Gaudi Blanket Knitting Pattern

Gaudi Blanket in Rowan Handknit Cotton

What is Being Made

The Gaudi Blanket is an advanced-level knitted lap blanket measuring 81 cm (32 inches) wide and 112 cm (44 inches) long. This project creates a finished throw-sized blanket suitable for draping over furniture or using as a decorative accent piece.

Craft and Techniques

This is a knitting project that employs the fairisle technique throughout the main body. Fairisle is a traditional colorwork method that allows multiple yarn colors to be worked into a single piece, creating intricate patterned designs while maintaining consistent fabric structure. The technique requires careful management of yarn tension and color changes across each row.

The blanket is constructed using stockinette stitch (st st) as the foundation stitch, worked flat from a cast-on edge. The patterned section repeats across 40 stitches and 68 rows, with the 40-stitch repeat worked 4 times across each row to achieve the full blanket width. The main body continues for approximately 108 cm in length before finishing.

An edging is added after the main blanket is complete, worked in rounds using a circular needle. This border incorporates strategic increases at corner stitches to create shaping and structure around all four sides of the finished piece.

Stitches Used

• Stockinette Stitch (st st): The primary stitch throughout the blanket, created by alternating knit and purl rows when working flat
• Fairisle Colorwork: Multiple colors worked into the stockinette stitch base following a charted pattern
• Make One Increase (M1): Used in the edging rounds to create shaping at corner points
• Knit (K) and Purl (P) stitches: Foundation stitches used in combination
• Cast On and Cast Off: Purlwise cast-off creates a finished edge

Materials and Tools

This project uses Rowan Handknit Cotton, a natural fiber yarn supplied in 50-gram balls. The blanket requires multiple colors from the Rowan palette: Ecru (yarn A, 8 balls), Atlantic (yarn B, 2 balls), Goldfish (yarn C, 1 ball), Black (yarn D, 2 balls), Canary (yarn E, 1 ball), Gooseberry (yarn F, 1 ball), and Flamingo (yarn G, 1 ball).

Needles required include one pair of 4mm (US 6) straight needles for the main blanket construction and one 4mm (US 6) circular needle at least 140 cm long for working the edging in rounds. The project achieves a tension of 21 stitches and 24 rows to 10 cm when measured over patterned stockinette stitch using 4mm needles.

Difficulty Level

This blanket is rated as an advanced project, reflecting the complexity of working fairisle colorwork across a large piece while maintaining consistent tension and managing multiple yarn colors simultaneously. The combination of charted pattern work, color changes, and edging construction makes this suitable for experienced knitters.