Plymouth Yarn Lattice Throw Blanket Knitting Pattern

Plymouth Yarn Lattice Throw in Worsted Merino Superwash

What Is Being Made

The Plymouth Yarn Lattice Throw is a sophisticated blanket designed to measure approximately 48 x 52 inches when completed. This throw combines decorative lace patterning with practical seed stitch borders, making it suitable for both functional warmth and aesthetic home décor. The finished piece is worked as a single flat panel from bottom to top, creating a seamless construction that requires no assembly or seaming.

Techniques Used

This throw employs several key knitting techniques that work together to create its distinctive appearance and structure:

• Bottom-up construction: The throw is worked from the cast-on edge upward, allowing knitters to adjust the final length as desired and try on the piece during the knitting process.
• Seamless, worked flat: The entire throw is created on straight needles without seaming, producing a clean, continuous fabric with no visible joins.
• Lace work: The central design features an intricate lattice pattern that incorporates yarn overs and decreases to create openwork sections, adding visual interest and lightness to the throw.
• Stitch marker placement: Markers are used to clearly delineate the lace pattern section from the seed stitch borders, helping knitters maintain pattern accuracy throughout the project.

Stitches Used

Seed Stitch: This fundamental textured stitch appears in two applications within the throw. The seed stitch pattern is created by alternating knit and purl stitches on every row (P1, *K1, P1; repeat from * to end), producing a bumpy, reversible fabric. Seed stitch forms the 7-stitch borders on both the left and right edges of the throw, as well as the top and bottom edges, framing the lace center and providing structural stability.

Lattice Pattern: The central lace motif is a 12-row repeat pattern worked over a multiple of 8 stitches plus 3. This pattern incorporates several essential lace techniques:

• Yarn overs (yo): These create the openwork eyelets characteristic of lace, adding airiness and visual dimension to the throw.
• Knit two together (k2tog): A right-leaning decrease used to balance yarn overs and shape the lattice design.
• Slip, slip, knit (ssk): A left-leaning decrease that complements the k2tog decreases, creating the symmetrical diamond and lattice formations.
• Purl rows: All even-numbered rows in the lattice pattern are worked entirely in purl, which helps define the lace structure and maintain gauge consistency.

The lattice pattern creates a visually striking geometric design across the center 147 stitches of the throw, while the seed stitch borders remain constant throughout, providing a frame and preventing edge curl.

Materials

The Plymouth Yarn Lattice Throw is worked in Worsted Merino Superwash, a premium yarn choice that offers both luxury and practicality. The project requires six 100-gram hanks of this yarn, providing sufficient yardage for the full 48 x 52-inch finished dimensions.

Needles: Two sizes of needles are required to achieve proper gauge and construction. Size US 7 needles are used for the initial seed stitch border and final edging, while size US 8 needles are used for the main body and lattice pattern work. Knitters should select needle sizes that allow them to achieve the specified gauge of 16 stitches over 4 inches when working in seed stitch on the larger needles.

The throw begins with a loosely cast-on edge of 161 stitches, which allows for a relaxed, non-restrictive starting point. The construction method ensures that the finished throw will have a polished appearance with properly finished edges that will not curl or unravel with use and washing.