Mitered Corner Blanket In New Colors
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.
The Dawn palette is an explosion of morning sunlight, ranging from yellows and whites to pinks and oranges. This is how you wake up on the right side of the bed! The Mountain bundle is a landscape of hillside purples, snowy summits, and sky-high blues, a real breath of fresh air.
To create these prisms of color, you combine two strands of our fingering-weight Linen Quill, a mixture of highland wool, alpaca, and linen that embodies nature’s raw beauty. It comes in dozens of colors, allowing us to plumb the extremes, from the deepest depths to the highest highs.
Whatever colors call your name, the Mitered Corner Blanket pattern remains a truly artful next-level project, a masterful study in color and construction that is as close to painting as knitting gets. Without a single stitch of sewing, you’ll build each block by picking up stitches along the edge of an adjoining square… Easy, fascinating, and fun!
Choose a Mitered Corner Blanket Bundle in any of our four gorgeous palettes and in two sizes: Small or Large Throw. It’s an incredible knitting journey, the ultimate project and accomplishment to put the spring in your winter!
Designed by Purl Soho designer, Jake Canton. Click here to see even more of Jake’s designs!
Share your progress + connect with the community by tagging your pics with #PurlSoho, #PurlSohoBusyHands, #PurlSohoMiteredCornerBlanket, and #PurlSohoLinenQuill. We can’t wait to see what you make!
Materials
Our Mitered Corner Blanket Bundle comes in two sizes: Small Throw (top row, above) and Large Throw (bottom row). Choose also from two new palettes, Dawn (left) or Mountain (right).
The Small (Large) Bundle includes…
- 15 (19) skeins of Purl Soho’s Linen Quill, 50% fine highland wool, 35% alpaca and 15% linen. Each skein is approximately 439 yards.
- Color A: 1 (2) skein(s); approximately 337 (650) yards required
- Color B: 2 (2) skeins; approximately 556 (858) yards required
- Color C: 2 (3) skeins; approximately 768 (1,116) yards required
- Color D: 2 (3) skeins; approximately 878 (1,310) yards required
- Color E: 3 (4) skeins; approximately 971 (1,448) yards required
- Color F: 2 (2) skeins; approximately 508 (766) yards required
- Color G: 1 (1) skein; approximately 208 (342) yards required
- Color H: 1 (1) skein; approximately 141 (189) yards required
- Color I: 1 (1) skein; approximately 34 (74) yards required
The colors included with each palette are…
Dawn
- Color A: 1 (2) skein(s) of Pale Oats
- Color B: 2 (2) skeins of Wheat Flour
- Color C: 2 (3) skeins of Peachy Pink
- Color D: 2 (3) skeins of Super Orange
- Color E: 3 (4) skeins of Bright Flamingo
- Color F: 2 (2) skeins of Pink Pop
- Color G: 1 (1) skein of Dandelion Yellow
- Color H: 1 (1) skein of Mustard Seed
- Color I: 1 (1) skein of Turmeric Yellow
Mountain
- Color A: 1 (2) skein(s) of Oatmeal Gray
- Color B: 2 (2) skeins of Pale Oats
- Color C: 2 (3) skeins of Eggshell Blue
- Color D: 2 (3) skeins of Green Turquoise
- Color E: 3 (4) skeins of True Turquoise
- Color F: 2 (2) skeins of Cobalt Blue
- Color G: 1 (1) skein of Lavender Opal
- Color H: 1 (1) skein of Crocus Bud
- Color I: 1 (1) skein of Purple Smoke
NOTE: For the Small Throw, we only used a little bit of the third skein of Color E. If you don’t end up needing it, you can return unwound yarn for a refund within 30 days of purchase, or within 6 months, for store credit. Our Return Policy has all the details! 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 (4 mm), circular or straight needles
- A stitch marker
Gauge
22 stitches and 44 rows = 4 inches in knit garter stitch and in purl garter stitch, with yarn held double
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)
- Finished Square: Each Small Throw square should be 3 x 3 inches; each Large Throw square should be 4 x 4 inches.
NOTE: Both samples pictured here are the Small Throw size.
Pattern
For the free pattern, please visit our original Mitered Corner Blanket story!
Just got the email with the new palettes and am sitting here thinking about how I could make this into a weaving project. (I don’t have the patience for knitting, it seems.) Lovely!
Hello can you tell me what sizes are the finished covers? Thanks Marie
Hi Marie,
Thanks for reaching out! The small throw measures 36 by 48 inches, and the large throw measures 48 by 64 inches.
Happy knitting!
Julianna
I just finished my 6th column and when I went to pick up stitches for the next square (97) my edge looks all wrong! It looks like a cast on/bind off edge. Any ideas where I went wrong? Thank you!
Best,
Michelle
Ugh…I think I was on the wrong side of my blanket! Please disregard my question!
Hi Michelle,
Thanks for writing in! Please send our customer service team a photo of your work to customerservice@purlsoho.com and they can troubleshoot further what may be happening!
Warmly,
Gianna
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So pretty! If I were to purchase (2) of the kits, could I expand the pattern to make a larger size blanket?
Hi Ellen,
Thanks for reaching out! Yes, you could certainly knit a larger blanket with two kits, but you will need to plan out your colors and pattern a bit! Our original blanket is 12 squares wide by 16 squares long, for a total of 192 squares. With two kits, you will have enough for at least 384 squares, so you will first have to decide how you want to arrange them. I would recommend doing an 18 by 22 square blanket, for a total of 396 squares, or a 17 by 22 square blanket, for a total of 374 squares. After you decide how many squares you will be knitting, you will need to plan out your color combinations on graph paper, looking to our schematic for guidance, so that you know which colors to use as you are knitting.
I hope that helps, and happy knitting!
Julianna
have tried to print pattern, several times, and unable to do so, When I hit print, it appears to bring the pattern up to print, then goes back to home page. is it possible for you to email me the pattern? Thanks for any help you can give, Wendy
Hi Wendy,
Thanks for reaching out! Unfortunately we have had a few reports of this issue recently – I’m so sorry about that! Please contact us at customerservice@purlsoho.com and we will be happy to help you with a PDF of the pattern!
Best,
Julianna
Is there an appropriate yarn substitution you can recommend for a machine wash blanket?
Thanks
Hi Boozie,
Thanks for reaching out! Although the gauge is slightly different, Posy is a wonderful machine washable alternative to Linen Quill! I would still use Posy held double but you may want to increase the needle size to a US 7. Rather than knitting a gauge swatch, I recommend knitting the first square, both to determine if you are happy with Posy held double on your chosen needle size, as well as to measure the square to figure out how many total squares you will need to knit for your desired blanket. You will also have to modify the color scheme a bit since Posy doesn’t come in as many colors as Linen Quill. For the Small Throw, you will need 15 skeins of Posy, and for the Large Throw, 23 skeins, divided between your selected colors.
I hope that helps, and happy knitting!
Julianna
Do you recommend re-fixing the dyes for the Mitered Corner Blanket? Does anyone have any experience/feedback on this? I just got my yarn and although I’m anxious to begin knitting, I’m wondering if I should fix the colors first.
Hi Ellen,
Thanks for reaching out! In most cases, re-fixing dye is only recommended for hand-dyed yarns – commercially dyed yarns, like Linen Quill, are very unlikely to bleed. Linen Quill is one of our favorite yarns and we haven’t experienced any dye running in our samples, nor have we had any reports of it bleeding, so I don’t think it’s necessary to re-fix the dye before starting your blanket!
Best,
Julianna
I have used linen quill before and not had a problem but when I set blocked the blanket by soaking for an hour in cool water the water was pink at the end which was concerning. Is wet blocking like this a mistake? I always do it and never had this issue before…
Oops I meant wet blocked!
Hi Brad,
Thank you so much for reaching out, and I’m so sorry that some of the dye released into the water when you blocked your blanket! We do recommend wet blocking Linen Quill, and while it’s very rare for a non-hand-dyed yarn to bleed when it gets wet, it can happen, especially with bright pinks, red, or blues. As long as the color in the water was faint and it didn’t bleed onto any other colors, it shouldn’t be too much of a problem and will clear up after another wash or two. If you still have your yarn labels, however, we would really love to know what dye lots this occurred with! You can always reach out to us at customerservice@purlsoho.com with any additional information you may have!
Best,
Julianna
When picking up stitches for squares 2-16, the directions say to pick up 21 stitches but I am only able to find 20 garter ridges so I’ve been adding 1 stitch when knitting the first WS row. Not a problem but I’m wondering how you find 21 stitches to pick up
Thanks so much.
Hi Ellen,
Thanks for reaching out! For this step, you will be picking up one stitch for every garter ridge, plus an extra stitch from the cast on edge of the previous square, or the corner between the two squares. However, if you aren’t able to find a spot for that extra stitch, you can certainly add it in the first row!
Happy knitting!
Julianna
I am starting square 2 and looked at the picking up stitches tutorial but it didn’t answer the specific question. 1. Instructions say cast on 14 and then pick up 16 but this makes 30 stitches; square one started with 31; 2. what does it mean to ‘pick up only 1 leg of each edge stitch’?
thank you.
Hi Hilary,
Thanks for reaching out! I think you might be mixing up some parts of squares 1 and 2. For Square 2 in the smaller size, our pattern does have you cast on 15 stitches and pick up 16 stitches for a total of 31 stitches.
I will try my best to explain how to pick up just one leg of each stitch! 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 that clears things up!
Julianna
How about for a baby blanket? Would the small throw do?
Hi Alex,
Thanks for writing in! The small throw would work wonderfully for a generously sized crib blanket or blanket for an older baby! If you would like to make it just a bit smaller, you could leave off four columns for a 36 inch square blanket.
Happy knitting!
Julianna
Hi there!
I am in love with this project and it would be my second mitered square blanket, the first made with scrap sock yarn and dearly beloved, but I’d love to do another one with a planned color scheme. The problem is I am allergic to alpaca so I am trying to figure out a substitution with Posy. Can you tell me how many actual yards I’d need for the large size? I’m not sure how much yardage I’d actually need vs. how much yardage the kit includes, since I assume there is quite a bit of leftover of certain colors. Trying to plan it so I don’t have too much left over. I’m also considering just buying the pocket posy bundles and having a beautiful rainbow – in which case how many would you suggest?
Thank you!
petra
Hi Petra,
Thanks for reaching out! Each square of the blanket uses 15 yards of each color for the smaller throw, or 25 yards of each color for the larger throw. Since you won’t be able to exactly match our color palette, as Posy doesn’t come in as many colors as Linen Quill, I would suggest printing out our schematic or using graph paper to plan out your blanket. You can then count how many squares will be in each color, and determine how many skeins of Posy, which has 318 yards per skein, or Pocket Posy, which has 79 yards per skein, you will need for the blanket.
I hope that helps, and happy knitting!
Julianna
Hi,
Oops! I put this comment on the wrong pattern! I am an intermediate level knitter and I love this blanket, but I am intimidated. Do you think it requires a very advanced knitter? If so, do you have a recommendation for a simpler pattern? I just finished a cable throw and eager to move onto my next project!
Best, Jane
Hi Jane,
Thanks for reaching out! This pattern is surprisingly easy and only includes a few stitches and techniques – casting on, knitting, purling, a double decrease, and picking up stitches – all of which we have tutorials for on our Tutorial Page! If you still aren’t sure, I would suggest trying out a few squares in scrap yarn. Perhaps best of all, each square is quite small and quick to complete, so you can try out a few to make sure you are comfortable with the techniques without making a huge commitment!
I hope that helps, and happy knitting!
Julianna
Hi! I love this pattern so much, I’m making the small throw in the Dawn colorway. I think I want to make it a tiny bit bigger and add a J color, so add on one column and one row. Which do you think would look better after Turmeric Yellow: Calendula Orange or Butterscotch Yellow? And would I need additional skeins of any other colors by adding another row and column?
Thanks!
Hi Sarah,
Thanks for reaching out! Although I think you could go either way, I prefer Butterscotch Yellow just slightly over Calendula Orange. You will need 15 yards of each color for each square if you are making the small throw or 20 yards of each color for each square if you are making the large throw, so to determine if you need more yarn, I would recommend drawing or charting out the additional row and column to see how many squares of each color you will be adding.
I hope that helps!
Julianna
My grand daughter painted my copy of the of color chart. I would like to print a clean copy.
The existing pattern does not include the color chart. Can you please provide?
Hi Aytxa,
Thanks for reaching out! I am happy to help! The color chart can be found on the pattern page for the original blanket! I am also happy to include a direct link here: https://www.purlsoho.com/create/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/MiteredCornerBlanket_Schematic_20190703.png
Happy knitting!
Cassy
Hello! A dear friend is expecting in October and has requested this pattern as a baby blanket. It’s lovely and I’d like to try it. BUT, is there a yarn suggestion you have for something more baby friendly (read “washing-machine, gentle cycle”) that’s similar in gauge and wouldn’t require too much in the way of mental gymnastics to convert?
Thanks
Shara
Hi Shara,
Thanks for writing in, and what a wonderful baby present! I would recommend using our Posy, which is machine washable and wonderfully soft for babies. It is slightly heavier weight than Linen Quill, but I would still use Posy held double so you can replicate the color fading. You may, however, want to increase the needle size to a US 7. Rather than knitting a gauge swatch, I recommend knitting the first square, both to determine if you are happy with Posy held double on your chosen needle size, as well as to measure the square to figure out how many total squares you will need to knit for your desired blanket. You will also have to modify the color scheme a bit since Posy doesn’t come in as many colors as Linen Quill. For the Small Throw, you will need 15 skeins of Posy, and for the Large Throw, 23 skeins, divided between your selected colors.
I hope that helps, and happy knitting!
Julianna
Addendum to the above question. When knitting the gauge swatch, are you holding the yarn double? I mean, did you make you swatch holding two strands together? Forgive me if these questions have been answered. Thank you!
Hi Shara,
Thanks for reaching out, and I’m happy to clear up any questions you might have! Yes, for both the gauge swatch and the blanket, you will be using your yarn held double.
Happy knitting!
Julianna
Hi, I’m really struggling with square 17. I understand that it is all done in purl stitch but is the ‘s2kp’ decrease done purl wise or knit wise? I can’t make it look like square 1-16 decreases. I would appreciate your help, thank you.
Hi Jan,
Thanks for reaching out! Even though you are purling for Square 17, you will still work the s2kp just as you did before, by slipping two stitches knitwise, knitting one stitch, and passing the two slipped stitches over. If you look closely at the first picture for Square 18, you can see a close-up image of Square 17 next to Square 1, and the diagonal line of decreases does look ever so slightly different. Some variation is normal, and shouldn’t be noticeable in the overall blanket!
I hope that clears things up!
Julianna
I am allergic to wool but would like to make this in the mountain color palette. Do you have an alternative yarn recommendation, how many skeins and needle size?
Hi Tania,
Thanks for reaching out! For a non-wool version of this blanket, I would suggest using our Cattail Silk! It doesn’t come in quite as many colors as Linen Quill, but the palette below should turn out fairly similar, and it is the same weight as Linen Quill so you won’t have to make any pattern adjustments. Here is a list of the colors I would recommend substituting as well as how much you will need for each size of the blanket!
Color A: Flower Field Gray, 1 (2) skein
Color B: Moon White, 1 (2) skeins
Color C: Water Color, 2 (2) skeins
Color D: Patina Blue, 2 (3) skeins
Color E: Kingfisher Blue, 2 (3) skeins
Color F: Cerulean Velvet, 1 (2) skeins
Color G: Lavender Daybreak, 1 (1) skein
Color H: Pale Aster, 1 (1) skein
Color I: Blue Iris, 1 (1) skein
I hope that helps, and please do let us know how it turns out!
Julianna
I made some mistakes starting and wanted to start again–I have used lots of Oatmeal Grey and realize now that I won’t have enough and you are out of stock. Is there another color I can start with for the Mountain color way?
Hi Jane,
Great question! I think either Pale Oats or Stonewall Gray would substitute beautifully for Oatmeal Gray, but I can say from personal experience that Linen Quill holds up very well to frogging and re-knitting! It might be a bit more of a hassle than usual since this blanket requires you cut your yarn after each square, but the yarn will look just as good as new if you unravel what you have done so far and re-use it for your next attempt.
I hope that helps, and happy knitting!
Julianna
Do you have any idea when the bundle of Dawn for a large blanket will be back in stock?
Hi Agathe,
Thanks for reaching out! Unfortunately we don’t have an ETA for the out of stock colors of Linen Quill, but we hope they will arrive soon! If you enter your email address on the product page, we will let you know as soon as the bundle is back in stock!
Best,
Julianna
I can’t see any of the comments so wondering if anyone has asked how you handle the ends of each square? Do you weave them in as you go or hold them to the wrong side and weave at the end?
Hi Skye,
Great question! It is totally up to you! I tend to save all my weaving until the end but since this blanket has so many ends, some might want to do it as they go along. If you chose to weave as you work, I would advise that you wait a square is surrounded before weaving that square’s ends in. That way, you can use the pickup row to weave in the ends.
I hope this helps!
Happy knitting,
Oscar
I went to block my blanket and as I was laying it out to dry I discovered that one of the interior blocks is coming apart, the yarn must have ripped. Is there a way to replace an interior block? How would you suggest repairing it? I know I can try to fake it but i think that will look awful. Help!!
Hi Robin,
Oh no, how upsetting! Fortunately, I think this can be repaired! I would suggest carefully removing the block entirely, making sure that you don’t accidentally snip any woven-in ends from the nearby squares. You can then knit a replacement square following the instructions for Square 1, and sew it into place using a combination of our Seaming Garter Stitch and Seaming Stockinette Stitch Horizontally tutorials.
I hope that helps, and best of luck!
Julianna
Any chance you could recommend a gorgeous new palette for this pattern using some new and old Linen Quill colors? Here are some favorites I’d like to use if you are able to think of a way they could be worked in: Blue Blue, Cobalt Blue, Wild Violet, Vintage Celadon, Crocus Bud, Bougainvillea Pink along with the lighter and brighter colors of the already-revised blue palette. Hope my request makes sense
Hi Cheryl,
Thank you for writing in! I’m so glad to hear you are enjoying our new shades of Linen Quill! To include some of the new colors in the pre-existing Mountain bundle, I would suggest subbing out some of the shades. For example you could change the Purple Smoke and Lavender Opal to be the Wild Violet and Bougainvillea Pink, True Turquoise for Blue Blue and even play around with using the lighter shades like Vintage Celadon and Crocus Bud in place of Oatmeal Gray and Heirloom White. This sounds like such a fun way to play around with these beautiful colors!
I Hope this helps, happy knitting!
Gianna
I am interested to know how you actually finished off each corner. After knitting down to 3 stitches, did you work back and decrease them from the right side or did you knit all 3 stitches together on the wrong side?
Hi Linda,
Thanks for writing in! For each square you repeat rows 1 and 2 until 1 stitch remains, you then cut yarn and pull the tail through the final stitch to finish it off!
All the best,
Gianna
Hi! Wondering if you have another suggestion for converting this to a baby blanket now that Posy is down to only three colors (looking for greys and greens). Thank you!
Hi Laura,
Thanks for reaching out! Linen Quill is actually a great option for baby blankets! The Small Throw size is pretty close to a crib size blanket but you could adjust it even further to be a bit smaller!
Warmly,
Gianna
Hello! I really want to make this blanket in Dawn but it seems that the Pink Pop color is not available. Is there something you would suggest as a substitute?
Thanks!
Sarah
Hi Sarah,
Thanks for writing in! That is a tricky one, since Pink Pop is a very specific shade we don’t have a perfect substitute for it, especially for this blanket since it is blended seamlessly with the other shade to create the beautiful effect of the blanket! If you are okay with a different shade, my best recommendation would be to use Linen Quill in Rhubarb Pink, but this would change the color palette quite a bit. You could also use a different yarn altogether, like Line Weight in Super Pink or Bright Flamingo (which are both very similar in color to Pink Pop) but this yarn has a much different texture than Linen Quill and may affect the gauge a bit.
Alternatively, the best result (especially if you like how the blanket looks!) would be to simply wait for the bundle to be back in stock! I don’t have an exact date for when they will be available, but it should be later this spring! If you add your email on the product page under the bundle you would like, we will send you an email as soon as the bundle is available to purchase!
I hope this helps and please let me know if you have any more questions!
Gianna
Hello! I’d love to do this blanket as a 39×39 (roughly) for a baby in DK weight (in hopes it knits up a little faster). Any suggestions on how many yds of yarn and which yard to use?
Thank you!
Kendra
Hi Kendra,
Thanks for reaching out! Since this blanket works with 2 strands of fingering weight yarn held together, it knits up to about the same gauge as a dk weight, so actually the two strands or one strand of dk will take about the same time to knit! I also suggest using the two strands rather than one, since this pattern is designed to have the colors blend into each other with each square and that effect is only achievable with the two colors at once. Also, our smallest size (Small Throw) is 36 inches wide x 48 inches long since the way this pattern works the blanket comes out in a true rectangular size rather than square.
However, if you are set on using one strand rather than 2 I would suggest using Flax Down, Morning, or Cashmere Merino Bloom! The small throw size uses approximately 4,401 yards with the yarn doubled so you would need about 2,200 yards of a single strand of dk weight. That would break down to about 11 skeins of Flax Down, 12 skeins of Morning, or 11 skeins of Cashmere Merino Bloom!
I hope this all helps and please let me know if you have any more questions!
Gianna
Hi Gianna,
Wow, thank you for getting back to me so quickly! I actually didn’t explain myself well. I was thinking of holding two strands of DK, as yes, it would be much better with the colour blending! Not sure if that’s possible to compute or if that just becomes a different blanket? I love that so many of the baby blankets Purl Soho gives as patterns holds the worsted weight doubled because for baby blankets they knit up so quickly. I have made most of those many times!
Thank you,
Kendra
Hi Kendra,
Thanks for your response! Unfortunately, this pattern is a bit tricky to adjust, and changing the gauge that much will change the pattern quite a bit. I would suggest trying out a gauge swatch with the dk strands held doubled. From there you can determine if this will work or not!
Happy knitting!
Gianna
I just got this kit for the large Dawn blanket in the mail. I’m so excited to make this. I read in the old comments that yarns D, A, and F might run out if the gauge isn’t just right. I wanted to ask again if you recommend that I buy these extra yarns. I’m making the contour tee sweater right now and am a slow knitter so I worry that by the time I get to the blanket and finish, who knows if you’ll have the same dye lots for these. Thank you.
Hi Angie,
Thanks for reaching out about this. I would definitely recommend buying an extra skein of those colors! While not everybody experiences the colors running out, it’s always good to be on the safe side. And if you don’t end up using the extra skeins, you can always return them to us in exchange for store credit! Hope this helps.
All the best,
Lili
I would like to make the large dawn Mitered Corner Blanket. I am actually getting a bit obsessed with it 🙂 It is so beautiful!!
I have four daughters and I made a blanket for my oldest daughter and now I am looking for a blanket that reminds me of daughter number 2 🙂 Your blanket with the geometry and bright fun colors and the ombre is too perfect. My daughter is so colorful and fun and always puts a smile on my face – I can’t wait to start this blanket for her.
A couple questions:
Q1: Is the Linen Quill a scratchy yarn? I really want a soft blanket. Will the knitted result be softer? or still scratchy?
Q2: Is it possible to knit with a larger needle size say a size 8 to get larger squares and thus a larger overall blanket size? 48 x 64 in is good but I wouldn’t mind it being larger. I also wouldn’t mind a looser knit but I am not sure how this works exactly. And if this is a yes would I need to order more yarn here and there?
Thank you so much for any help you can provide.
I am so ready to get started on this (I can’t wait actually) but I just wanted to make sure before I purchase all of the yarn.
Rachel
Hi Rachel!
Thank you so much for your questions. Your daughters are so lucky to have such special handmade blankets! The Linen Quill used in this blanket definitely softens up over time, with blocking and use. We have Color Cards that you might find helpful, in case you are interested in feeling this yarn before committing to a whole skein! We also have Linen Quill Worsted, which is just a worsted version of Linen Quill! For a larger size blanket, and for a bigger size needle, I would recommend using Linen Quill Worsted held alone as a single strand, and knitting a gauge swatch with your size 8 needle to determine how many stitches per inch you get, which will help you determine how big your blanket will be overall! You would not need to get additional yarn if you use Line Quill Worsted, especially if you hold one strand of it alone, since it is a thicker yarn and you will be using a bigger needle!
I hope this helps!
All the best,
Margaret
Hi, I am making the blanket in Mountain Colors and am running out of two colors. I need to order one ball of Heirloom White but it does not seem to be available. What color should I order?
Hi Janice,
Thanks for reaching out. I’m sorry to say that we have discontinued Heirloom White! I would recommend ordering Pale Oats instead, since it’s a very similar color. (One of the reasons we discontinued Heirloom White in this yarn is actually because it looked too similar to Pale Oats!) Pale Oats is just a slightly brighter and warmer color. Hope this helps!
All the best,
Lili
Hi,
I have knitted 2 other mitered square blankets where the pattern called for knitting it in 4 separate quarters then stitching them together with the mattress stitch. This works for me because I like knitting smaller sections. Once it gets big, say past the half way mark, I’m afraid I’ll find it unwieldy.
Do you see any problem in knitting the larger size blanket in 4 sections which would be 4 long rectangles with three seams. ???
Thanks, Beth
Hi Beth,
Thanks for reaching out. I think that’s a great idea to knit the blanket in 4 sections! It will definitely make it easier to manage as you knit. If you try this out, please let us know how it goes!
All the best,
Lili
Hello! I’m just past halfway through this gorgeous blanket and am having a crazy thought!
I really want this blanket to have a back. Would it be crazy to knit a second blanket and sew them back to back so it’s reversible?!
Hi JRS,
Thank you for your comment! That is such a cool idea! We think it would be brilliant, and you could even add batting between the two blankets if you so choose to make the blanket into a quilt. The coziness and warmth would be off the charts! You could also opt to make the second blanket in a different color palette from the first, so you have the option of a different style based on which side you’d prefer to display!
If you’re interested in the quilt idea, you could also sew little pieces to tack down the sides of the blanket and batting so nothing is shifting around. You could do so by hand or using a walking foot on a sewing machine.
I hope this helps! Thanks again for sharing such an awesome idea!
All the best,
Cat
Hello. I had worked through square 111 issue. Had to put it away for several months and now can’t start square 112 correctly. May I have some direction please ?
Thank you
Hi Anita,
I’m happy to give you advice on this pattern! Can you let me know what questions you have about it?
All the best,
Lili
I just finished this blanket as directed in the larger size – with the Linen Quill and recommended needles. I went to block, and everything stretched out a lot. I worked to pin it back in 4 inch squares but it was difficult and nothing looks as crisp as it did before. What should I do? Re-block to the stretched dimensions? (Approx 5×5) Or hope that when it’s dried, it will crisp up. This is my first project of this nature, and it’s a gift, so I am nervous to get it right.
Hi Sara,
Thanks for writing in! Blocking blankets is tough because they’re so large and heavy it’s very easy for them to get stretched out before you’re able to lay them flat to dry. We typically recommend blocking them inside a pillowcase to avoid the stretching! I do think that your project will end up feeling crisp again once it dries fully though. I’d suggest letting it dry, seeing what you think of the texture, and then taking any next steps from there!
All the best,
Lili
Super helpful. I did not block in a pillowcase but will next time. I appreciate the encouragement and am crossing my fingers!