Pattern Description:
This blanket is created in four identical pieces, worked corner to corner. Each piece starts with 2 stitches, increases until it measures 19″ [48 cm] wide across the side edge, and then decreases until 2 stitches remain.
The four pieces are then sewn together, matching stripes as closely as possible. The final steps include adding a knit edging to all four sides and attaching four tassels to the outer corners.
Materials Needed & Measurements:
| Category | Detail | |
| Finished Measurement | Approx. 38″ [96.5 cm] square. | |
| Gauge | 17 sts and 36 rows = 4″ [10 cm] in garter st. | |
| Yarn | Caron® Baby Cakes™ (3.5 oz/100 g; 231 yds/211 m), in color Coral Bells (50017). | |
| Yarn Quantity | 6 balls. | |
| Needle | Size U.S. 8 (5 mm) circular knitting needle 29″ [74 cm] long, or the size required to obtain gauge. | |
| Notions | Stitch markers. |
Abbreviations Used:
- RS – Right Side
- WS – Wrong Side
- K – Knit
- sts – Stitches
- st – Stitch
- Kfb – Knit front and back (increase 1 stitch)
- K2tog – Knit 2 stitches together (right-leaning decrease)
- ssk – Slip, slip, knit (left-leaning decrease)
- tog – Together
- rem – Remaining
- rep – Repeat
Instructions for Making the Four Corners Blanket Pattern:
Blanket Piece Construction (Make 4)
Follow these instructions to make four identical pieces:
- Casting On and Increasing:
- Cast on 2 sts (see Notes). Working back and forth across the needle in rows, proceed as follows:
- 1st row (RS): (Kfb) twice. (4 sts).
- 2nd row: K.
- 3rd row: K1. Kfb. K to last 2 sts. Kfb. K1.
- Rep the last 2 rows until the piece measures 19″ [48 cm] wide across the side edge, ending on a WS row.
- Beg Decreasing:
- Next row (RS): K1. K2tog. K to last 3 sts. ssk. K1.
- Next row: K.
- Rep the last 2 rows until there are 6 sts rem.
- Next row: K1. (K2tog) twice. K1. (4 sts).
- Next row: K4.
- Next row: (K2tog) twice. (2 sts).
- Cast off, weave in your ends, and trim away any excess yarn.
- Rep this process to make the other three pieces for this Blanket.
Finishing
- Joining Pieces: Sew all four pieces tog, matching stripes as closely as possible.
- Edging:
- The edging is added around all four sides.
- First Side: With RS facing, pick up and K 162 sts evenly across the side edge of the Blanket. K 2 rows. Cast off knitwise (WS).
- Second, Third and Fourth Sides: With RS facing, pick up and K 165 sts evenly across the side edge of the Blanket (this measurement includes the side of the previous edging). K 2 rows. Cast off knitwise (WS).
Tassel (Make 4)
Tassels are sewn to each outer corner of the finished Blanket.
- Cut a piece of cardboard 4″ [10 cm] wide.
- Wind yarn around the cardboard 50 times.
- Break yarn, leaving a long end, and thread that end through a needle.
- Slip the needle through all loops and tie tightly.
- Remove the cardboard. Wind yarn tightly around the loops ½” [1.5 cm] below the fold.
- Fasten securely.
- Cut through the rem loops and trim ends evenly.
- Sew 1 Tassel to each outer corner of the Blanket.
The finished measurement of the blanket is Approx. 38″ [96.5 cm] square.
