Pixie's Blanket

I have finished up the little blanket for Pixie.

It is a fairly simple pattern using 3 colors of yarn only because I didn't have enough pink for the second square. I used Bernat Cottontots yarn from my stash. This was what I used to make a blanket for my niece Zella. I don't have enough to make another baby blanket, so a mini blanket for Pixie was just the trick.

My goal was to make 1) a blanket that was reversible and 2) square. I didn't measure exactly enough to get the square, but if you want a square blanket, use the second set of numbers (in parenthses) for the repeats.

Needles: size 8
Gauge: 4 ½ sts and 6 rows per inch. Actual guage isn't crucial.
Overall size: 17 ½ in by 13 in.
Yarn: scrap yarn. If using 2 colors, both must be at least half a skein of Bernat Cottentots. If using 3, your main color (A) will have to be at least half a skein and the other two can be less. I used Strawberry, Grape Berry, and Sunshine.

Pattern:
Cast on 40 stitches of color A, then cast on 40 sts in color B.
Row 1, 2: With color B, K40. With color A, K40.
» Row 3: K4, K18, P18, switch yarn, K18, P18, K4
repeat row 3: 20(24) times
Row4: K4, P18, K18, switch yarn, P18, K18, K4
repeat row 24: 20(24) times Cut color B. Do not cut color A.
«

row 5: With color C: K4, K18, P18. With color A: K18, P18, K4
repeat from » to «
Knit two rows, then bind off. Cut all yarn and weave in.

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We sleep, but the loom of life never stops,
and the pattern which was weaving when the sun went down
is weaving when it comes up in the morning.
~ Henry Ward Beecher