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.
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).
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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Usually I slip the first stitch of every row. Would this work with this pattern? It makes an neater edge to pick up stitches.
Hi Maggie,
Thanks for reaching out! We haven’t tried it so I can’t say for sure how it would turn out, but you could try slipping the first stitch of each row and then picking up one stitch in each slipped stitch for the next square – you should end up with the same number of stitches!
Best of luck and please let us know how it turns out!
Julianna
Hi, all!
Quick, silly question, I don’t know why this is tripping me up. Starting on SQ2, I cast on 20 stitches, then picked up and knit the 21 edge stitches from SQ1. Then I knit all the way across (on the wrong side, placing the marker after st19). Is that all correct so far?
If not, help!
If so, I’m not sure why, but, right side facing me, there is have flat space between the ridges of SQ1 and SQ2. It looks as if I was supposed to purl somewhere but didn’t. What in the world did I do wrong?!
Is there a way to send a pic if my description is confusing?
Thank you!
Hi Christine,
Thanks for reaching out! What you are describing sounds like the correct method for starting square two, and since you pick up the stitches from the right side and immediately knit on the wrong side, there shouldn’t be much of a space between the two squares. Have you tried knitting a few more rows to see if the stitches are just getting a bit distorted by being on the needle? You can always send us a picture at customerservice@purlsoho.com if that doesn’t help, but I hope it does!
Best,
Julianna
I’ve knitted 8 squares thus far, and have an easy tip to recommend. When you have your darning needle out to bind off the last stitch of each square, use it to weave in the ends of the previous square. That way you still have the dangling threads of the square you just finished to guide your cast on, but you won’t have dozens and dozens of ends to weave in when you finish the blanket!
Hello –
I’m attempting this blanket while on hip replacement recovery! I am not sure I started square two correctly, I have too many tails.
Can I upload a picture to this comment section?
Hi Ryan,
Thanks for reaching out! I am sorry to say that our site does not have the ability to upload photos but you certainly can email us at customerservice@purlsoho.com and we will take a look and do our best to help!
Speedy healing!
Cassy
Hi!
I’m attempting this blanket right now and I’m transitioning from square 17 to 18. I seem to be finding more than 41 stitches total to pick up, do you have any photos that could be sent to me of where exactly you picked up the stitches?
Hello Grace,
Thank you for reaching out! This is certainly a tricky part. If you look at the photo located above under “SQUARE18”, showing the stitches you picked up from square 2 and square 17 you can see where your stitches should be picked up. I wish I had a closer photo to send you, but you can see from this photo that you will be picking up your stitches between your garter stitch ridges.
Are you getting extra stitches from both square 17 and square 2?
I hope I can help!
Warmly,
Marilla