Ideas for giving your own hands: knitted plaid knitting needles and a pillow case
A beautiful snow-white knitted blanket will bedecorate your country sofa. Together with it, you can also knit pillowcases to match the blanket. Our detailed pattern with photos and description for beginners will help you with this.Materials:2,200 g for a blanket and 300 g for one cover of white yarn (50% wool, 50% acrylic, with a thread density of 125 m/100 g). Straight knitting needles No. 6, hook No. 5, darning needle. Dimensions: blanket 120 * 160 cm, cover 40 * 40 cm. Front surface: knit rows with front loops, back rows with back loops. Back surface: front rows are knitted with back loops, back rows are knitted with front loops. Garter stitch: knit front and back rows with front loops. Leaf motif: knit according to the pattern, in the back row, knit loops according to the pattern. Knitting density. Stockinette stitch: 15 stitches and 18.5 rows = 10 x 10 cm; leaf motif = 28 x 28 cm; square of four leaf motifs = 40 x 40 cm.Knitting a blanket:consists of 12 squares, each containing four leaf motifs. Cast on 3 stitches for one leaf motif and knit according to the pattern, bind off the remaining 3 stitches. Having knitted 4 motifs, sew them together (see pattern). Knit 12 squares and sew them into 3 strips of 4 squares each. Knit 2 rows of sc and 1 row of "crayfish step" (sc from left to right) around the perimeter of the blanket. Knit the cover: cast on 60 stitches for the back side, knit 40 cm with the front surface and bind off the stitches. The front side consists of 4 leaf motifs. Cast on 3 stitches for one motif and knit according to the pattern, bind off the remaining 3 stitches. We connect 4 motifs, sew them together (see the pattern). We sew the back side of the cover with the front side on three sides, insert the pillow and sew the remaining side with a blind stitch.Note:The term "no loop" is used when the number of loops in the rapport changes from row to row, decreasing and adding loops, in the process of knitting the pattern. When reading the diagram, we skip the square(s) marked "no loop", and proceed to the next element (front, back, yarn over, etc.).