Foster Throw Blanket Knitting Pattern

Foster Throw in Rowan Handknit Cotton

What Is Being Made

The Foster Throw is a large blanket-sized throw designed by Chloe Thurlow. After blocking, the completed throw measures 115 cm (45¼ inches) wide and 172 cm (67¾ inches) long, excluding fringes. This is a substantial piece suitable for draping over furniture or use as a decorative blanket.

Craft and Techniques

This is a knitting project classified as beginner level difficulty, making it accessible to those new to knitting while still offering visual interest through its patterned design. The throw employs a combination of fundamental knitting techniques including stockinette stitch as the primary fabric base, with an integrated charted lace or textured pattern section worked throughout the piece.

The pattern involves 482 rows worked in total from the cast-on edge, with the main pattern repeat consisting of 120 rows that is repeated 4 times. The construction uses a strategic placement method where chart rows are worked alongside stockinette sections, creating a balanced design across the width of the throw.

A key construction note: a circular needle is used to accommodate the large number of stitches, though it is worked in the same manner as straight needles—working backwards and forwards in rows and turning at the end of each row, rather than working in the round.

Stitches Used

• Stockinette stitch (st st) – the primary fabric structure
• Garter stitch – used for edge borders (knit stitches on both right-side and wrong-side rows)
• Charted pattern stitches – a 30-stitch repeat lace or textured pattern worked from a provided chart across 120 rows
• Purl stitches – incorporated within the stockinette sections and edge treatments

Materials

Yarn: Rowan Handknit Cotton in the colorway Lace 375 (photographed). The yarn is supplied in 50-gram balls, and the pattern specifies the required yardage through the tension and finished dimensions.

Needles: One 4mm (US size 6) circular needle, no more than 100 cm long, to accommodate the width of the throw while working in rows.

Finishing Details

The throw includes decorative fringes added to both the cast-on and cast-off edges. Fringes are created by cutting 30 cm lengths of yarn and knotting groups of 4 lengths evenly along these edges, adding a finished, textured border to the piece.

The throw is worked to stockinette stitch tension, and the pattern notes that the work may pull in during knitting. However, the completed throw can be blocked out to the finished size before adding the fringes, allowing the piece to reach its full intended dimensions and even drape.