Bobbles Knit Blanket
You’ll need:
Bernat® Velvet™ (10.5 oz/300 g; 315 yds/288 m):
3 skeins of Contrast A Smokey Green (32025) ;
3 skeins of Contrast B Softened Blue (32008);
2 skeins of Bernat® Blanket™ (10.5 oz/300 g; 220 yds/201 m);
Circle knitting needles 8 mm (91.5 cm long).
Size: 127 x 145 cm, excluding fringe.
Tension: 8 sts and 20 rows = 10 cm with 1 strand each of A and B held tog in garter stitch.
Instructions
Note: Blanket worked over multiple of 8 sts +7.
With 1 strand each of A and B held tog, cast on 103 sts. Do not join. Working back and forth across needle in rows proceed as follows:
1st to 16th rows: With 1 strand each of A and B held tog, knit, noting 1st row is RS. Break both A and B. Join 1 strand of C.
17th row: (RS). With 1 strand of C, knit.
18th row: K3. *MB. K7. Rep from * to last 4 sts. MB. K3. Break C. Join 1 strand each of A and B.
19th to 34th rows: As 1st to 16th rows. Break A and B. Join 1 strand of C.
35th row: (RS). With 1 strand of C, knit.
36th row: *K7. MB. Rep from * to last 7 sts. K7.
Break C. Join 1 strand each of A and B.
These 36 rows form pat.
Cont in pat until work from beg measures approx 57" [145 cm], ending on a 34th row. With 1 strand each of A and B held tog, cast o .
Finishing
Fringe
Cut strands of C 12" [30.5 cm] long. Taking 2 strands tog, fold in half and knot into fringe through every other st across top and bottom edges of Blanket. Trim fringe evenly.