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Optic Blanket
IF YOU love a bit of colourwork, there’s lots to enjoy with Juliet Bernard’s blanket! It comprises six different square designs, using Fair Isle, intarsia, slip stitch and moss stitch, and a square where the yarn is stranded at the front. The blanket uses four shades of Willow & Lark’s tweedy Woodland DK yarn.
Tension (All on 4mm needles)
Moss Stitch: 21 sts and 32 rows
Loop Stitch: 24 sts and 42 rows
Intarsia Zigzag: 22 sts and 29 rows
Fair Isle Zigzag: 24 sts and 25 rows
Slip Stitch Zigzag: 24 sts and 23 rows
Stranded Zigzag: 25 sts and 40 rows
Needles
Also requires 2 sets of 4mm circular needles 200cm long
Yarn shown: Willow and Lark Woodland DK
A Marmalade (410): 4 x 50g balls
B Thunder (402): 6 x 50g balls
C Plover Grey (400): 7 x 50g balls
D Foxglove (424): 4 x 50g balls
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- First published: November 2018
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