2026 is going to be the Year of Making a Blanket. I need a new blanket for my new living room with my new couch and my new carpet! Every month I am going to make a new square or two. Do you need a new blanket or Afghan? Do you want to join me? This will be free. With a Blog post every month with a new square. You will need to subscribe to get the emails regularly! Post it where ever you knit with the hashtags #newblanket and #letissierdesigns. I would love to see your progress.
I am going to be working the squares in Cascade 220 wool. I just started my first one! You can choose any worsted weight yarn you like. Or a fingering weight yarn, or any yarn. These are just going to be some squares. Some will be simple, others maybe not, it sort of depends on the other designs I will be working on, I may be trying out some different stitches. Sort of pre-swatching!
Most of these squares will be based on the blanket I did 11 years ago with The Buffalo Wool Co. I am going to remake the squares in the cascade 220, the originals were done in the Tracks Sock. These will be quite a bit bigger!
Look for some purple Sea Stars here and there! It is going to be called the Sea Star Blanket! Or maybe the West Coast Blanket!
I have already started my first square. This is the informal or soft start of the project. I will be adding it formally to Ravelry next month!
- – Knit one square a month – there will be a lap blanket at the end of the project.
- – Knit two squares a month – there will be a full size Afghan blanket at the end of the project.
- – Knit three or more squares a month – there will be a large bed sized blanket at the end of the project.
So pick out a yarn, and the appropriate needle size.
Fingering 3.25mm US #3 – Double Knit 4.0mm US #6 – Worsted Weight 4.5mm US #7
Diagonal Rib Square for January (Shush! I am starting early, so can you!)
Cast-on 56 sts
- Row 1 – *(K2, P2); repeat from * to the end of the row.
- Row 2 – *(K2, P2); repeat from * to the end of the row.
- Row 3 – K1, *(P2, K2); repeat from *. end the last repeat with K1.
- Row 4 – P1, *(K2, P2); repeat from *, end the last repeat with P1.
- Row 5 – *(P2, K2); repeat from * to the end of the row.
- Row 6 – *(P2, K2); repeat from * to the end of the row.
- Row 7 – P1, *(K2, P2); repeat from *, end the last repeat P1.
- Row 8 – K1, *(P2, K2); repeat from *, end the last repeat K1.
Repeat the 8 row pattern 9 times. Cast-off evenly. It should be close to 11-12 inches square! I don’t know the size yet! But I will add it here as soon as I finish the block! LOL!
Happy Knitting
Lynette
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