Shimmering Stripes Blanket by Purl Soho

Shimmering Stripes Blanket

Knitting
May 2024
DK (11 wpi) ?
19 stitches and 38 rows = 4 inches
in Garter Stitch
US 7 - 4.5 mm
1800 yards (1646 m)
42 inches wide x 38 inches long
English
This pattern is available for free.

MATERIALS

You will need 2 of Purl Soho’s Nine-Note Bundles. One bundle includes…

  • 9 skeins of 80% extra fine merino wool and 20% baby alpaca yarn. Each bundle is 900 yards/ 450 grams; approximately 1800 total yards required. For our samples we used the colors Apple + Pomelo, Beautyberry + Wild Iris, Penny + Bluegrass, and Begonia + Tidewater. (NOTE: This yarn is only available in the Nine-Note Bundle.)

You will also need…

We came up with 11 sparkling combinations to inspire you, including the ones we knit for our samples! From left to right they are…

Sketchbook + Mulberry; Mulberry + Pomelo; Mulberry + Wild Iris; Penny + Bluegrass; Wishing Well + Bluegrass; Begonia + Tidewater; Wishing Well + Dragon Fruit; Beautyberry + Wild Iris; Penny + Dragon Fruit; Pomelo + Begonia; Apple + Pomelo

GAUGE
19 stitches and 38 rows (19 ridges) = 4 inches in garter stitch

NOTE: To ensure all your stripes are the same length, we recommend not cutting your swatch yarn, reusing it, and keeping tails short.

SIZE
Finished Dimensions: 42 inches wide x 38 inches long

Designed by Purl Soho founder and co-owner, Joelle Hoverson.