Blankets
Blankets on the Knitting Machine
Techniques
Tools for creating blankets
Quick Wins
Patterns
Course
Let's construct a blanket
Depending on the desired size of your blanket, there are 2 ways to approach knitting it on your machine:
Size Suggestions
| Width | Length | |
|---|---|---|
| Small Preemie | 24" 60cm | 24" 60cm |
| Bassinette | 16" 40cm | 36" 90cm |
| Cradle | 20" 50cm | 36" 90cm |
| Large Preemie | 36" 90cm | 36" 90cm |
| Toddler or Lapghan | 36" 90cm | 48" 122cm |
| Child | 42" 106cm | 48" 122cm |
| Crib | 30" 76cm | 54" 137cm |
| Standard Throw | 48" 122cm | 60 152cm |
| Adult Throw | 48" 122cm | 78" 198cm |
Joining Sections
Sew invisible seams, or make the panel joins the focus of your blanket.
Hairpin Lace Seam
Twisted Join
Color Block Cables
I-Cord on the Machine
Show off Seams
Bickford Seams - The Flattest Seams Ever!
Edge Finishing
Quick 'n easy to fancy, finishing the edges of your blanket is key to your success
Blanket Binding
Sawtooth Edges on the Machine
I-Cord Trims
Circles - Think 'outside the box'
As machine knitters, we spend a lot of time knitting rectangles and squares. Knitting circles opens up a world of design possibilities.
Consider shawls, hats, blankets, pillows, home dec. Knit circles alone, or combined with rectangles to create unusual designs no matter what you are knitting!
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Consider shawls, hats, blankets, pillows, home dec. Knit circles alone, or combined with rectangles to create unusual designs no matter what you are knitting!
Knit a circle in one piece (pinwheel):
Knit separate wedges:
- Cast on 1/2 the width with an open cast on
- Knit wedges using short row shaping
- Scrap off
- Invisibly seam the cast on and bind off edge
Knit separate wedges:
- Cast on each wedge and DECREASE to a point
- Create 6-8 wedges to form your circle
- Use "sew-as-you-go" to join the sections if you prefer
- Start at the point and INCREASE to the edge
- Create 6-8 wedges to form your circle
- Use "sew-as-you-go" to join the sections if you prefer
Let us do the math for you!
Rectangle / Square
Enter your stitch/row gauge and your dimensions to create simple scarves, shawls and blankets.
Yarn Estimator 
Determine if you have enough yarn to finish your project. A swatch, a scale and a few measurements and you'll never worry about running out of yarn!
Blankets are "just rectangles" but with a little planning you can make your blanket the exact size you want ... PLUS know if you have enough yarn ... before you start to sweat it out.
Watch the Rectangle/Square Tool in Action
Watch the Yarn Estimator tool in action
Watch the Rectangle/Square Tool in Action
Watch the Yarn Estimator tool in action
Fisherman Rib Blanket
Updated, colorful and fun, this one-piece blanket is sure to please!
Knit in a self striping yarn in Fisherman rib and you'll be done in no-time!
Dust off your ribber and get knitting!
Knit in a self striping yarn in Fisherman rib and you'll be done in no-time!
Dust off your ribber and get knitting!
Quickie Baby Blanket
Use ANY Machine, ANY Yarn, ANY Stitch Pattern ....
With any knitting machine, you can knit a baby blanket in a snap!- Knit it plain or choose ANY stitch pattern
- Use up your leftovers for stripes
- Use our Rectangle Calculator (or simple math) to determine how many stitches to cast on and how many rows to knit.
- Use your swatch to KNOW if you have enough yarn.
Right Angles Blanket
Here's a project that is fun, easy knitting with a modern, graphic appeal.
This is a great beginner blanket with unusual construction that isn't hard (there's only 1 seam!)
Ready to tackle more than a swatch or a plain rectangle? Practice picking up stitches and neatly seaming a small seam. The yarn and the angles make this design special
This is a great beginner blanket with unusual construction that isn't hard (there's only 1 seam!)
Ready to tackle more than a swatch or a plain rectangle? Practice picking up stitches and neatly seaming a small seam. The yarn and the angles make this design special
Susanna's Blanket
Susanna's Blanket is knit in one piece with decorative shaped ends that can show off stripes, horizontal stitch patterns and self-striping yarn. (It's equally beautiful in one color)
If you can put needles into hold, you can knit this fun, interesting design.
If you can put needles into hold, you can knit this fun, interesting design.
Right Angles Blanket
Ready to tackle more than a swatch or a plain rectangle? Practice picking up stitches and neatly seaming a small seam.
Fun, easy knitting with a graphic appeal. Great beginner blanket with unusual construction that isn't hard.
The yarn and the angles make this design special.
Includes the tutorial "Seaming Stitches to Rows"
Fun, easy knitting with a graphic appeal. Great beginner blanket with unusual construction that isn't hard.
The yarn and the angles make this design special.
Includes the tutorial "Seaming Stitches to Rows"
Right Angles Blanket
Purchase This Pattern
With the purchase of this pattern you will be able to generate this pattern 3 times in your own specified yarn gauges.
This pattern is FREE with a yearly subscription to Knit It Now
DIY (Design-it-yourself) Blanket
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Making blankets is one of the more satisfying things we can do with our knitting machine. Who doesn't love a knitted blanket? They are great for gifts, they keep babies warm and snugly and are great for charity knitting.
As machine knitters, blankets allow us to try new techniques, play with yarn and stitch patterns. They offer an opportunity for us to gain confidence in our knitting.
Although blankets are "just rectangles", a little planning can go a long way!
If this is your first blanket or your tenth, follow along, the skills you gain here will be invaluable for future knitting projects .. not just blankets!
As machine knitters, blankets allow us to try new techniques, play with yarn and stitch patterns. They offer an opportunity for us to gain confidence in our knitting.
Although blankets are "just rectangles", a little planning can go a long way!
- Have you ever started a project unsure if you have enough yarn?
- Why guess at how many stitches to cast on?
- Want to create something that you will be proud of... good enough to enter in the fair?
If this is your first blanket or your tenth, follow along, the skills you gain here will be invaluable for future knitting projects .. not just blankets!
Tuck Baby Trio
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The blanket in this trio pattern is an inspiration.
In the original project, the blanket is knit in the tuck stitch. To neatly finish the edges, a binding was created in the same tuck stitch pattern alternating 3 colors.
In the original project, the blanket is knit in the tuck stitch. To neatly finish the edges, a binding was created in the same tuck stitch pattern alternating 3 colors.
Circle Blankets
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A colorful, fun circular throw may be just the ticket for home dec or an impressive baby gift.