Deramores Heart Motif Blanket Knitting Pattern

Deramores Heart Motif Blanket

Project Overview

The Deramores Heart Motif Blanket is a beginner-friendly knitting project designed by Sarah Murray. This blanket features decorative heart motifs arranged in repeating pattern panels across a reversible fabric. The finished blanket measures 98cm x 74cm (approximately 38.5 inches x 29 inches), making it an ideal size for a lap blanket or throw.

What Is Being Made

This is a fully reversible knitted blanket constructed from four separate motif panels arranged in a grid layout. The blanket combines decorative charted heart motifs with a simple moss stitch edging and border treatment. The reversible nature of the design means both sides of the finished blanket are visually appealing, offering flexibility in how you display or use the finished piece.

Knitting Techniques Used

The Heart Motif Blanket employs several fundamental knitting techniques suitable for beginners:

• Moss stitch edging: A textured border created by alternating knit and purl stitches in a checkerboard pattern. This stitch is worked on the wrong side (WS) and right side (RS) of the fabric to create a neat, reversible edge.
• Chart reading: The heart motifs are worked from a stitch pattern chart, requiring knitters to follow row-by-row instructions that combine knit and purl stitches to create the decorative design.
• Yarn joining: The pattern includes specific guidance on joining new yarn balls between the moss stitch edging and the first motif square rather than at the blanket edge, ensuring a neat finish.
• Stitch marker placement: Markers are used to separate each motif panel, helping maintain pattern accuracy across the multiple repeats.

Stitches Used

The Heart Motif Blanket uses two primary stitches throughout the design:

• Knit stitch (K): The fundamental stitch that forms the base of the fabric and creates smooth vertical columns in the knitted textile.
• Purl stitch (P): The reverse of the knit stitch, used in combination with knit stitches to create the textured moss stitch borders and to form the charted heart motif patterns.

The moss stitch pattern alternates single knit and purl stitches (K1, P1 repeat) to create a bumpy, reversible texture that frames the decorative heart motifs.

Materials and Equipment

Yarn: The pattern calls for Deramores Studio Aran Yarn in Aster, requiring 4 x 100g balls (400 grams total). Aran weight yarn is a medium-weight option that works up quickly and creates a fabric with good drape and structure, ideal for blankets.

Needles: 4.5mm needles are used throughout the project. The pattern specifies a tension (gauge) of 17 stitches and 25 rows measuring 10cm x 10cm (4 inches x 4 inches) when worked on 4.5mm needles in pattern.

Notions: Stitch markers are recommended to help organize and separate each of the four motif panels during construction, making it easier to track pattern repeats and maintain consistency across the blanket width.

Pattern Construction

The blanket begins with a cast-on of 133 stitches using the thumb method. The pattern starts with 8 rows of moss stitch to create the bottom border. The main pattern section then repeats a 40-row charted motif four times across the blanket width, with moss stitch edging maintained on either side of each motif panel. After completing all chart repeats, an additional 8 rows of moss stitch finish the top of the blanket, creating a balanced, symmetrical design.

Difficulty Level

This project is rated as beginner level, making it suitable for knitters new to the craft or those seeking a straightforward, satisfying project. The combination of basic stitches, clear chart-based instructions, and the meditative quality of repeating patterns makes this an excellent introduction to blanket knitting while producing a professional-looking finished piece.