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
you’ve 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 yarn’s instructions.