Holding Hands Baby Blanket

By Yasemin Ersoy
This is the first baby blanket that I knit for my son.

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS 106x106 cm (42x42 inches) MATERIALS Ingelise Palma [53% cotton, 33% viscose, 14% linen; 110m per 50 gr skein] 10 skeins 1 US #4 / 3.5mm circular needle, 24 inches or longer

PATTERN Side Border: K1,(P1,K1)6 Seed Stitch over 13 stitches P3in3: P3 tog but do not slip the stitches off the left needle. Wrap yarn around the right needle once, then purl the same 3 stitches together again. You should have 3 new stitches to replace the ones youve jut knit together. CO 211 sts. Lower Border: Row 1 [RS]: K1,(P1,K1) till the end of the row. Rows 2-20: Same as Row 1 Body: Row 21 [RS]: Side Border,(Place marker)K all stitches (Place Marker), Side Border Row 22 [WS]: Side Border, P1, (P3in3, P1)45, P3in3, P1, Side Border Row 23 [RS]: Side Border, K all stitches, Side Border Row 24 [WS]: Side Border, P all stitches, Side Border Row 25 [RS]: Same as Row 23 Row 26 [WS]: Side Border, P1, (P3in3, P9)15, P3in3,P1, Side Border Row 27 [RS]: Same as Row 23 Row 28 [WS]: Same as Row 24 Row 29 [RS]: Same as Row 23 Row 30 [WS]: Same as Row 26 Row 31 [RS]: Same as Row 23 Row 32 [WS]: Same as Row 24 Row 33 [RS]: Same as Row 23 Repeat Rows 22-33 22 more times. Next Row[RS]: Side Border, K all stitches, Side Border Upper Border: Repeat Rows 1-20 BO.

Pattern Chart:

P3in3

FINISHING Weave in all ends on WS of work. Wash and dry according to your yarns instructions.