Traditions Blanket

Home for the Holidays - Winter 2024 Traditions Blanket Designed by Aubrey Busek and Afifa Sayeed This patchwork lap blanket takes you on a festive journey. From lacy faux cable to slip stitch stripes and a classic snowflake motif, this cozy home accessory will be the spotlight of your holiday home décor. Once you finish, you’ll be able to snuggle up in this blanket on the sofa while relaxing by the light of a fire or a beautiful sparkling tree. This blanket is knit using our bestselling, easy-care Uptown Worsted yarn. Each square is worked individually, making this the perfect project for starting a new tradition of crafting with your loved ones to create an heirloom piece that is truly a labor of love. SKILL Knitting DIFFICULTY Intermediate FINISHED MEASUREMENTS Width: 36¾” Length: 37¾” Please note that finished measurements are taken after blocking. MATERIALS (INCLUDED) Universal Yarn Uptown Worsted (100% anti-pilling acrylic; 100g/180 yds) • 312 Race Car Red (A) – 5 skeins • 302 White Glow (B) – 4 skeins MATERIALS (NOT INCLUDED) Needle: US Size 7 (4.5 mm) straight (or your preferred needle for knitting flat) and 40” circular for edging or size needed to obtain gauge US Size 8 (5 mm) straight (or your preferred needle for knitting flat) or size needed to obtain gauge Notions: Stitch markers, tapestry needle GAUGE 18 sts x 24 rows = 4” in Lacy Faux Cables patt with smaller ndl, after blocking 19 sts x 26 rows = 4” in Snowflake Chart with larger ndl, after blocking 17 sts x 29 rows = 4” in Long Stitch Texture patt with smaller ndl, after blocking 18 sts x 37 rows = 4” in garter stitch with smaller ndl, after blocking Save time, check your gauge. PATTERN NOTES This blanket is knit by creating individual squares of each stitch pattern that are then seamed together to create the full piece using a crochet flat slip stitch seam. A border is picked up and worked on each side of the blanket after seaming, and then the corners of the borders are joined with the crochet flat slip stitch seam method. Please note that the Snowflake Squares are worked using stranded knitting on both right and wrong side rows. You will need to catch your floats along the back side of the work. We recommend catching your floats approximately every 5 stitches. Take care not to carry your unused yarn too tightly across the back of the work to prevent puckering in the fabric. The Long Stitch Texture and Lacy Faux Cable patterns are both written and charted for your convenience. The Snowflake motif is in charted form only.