it comes out right.
If I were going to do this again, I would have done this from the start of triangle 4—mark out the triangle 1 stitches to pick up, maybe in 10 stitch/row increments, to ensure that you’re on track for the two triangles to meet perfectly at the end.
I think this is a beautiful and enjoyable pattern, but I’d warn that triangle 4 will probably take longer to knit than the other three if you’re picking up stitches from triangle 1 along the way (and definitely longer if you mess up like I did!).
Hi, love this pattern and it makes up so well. Unfortunately I am knitting another blanket but only cast on 88 stitches(I don’t know why). What would be the best way to fix my first triangle? – cast on the correct number and join when I get to that point, or go to start of my triangle and work backwards? im quite confused:}
Hello!
Thank you for your post, though we’re sorry to hear you cast on fewer stitches than intended! Since the dimensions of the first triangle determine the size for the rest of the blanket, unfortunately the only way to make a larger blanket is to rip back and cast on more stitches for your first triangle. As an alternative, you could instead knit each of the following triangles by picking up 88 stitches and just make a smaller blanket at first. Then, if you have some yarn leftover, you could pick up stitches around the entire perimeter of this smaller blanket to knit a border edge, therefore increasing the size of the overall blanket.
I know ripping back work is a big decision, but I hope these options help!
All the best,
Margaret
thanks Margaret, I knOw!! I had thought of both those options. Is there any way to knit a bit and then join it on to the cast on of the original? Thanks you for your patience and help. xx
You could definitely knit some more and join it to the cast-on, but that would create a noticeable seam through the middle of the triangle! I’d recommend going with one of Margaret’s original suggestions, since that will make the finished blanket look neater as a whole.
All the best,
Lili
Just finished this and wondering if you have any suggestions for a little project using the remaining yarns.
Many thanks, always,
Jackie
Hi Jackie,
Absolutely! I always like using my extra yarn scraps for mittens or hand warmers, because they take up surprisingly little yardage! Here are some pattern that you could use your extra Linen Quill for:
Striped + Colorblock Hand Warmers
Herringbone Mittens
If mittens aren’t something you’re interested in making though, then there are a few hat patterns that would also be great for this yarn!
Tiny Stripes Hat
Reversible Hat + Cowl
All the best,
Lili