Baby Blankie with Heaven Trim Blanket Knitting Pattern

Baby Blankie with Heaven Trim Blanket Knitting Pattern

Project Overview

The Baby Blankie with Heaven Trim is a knitted baby blanket designed by JoAnne Turcotte for Plymouth Yarn. This pattern creates a soft, portable blanket perfectly sized for car seats and infant use, measuring approximately 18 x 21 inches when complete. The design features a two-tone construction combining a central panel with a decorative border trim that frames the piece.

What Is Being Made

This pattern produces a small baby blanket ideal for travel and everyday use. The finished blanket dimensions of 18 x 21 inches make it compact enough for car seats while providing adequate coverage for infants. The construction method creates a central rectangular panel with an attached border on all sides, resulting in a finished piece with professional mitered corners.

Techniques Used

The blanket employs several key knitting techniques to achieve its finished structure:

• Stockinette stitch for the central panel, creating a smooth, classic fabric
• Garter stitch for the border trim, providing a textured, reversible edge
• Pick-up and knit method for attaching the border to the completed center panel
• Increases worked at the ends of alternating rows to shape the border strips
• Mitered corner weaving to join border corners seamlessly

Stitches Used

The pattern utilizes fundamental knitting stitches suitable for beginner to intermediate knitters. The primary stitches are knit and purl, which combine to create stockinette stitch in the main panel and garter stitch in the border. Abbreviations used in the pattern include K for knit, P for purl, and sts for stitches. The increases are worked at strategic points to create the dimensional border effect, and all ends are woven in securely to prevent unraveling.

Materials and Yarn

The pattern requires 2 balls of Oh My! yarn for the central panel and 2 balls of Heaven yarn for the border trim, both from Plymouth Yarn. The two different yarns create visual contrast and allow for distinct texture variation between the center and edges of the blanket.

Needles and Gauge

Two needle sizes are required to achieve proper fabric density. US Size 10.5 needles are used for the Oh My! center panel, which should produce a gauge of 3½ stitches per 1 inch in stockinette stitch. US Size 13 needles are used for the Heaven border, which should produce a gauge of 2.5 stitches per 1 inch in garter stitch. Knitters should adjust needle sizes as needed to match the specified gauges, as proper gauge ensures the finished blanket meets the intended dimensions.

Construction Details

The blanket is constructed in two main stages. First, the central panel is created by casting on 47 stitches with the smaller needles and Oh My! yarn, then working in stockinette stitch until the piece reaches 16 inches in length. The yarn is then bound off.

The border is added in four separate strips. For the short ends, 36 stitches are picked up and knit along each short edge using the larger needles and Heaven yarn. Working in garter stitch with increases at each end on alternating rows, each strip is worked until it reaches 2½ inches in length. The same process is repeated for the long ends, where 41 stitches are picked up and knit along each long edge.

The final step involves weaving the mitered corners together to create neat, professional-looking corner joints. All yarn ends are knotted and woven into the fabric securely. The pattern includes a helpful note that if pilling or pulls occur during use, they should be pushed through to the wrong side rather than cut, preserving the blanket's integrity.