Blanket Squares

You will need:

  • Double knitting yarn
  • No 8 or 4mm knitting needles

Each square will be 14cm square

For each square cast on 32 stitches

Garter Stitch

  • Row 1: - Knit 32 stitches
  • Repeat until work measures 14cm
  • Cast off knitwise

Moss Stitch

  • Row 1: - Knit 32 stitches
  • Row 2: Knit 1 Purl 1 to end of row
  • Row 3: Purl 1 Knit 1 to end of row
  • Repeat rows 2-3 until work measures 14cm
  • Cast off knitwise

Seed Stitch

  • Row 1: - Knit 32 stitches
  • Row 2-3: Knit 1 Purl 1 to end of row
  • Row 4-5: Purl 1 Knit 1 to end of row
  • Repeat rows 2-5 until work measures 14cm
  • Cast off knitwise

Small Check

  • Row 1: - Knit 32 stitches
  • Row 2-3: Knit 2 Purl 2 to end of row
  • Row 4-5: Purl 2 Knit 2 to end of row
  • Repeat rows 2-3 until work measures 14cm
  • Cast off knitwise

Large check

  • Row 1: Knit 32 stitches
  • Rows 2-4: Knit 1, (purl 3, knit 3) to last stitch, purl 1
  • Rows 5-7: Purl 1, (knit 3, purl 3) to last stitch, knit 1
  • Repeat rows 2-7 until work measures 14cm
  • Cast off knitwise

Narrow Diagonal Stripe (R)

  • Row 1: Knit 32 stitches
  • Row 2: (Knit 2, purl 2) to end of row
  • Row 3: Knit 1, (purl 2, knit 2) to last 3 stitches, purl 2, knit 1
  • Row 4: (Purl 2, knit 2)to end of row
  • Row 5: Purl 1, (knit 2, purl 2) to last 3 stitches, knit 2, purl 1
  • Repeat rows 2-5 until work measures 14cm
  • cast off knitwise

Narrow diagonal stripe (L)

  • Row 1: Knit 32 stitches
  • Work as for Narrow diagonal stripe (r) but work all knit stitches as purl and all purl stitches as knit

Wide diagonal stripe (R)

  • Row 1: Knit 32
  • Row 2: (Knit 3, purl 3) to last 2 stitches, knit 2
  • Row 3: (Purl 3, knit 3)to last 2 stitches, p2
  • Row 4: Knit 1, (purl 3, knit 3) to last stitch, purl 1
  • Row 5: Knit 2, (purl 3, knit 3) to end of row
  • Row 6: Purl 2, (knit 3, purl 3) to end of row
  • Row 7: Purl 1, (knit 3, purl 3) to last stitch, k1
  • Repeat rows 2-7 until work measures 14cm
  • cast off knitwise

Wide diagonal stripe (L)

  • Row 1: Knit 32 stitches
  • Work as for wide diagonal stripe (r) but work all knit stitches as purl and all purl stitches as knit

Diamonds

  • Row 1: Knit 32 stitches
  • Row 2: (Purl 3, knit 1) to end of row
  • Row 3: (Knit 1, purl 1) to end of row
  • Row 4: Purl 1, knit 1 (purl 3, knit 1) to last 2 stitches, purl 2
  • Row 5: as Row 3
  • Repeat rows 2-5 until work measures 14cm
  • Cast off knitwise

We can arrange for the squares to be stitched into blankets or to make a blanket stitch 25 squares together 5 x 5.