Knitting Those Summer Days Baby Blanket Knitting Pattern
Those Summer Days Stroller Sized Blanket Knitting Pattern
Summer days invoke memories of sunshine, warmth, the outdoors, lazy days and little girls who love hearts and butterflies. Knitting this blanket is in celebration of all those happy memories and for light summer blankets to keep babies warm on cooler nights or in air conditioned spaces.
Those Summer Days is a stroller sized blanket knit with images of hearts and butterflies made entirely with knits and purls.
For this project I am using 5 different colors of yarn thanks to the creative genius of a little girl who knows exactly what she wants! Also included in this post is the pattern written out. If you prefer a polished pdf, I will upload that on Etsy and Ravelry as soon as I am finished.
That’s the fun part of knitting for me. I begin a project and often really have no idea what it’s going to look like when I’m done. Put some pretty colors together and it almost always is beautiful.
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Skill Level → Adventurous Beginner
Skills to know ↓
Yarn
Project shown with Hobby Lobby’s Worsted Weight I Love This yarn in five colors in this order:
- Mango
- Ocean
- Crushed Raspberry
- Rosy Cheeks
- After-Dinner Laughs
- Rosy Cheeks
- Crushed Raspberry
- Ocean
- Mango
How much yarn should I buy?
Assuming a gauge of 4.25 stitches to the inch: (yarn recommendations are approximate)
- Stroller size – approximately 520 yards total
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Needles
Knitpicks Nickel Options Circular Interchangeable Needles
Size 8 with a 24″ or 32″ cord with a gauge of 18 stitches per 4 inches
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Those Summer Days Baby Blanket Knitting Pattern
Would you like to knit with me? I will be designing as I go along.
Abbreviations:
PM: Place marker
K2tog: Knit 2 together
K: Knit
P: Purl
Border
With Mango:
Cast on 90 stitches.
Rows 1-11: Knit
Row 12: Knit 5, Pm, Knit to the last 5 stitches, PM, K5
Row 13: K3, YO, K2tog, *[YO, K2tog], repeat * to the last 5 stitches, K5
Row 14: K3, YO, K2tog, Knit to the end
Section 1: (with Mango)
Row 1: K3, YO, K2tog, Knit to the end.
Row 2: K3, YO, K2tog, Purl to the last 5 stitches, K5
Repeat Rows 1 and 2 nine more times until this section has 20 rows.
Section 2 (with Ocean)
Cut Mango and join Ocean
Row 1: K3, YO, K2tog, Knit to the end.
Row 2: K3, YO, K2tog, Purl to the last 5 stitches, K5
Repeat Rows 1 and 2 six more times until this section has 14 rows.
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Section 3:
Cut Ocean and join Crushed Raspberry
K3, YO, K2tog, Follow chart 4 times, K5
[Odd rows: knit the white, purl the red; Even rows: purl the white]
Section 4:
Cut Crushed Raspberry and join Rosy Cheeks.
Row 1: K3, YO, K2tog, Knit to the end.
Row 2: K3, YO, K2tog, Purl to the last 5 stitches, K5
Repeat Rows 1 and 2 five more times until this section has a total of 12 rows
Section 5:
Cut Rosy Cheeks and join After-dinner Laughs
K3, YO, K2tog, Follow chart 4 times, K5
[Odd rows: knit the white, purl the red; Even rows: purl the white]
Section 6
Cut After Dinner Laughs and join Rosy Cheeks.
Row 1: K3, YO, K2tog, Knit to the end.
Row 2: K3, YO, K2tog, Purl to the last 5 stitches, K5
Repeat Rows 1 and 2 five more times until this section has a total of 12 rows
Section 7
Cut Rosy Cheeks and add Crushed Raspberry
Cut Ocean and join Crushed Raspberry
K3, YO, K2tog, Follow heart chart 4 times, K5
Section 8:
Cut Crushed Raspberry and join Ocean
Row 1: K3, YO, K2tog, Knit to the end.
Row 2: K3, YO, K2tog, Purl to the last 5 stitches, K5
Repeat Rows 1 and 2 six more times until this section has 14 rows.
Section 9:
Cut Ocean and join Mango
Row 1: K3, YO, K2tog, Knit to the end.
Row 2: K3, YO, K2tog, Purl to the last 5 stitches, K5
Repeat Rows 1 and 2 nine more times until this section has 20 rows.
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