Deramores Patchwork Heart Blanket Knitting Pattern

Deramores Patchwork Heart Blanket

What Is Being Made

The Deramores Patchwork Heart Blanket is a knitted throw blanket composed of multiple patchwork squares arranged to create a heart design. The finished blanket measures 90cm x 64cm (approximately 35½ x 25¼ inches), with each large square measuring 16cm x 16cm (6¼ x 6¼ inches) without borders. This intermediate-level knitting project combines solid-colored squares with decorative heart-patterned squares to create a visually striking finished piece suitable for home décor or gifting.

Techniques Used

This blanket employs several key knitting techniques to achieve its patchwork heart design. Stocking stitch forms the foundation of the project, creating a smooth, classic fabric base. The heart motifs are worked from charts that are read from right to left on right-side rows, allowing knitters to follow the pattern systematically from the bottom up. The blanket design incorporates lace elements created through yarn-forward increases and decreases, which add delicate detail to the heart squares. The project is highly scalable, meaning knitters can adjust the final blanket size by creating additional squares, though yarn quantities will need to be adjusted accordingly. The blanket uses a patchwork construction method, where individual squares are knitted separately and then assembled together, allowing for flexible customization and easier project management.

Stitches Used

The Deramores Patchwork Heart Blanket utilizes a range of fundamental and intermediate knitting stitches:

• Knit (K) – the basic stitch forming the primary fabric structure
• Purl (P) – used in alternating rows to create stocking stitch texture
• Knit two together (k2tog) – a right-leaning decrease used in lace sections
• Slip, knit one, pass slipped stitch over (skpo) – a left-leaning decrease creating balanced lace patterns
• Slip one stitch, knit two stitches together, pass slipped stitch over (sk2po) – a double decrease for more dramatic shaping
• Yarn forward (yfwd) – creates eyelet holes and lace openings in the heart design
• Make bobble (MB) – adds textured three-dimensional detail to selected squares

These stitches combine to create the decorative heart motifs within the patchwork squares while maintaining the blanket's structural integrity.

Materials

The Deramores Patchwork Heart Blanket is worked using Deramores Studio DK yarn, a double-knitting weight yarn that provides good stitch definition for both the solid squares and the detailed heart charts. The yarn color palette consists of four coordinating shades: 2 x 100g balls of Cranberry (main shade), 1 x 100g ball of Ruby, 1 x 100g ball of Pearl, and 1 x 100g ball of Light Pink. This color combination creates a warm, romantic aesthetic with depth and visual interest. The project is worked on 4mm knitting needles, which are sized to achieve the specified tension of 20 stitches and 29 rows over a 10cm x 10cm (4 x 4 inch) square when working stocking stitch. Maintaining proper tension is essential for achieving the correct finished blanket dimensions and ensuring that the patchwork squares align properly when assembled.