Dream Blanket Knitting Pattern

Dream in Color Sweet William Knitting Pattern

Project Overview

Dream in Color Sweet William is an adorable baby set featuring a coordinated sweater and blanket, both inspired by the delicate Sweet William wildflower with its beautiful purple shades and brilliant green foliage. This pattern set offers multiple size options for the sweater and a generous blanket size, making it ideal for gifting or creating a cohesive nursery collection.

Sweater Construction

The sweater is constructed using a bottom-up, seamless approach, meaning you begin at the lower edge and work upward toward the neckline without requiring seaming. The garment is worked in one piece with sleeves that are joined-in for raglan shaping, creating a smooth, fitted silhouette. This construction method minimizes finishing work and ensures a polished final product.

Finished Measurements: The sweater is available in three baby sizes with finished chest measurements of 18 inches (3-6 months), 22 inches (12 months), and 26 inches (24 months), with corresponding finished lengths of 11, 13, and 15 inches respectively.

Blanket Specifications

The coordinating blanket measures 22 by 33 inches, providing a practical size for baby use while remaining manageable for knitters. Like the sweater, the blanket features the signature quilted stripe pattern that adds visual depth and textural interest.

Signature Quilted Stripe Technique

Both the sweater and blanket showcase a quilted stripe pattern that serves as the primary design element. This pattern creates dimensional texture and visual interest through a combination of knit and purl stitches arranged in a repeating multiple of 6 stitches plus 2 edge stitches. The quilted stripe pattern requires careful attention to stitch counting, as the dimensional nature makes traditional stitch-per-inch measurement challenging. Gauge for this pattern is approximately 7.75 stitches and 10.25 rows per inch, while stockinette stitch gauge measures 24 stitches and 30 rows per inch over 4 inches.

Color Work and Stripe Sequencing

The pattern employs two-color stripes using Dream in Color Everlasting 12ply dk yarn. The sweater sleeves feature a specific stripe sequence that alternates between colors: one round in Color B, one round in Color B, one round in Color A, and one round in Color A, creating a balanced two-color pattern. The sweater body and blanket utilize Color A (Angel #725) and Color B (Tart #703) in the quilted stripe pattern, with the color combination creating the visual effect inspired by Sweet William's purple petals and green foliage.

Yarn and Materials

This pattern calls for Dream in Color Everlasting 12ply dk yarn, a premium yarn crafted from 100% Superwash Australian Merino Wool. Each skein provides 100 grams and 275 yards of yardage. For the smallest sweater size (3-6 months), you will need 1 skein each of Color A and Color B, while the 12-month size requires 2 skeins of each color, and the 24-month size also uses 2 skeins per color. The blanket requires an additional 2 skeins of each color beyond the sweater yardage.

Needles and Tools

Construction requires US #5 (3.75mm) circular needles in 24-inch length for working the body in the round, plus a set of US #5 (3.75mm) double-pointed needles for smaller circumference sections such as sleeves and the neckline. The pattern also specifies the need for stitch markers in two different colors—two markers for marking borders and four additional markers for raglan shaping—along with stitch holders or waste yarn for holding stitches during construction.

Stitches and Techniques

The pattern incorporates fundamental knitting stitches including knit, purl, yarn overs, and decreases (knit 2 together and knit 2 together through the back loop). Additional techniques include make 1 increases worked both knitwise and purlwise, slip stitches, and color changes for the striped sections. The raglan shaping is achieved through strategic increases at marked intervals, creating the characteristic diagonal lines from armhole to neckline typical of raglan construction.

Pattern Format and Design Credit

This downloadable PDF pattern is authored by Sarah Franklin of