Mitered Corner Blanket
For the New Year, our gloriously artful Mitered Corner Blanket! A masterpiece in construction, color, and design, this next-level knitting project is as close as you can get to painting with yarn, nearly calling for a signature in the corner.
Its watercolor-y wonders run deep, with 192 squares that require absolutely no sewing. You just knit each square from corner to corner and pick up stitches along one or two sides of adjoining squares to continue with the next one, gradually gliding from one combo of colors to another.
All these beautiful in-between shades and gradations are possible by using our Linen Quill doubled. Get all the yarn you need with our Mitered Corner Blanket Bundle, available in two palettes: Warm and Cool. Both versions ripple through color with stunning beauty: a sometimes subtle, sometimes dramatic flow, from deep saturation to pale expanse, back to rich concentration, transformed.
Both palettes are available in Small and Large Throw sizes. Either way, the 192-square construction is the same, but for the Small Throw (pictured in Cool) each square is 3 x 3 inches, and for the Large Throw (pictured in Warm) each one is 4 x 4. In any size or color, this is the perfect get-involved winter project, a work of art to really immerse yourself in, as legit for hanging on the wall as it is for hanging on the couch!
Designed for Purl Soho by Jake Canton.
Update: New Colors!
January 24, 2020
Our wonderfully watercolor-y Mitered Corner Blanket is now available in two glorious new palettes! The super fresh and punchy Dawn and Mountain color combos join our classic bundles, Warm and Cool, for a total of four equally stunning options. Read all about our two new color additions here!
Materials
Our Mitered Corner Blanket Bundle comes in two sizes: Small Throw (top row, above) and Large Throw (bottom row). Choose also from a Warm (left) or Cool (right) palette.
The Small (Large) Bundle includes…
- 15 (19) skeins of Purl Soho’s Linen Quill, 50% fine highland wool, 35% alpaca and 15% linen
The colors included with each palette are…
- Warm Bundle
- Color A: 1 (2) skein(s) of Pale Oats
- Color B: 2 (2) skeins of Wheat Flour
- Color C: 2 (3) skeins of Lychee Pink
- Color D: 2 (3) skeins of Kiln Red
- Color E: 3 (4) skeins of Chestnut Red
- Color F: 2 (2) skeins of Rosewood Pink
- Color G: 1 (1) skein of Peony Pink
- Color H: 1 (1) skein of Honey Pink
- Color I: 1 (1) skein of Turmeric Yellow
- Cool Bundle
- Color A: 1 (2) skein(s) of Oatmeal Gray
- Color B: 2 (2) skeins of Heirloom White
- Color C: 2 (3) skeins of Vintage Celadon
- Color D: 2 (3) skeins of True Turquoise
- Color E: 3 (4) skeins of High Tide
- Color F: 2 (2) skeins of Mountain Bluebird
- Color G: 1 (1) skein of Gray Denim
- Color H: 1 (1) skein of Stillwater Blue
- Color I: 1 (1) skein of Kettle Black
NOTE: For the Small Throw, we only used a little bit of the third skein of Color E. If you leave the skein unwound, you can exchange it if you don’t end up needing it (click right here for Purl Soho’s return policy). Also, a couple of customers making the Small Throw have reported running out of Color D. Please double check your gauge and be conservative with Color D tails!
You will also need…
- US 6, circular or straight needles
- A stitch marker
Gauge
22 stitches and 44 rows = 4 inches in knit garter stitch and in purl garter stitch
Each Small Throw square should be 3 x 3 inches; each Large Throw square should be 4 x 4 inches.
NOTE: You will make some squares with all knit stitches and some with all purl stitches. Make sure your garter stitch is on gauge for both. You may have to adjust your needle size so they are!
Sizes
Small Throw (Large Throw)
- Finished Dimensions: 36 inches wide x 48 inches long (48 inches wide x 64 inches long)
Notes
You will double the yarn throughout the pattern, pulling two strands together.
S2kp (slip 2, knit 1, psso): Slip 2 stitches together knitwise wyib, knit 1, pass slipped stitches over knit stitch and off right needle. [2 stitches decreased]
Pattern
Begin With Square 1
With two strands of Color A, use a Long Tail Cast On to cast on 31 (41) stitches.
Set-Up Row (wrong side): Knit 14 (19) stitches, pm, knit to end of row.
Row 1 (right side): Knit to 3 stitches before stitch marker, s2kp, remove marker, k1, pm, knit to end of row. [2 stitches decreased]
Row 2 (wrong side): Knit to end of row.
Repeat Rows 1 and 2 until 1 stitch remains.
Cut yarn and pull the tail through the final stitch.
Square 2
With 1 strand of Color A and 1 strand of Color B, use a Long Tail Cast On to cast on 15 (20) stitches.
With the right side facing you, orient Square 1 so the cast-on edges are on the right-hand and bottom sides of the square. Pick up 16 (21) stitches along the top edge of Square 1, picking up only 1 leg of each edge stitch.
NOTE: For some tips on picking up, please visit our Picking Up Stitches Tutorial.
Set-Up Row (wrong side): Knit 14 (19) stitches, pm, knit to end of row.
Row 1 (right side): Knit to 3 stitches before stitch marker, s2kp, remove marker, k1, pm, knit to end of row. [2 stitches decreased]
Row 2 (wrong side): Knit to end of row.
Repeat Rows 1 and 2 until 1 stitch remains.
Cut yarn and pull the tail through the final stitch.
Squares 3-16
Working to create a line of 16 squares, continue by casting on 15 (20) stitches and picking up 16 (21) stitches along the top edge of each previous square. Follow the instructions for Square 2 and use the Blanket Schematic above to determine which combinations of yarn to use for each square.
Square 17
With 1 strand of Color A and 1 strand of Color B, use a Long Tail Cast On, Purlwise to cast on 15 (20) stitches.
With the wrong side facing you, orient Square 1 so the cast-on edges are on the right-hand and bottom sides of the square and Square 2 is on the left-hand side. Pick up 16 (21) stitches purlwise along the top edge of Square 1, making sure to pick up only 1 leg of each edge stitch.
Set-Up Row (right side): Purl 15 (20) stitches, k1, p1, pm, purl to end of row.
Row 1 (wrong side): Purl to marker, p1, k1, purl to end of row.
Row 2 (right side): Purl to 3 stitches before stitch marker, s2kp, remove marker, p1, pm, purl to end of row. [2 stitches decreased]
Repeat Rows 1 and 2 until 1 stitch remains.
Cut yarn and pull the tail through the final stitch.
Square 18
With the right side of the fabric facing you, orient the completed squares so that Squares 1-16 are a horizontal row on the bottom and Square 17 is at the top left corner. With 2 strands of Color B, pick up 16 (21) stitches along the top edge of Square 2 and then pick up 15 (20) stitches along the right-hand edge of Square 17.
Set-Up Row (wrong side): Knit 14 (19) stitches, pm, knit to end of row.
Row 1 (right side): Knit to 3 stitches before stitch marker, s2kp, remove marker, k1, pm, knit to end of row. [2 stitches decreased]
Row 2 (wrong side): Knit to end of row.
Repeat Rows 1 and 2 until 1 stitch remains.
Cut yarn and pull the tail through the final stitch.
Squares 19-32
Follow the instructions for Square 18, referring to the Blanket Schematic to determine which combinations of yarn to use for each square.
Continue
Following the instructions for Squares 17-32, continue to knit each column of squares starting with Squares 33-48. Refer to the Blanket Schematic for the order of the squares and the combinations of yarn used for each square.
Finish
Weave in the ends and block as desired.
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Hello there,
I just began working on this beautiful blanket. I’ve cast on 20 stitches for square 2, but I’m a bit confused with how to pick up stitches from square 1.
-After casting on, do you use the remaining long tail to pick up the stitches?
-What do you mean by picking up only 1 leg of each stitch? Would I be doing it right if I simply follow your picking-up stitch tutorial?
Thanks so much!
Hi Veronica
Thanks for the question! After you cast on the 20 stitches your yarn will still be at the end of your right needle, and you will use it to pick up and knit the next 16(21) stitches from Square 1. After picking up the stitches, your work should look like the second picture under Square 2. Although we, unfortunately, don’t have the resources at the moment to do a photo tutorial, I will try my best to explain this step! If you look at the stitches directly below each garter ridge, you will be able to see the individual V-shaped or teardrop-shaped stitches – you may have to stretch the garter ridges away from each other to see this clearly. When picking up each edge stitch, you will insert your needle directly into the middle of the V closest to the edge of the square, so that only one leg of the V, or stitch, is to the right of the needle. Since you are holding your yarn doubled, there will be two strands of yarn, but just one leg of the actual stitch. You can then wrap your yarn as if to knit and pull up the new stitch. I hope this helps!
Happy knitting
Jessica
Hello
Can you please let me know how much of the third skein of Kiln red (colour D) do you end up using for the large size? I have some left over and wondering if I need to buy a third skein or not…
Thanks
Kate
Hi Kate,
Thanks for reaching out! For the large throw, we used about 1,309 yards of Kiln Red, so you won’t have very much leftover at all! For a few of the colors in this blanket, if your gauge isn’t spot on, you may run out of yarn, so I would recommend double-checking your gauge and weighing your yarn as you go to see if you will have enough. If you would like to be on the safe side, you can always order the extra skein, and as long as it isn’t wound, you can return it for store credit!
Best,
Julianna
Hi! I own the bundle for the large red version of this beautiful blanket and was wondering which of the colors has the greatest amount of left over yarn, if any. I tend to cut off my swatch to keep as a yarn example and prevent reusing yarn more than thrice, but I know the pattern points out some of the yarn can be in tight supply.
Hi Carolina,
Great question! You should have plenty of extra yardage in Color H or I.
Happy knitting!
Julianna1
Thank you!
Hi, I purchased the large blanket bundle – warm colours. As I’m a slow knitter and I’m inclined to leave fairly long tails, are there any skeins that I might run short of? If so, I’d like to order them now, in case it’s discontinued before I finish it! I’m really enjoying the project and thanks for giving the pattern
Hi Margaret,
Great question! We have had a few reports of customers running out of Color D, which is Kiln Red in your bundle, so you could order one more skein if you’re concerned! Although nobody has actually run out of any other colors, the yardage is also quite close for Color A, Wheat Flour and Color F, Rosewood Pink. If you don’t end up needing the extra skeins and they haven’t been wound, you can return them for store credit!
I hope that helps, and happy knitting!
Julianna
I would love to make it with Sweetgrass fine. That yarn is soft and so nice to knit. What would be the right mix of colors to get shades of neutral?
Hi Diane,
Thanks for writing in! Although Sweetgrass Fine is too thin for this blanket, our original Sweetgrass comes in the same color palette and would be a wonderful choice! Since it only comes in five colors, you won’t be able to replicate the same gradient as the original blanket, but I think it would be lovely to shade from light to dark and back to light across the blanket diagonally. To do so, you will start by knitting Square 1 in two strands of Heirloom White, then knit Square 2 in one strand of Heirloom White and one strand of Pale Sesame, then knit Square 3 in two strands of Pale Sesame, then Square 4 in one strand of Pale Sesame and one strand of Buckwheat Beige, and so on until you knit Square 11 in two strands of the darkest color, Beech Bark. You will then move back through the colors from dark to light until you get to the end of the first row of squares. Before getting started, I would recommend printing out our color schematic and planning out your color combinations and changes, making sure each diagonal line of squares are knit with the same combination.
I hope that helps, and please let us know how it turns out!
Julianna
Thanks! I appreciate your suggestions.
Hi this blanket is beautiful. Do you have a graph that I could follow to show where to place each coloured square.? I can’t see the whole blanket in your pictures. Thanks
Hi Joanne,
Thanks for writing in! Yes, you can find a schematic of the entire blanket right under the heading “Squares 3-16!” If you would like to print it or view it larger, you can right click on the schematic and select “Open image in new tab.”
Happy knitting!
Julianna
Love this pattern. I was wondering if this could be knit with the Linen Quill Worsted rather than 2 strands of Linen Quill. If so, how many balls of each would I need? If this is not possible or would not look right, what other yarn could I use to achieve the same look but only using one strand? Thanks – can’t wait to try this.
Arlene Anderson
Hi Arlene,
Thanks for writing in! Although I would recommend knitting a gauge swatch before getting started, yes, you could certainly knit this blanket using a single strand of Linen Quill Worsted! The gauge and scale of the blanket will be very similar, but the color gradation won’t be quite as smooth as ours since each block will be a solid color instead of two colors blended together. You will need 2,207 (3,535) yards total divided between your chosen colors, or about 15 (20) yards per square. The best way to figure out how much of each color will need is to print out our diagram or plot out your blanket on graph paper. You can then count up how many squares there will be each color, multiply that number by 15 (20) yards per square, and then divide that number into 164 yards per skein of Linen Quill Worsted to determine how many skeins of each color to buy.
I hope that helps, and please do let us know how it turns out!
Julianna
What do you think about using the new linen quill worsted for this? Same size needle, and just calculate the yardage? Or go up in needle size, and just have a bigger blanket? Thanks!
Hi Amanda,
Great question! Although I would recommend knitting a gauge swatch before getting started, I think Linen Quill Worsted held single should work well on a US 7! The gauge and scale of the blanket will be very similar, but the color gradation won’t be quite as smooth as ours since each block will be a solid color instead of two colors blended together. You will need 2,207 (3,535) yards total divided between your chosen colors, or about 15 (20) yards per square. The best way to figure out how much of each color will need is to print out our diagram or plot out your blanket on graph paper. You can then count up how many squares there will be each color, multiply that number by 15 (20) yards per square, and then divide that number into 164 yards per skein of Linen Quill Worsted to determine how many skeins of each color to buy.
I hope that helps, and please do let us know how it turns out!
Julianna
I would love to knit this blanket! I’m still having trouble visualizing the process of picking up 16 stitches though. If you have one stitch from square 1 left on the needle, and you cast on 15, how many “new” edge stitches are you picking up? I’m afraid to dive in and try this blanket before I understand how it all works!
Hi Tracy,
Thanks for writing in! I know this seems like a complicated project but it is actually pretty easy! For Square 1 you will be repeating pattern Rows 1 and 2 until 1 stitch remains, and then you will cut your working yarn and pull the tail through the final stitch so bind it off! You will then be casting on 15 or 20 stitches (depending on what size you are making.) After that, with the right side facing you, orient Square 1 so the cast-on edges are on the right-hand and bottom sides of the square. Next, you will be picking up 16 (21) stitches along the top edge of Square 1, picking up only 1 leg of each edge stitch (please check out our Picking Up Stitches Tutorial!) After you pick up the stitches you will then continue on to the Set Up round and begin knitting the 2nd square!
I hope this clarifies things and please feel free to reach out with any more questions you may have going forward!
All the best,
Gianna