Lana Grossa Blanket Knitting Pattern

Lana Grossa Blanket in Alta Moda Cashmere

What Is Being Made

This is a luxurious knitted blanket crafted from Lana Grossa Alta Moda Cashmere yarn. The finished blanket measures approximately 174 x 140 cm (length x width), making it an ideal throw size for draping over furniture or providing warmth. This project is sourced from Filati Home, Design 65, and represents a sophisticated home textile suitable for both functional use and decorative display.

Techniques Used

The blanket is constructed using several key knitting techniques that contribute to its refined appearance and structure:

• Bottom-Up Construction: The blanket is worked from the bottom edge upward, allowing knitters to try on and adjust fit as they progress through the pattern.
• Seamless Knitting: The design is worked seamlessly, eliminating the need for seaming and creating a continuous, polished fabric surface.
• Worked Flat: Rather than working in the round, this blanket is knitted flat on straight needles or circular needles used in flat mode, which is traditional for rectangular blankets and throws.
• Cable Patterns: The blanket features cable stitches as a central design element, adding textural depth and visual interest to the piece.

Stitches Used

The primary stitch pattern is the Aranmuster (Aran pattern), a traditional Irish knitting pattern characterized by intricate cable work and textured stitches. Aran patterns typically combine knit and purl stitches to create raised, three-dimensional designs. The pattern includes detailed stitch charts (Strickschrift) numbered 345 through 354, which provide row-by-row guidance for executing the complex cable and texture combinations that define this blanket's aesthetic.

Materials

This project uses Lana Grossa Alta Moda Cashmere yarn, a premium fiber blend that offers exceptional softness, warmth, and drape. Cashmere content ensures the finished blanket will be luxuriously soft against the skin while maintaining excellent insulating properties. The yarn weight and recommended needle size are specified in the pattern documentation (hs70-65 designation), ensuring proper gauge and finished dimensions. Knitters will need appropriate needles sized to work with this yarn weight while maintaining the stitch definition required for the Aran cable patterns.