A new knit blanket stripe pattern, the Ice Skating Section, part of the Falling into Stitches Knit Along Pattern, is now a free knitting pattern here on the blog. Read all about the stripe design and knit along it is a part of or scroll down for the free knit blanket stripe pattern.
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For this section you’ll combine increases and decreases to create this woven looking flow in the fabric. Make sure you keep track of your stitch counts and repeats for this one as it can get a little confusing to rely on reading your stitches.
Falling into Stitches Knit-Along
The Ice Skating Blanket Section knit blanket stripe pattern is the tenth section in the Falling into Stitches Knitalong (KAL).
As fall paints the world with its rusty hues and falling leaves, it’s time to get cozy with our new striped blanket knitting pattern, the Falling into Stitches Knitalong (KAL)!
Challenge yourself to move past basic stitches in this FREE 6-week fall knitalong. Join us to discover new techniques and craft this beautiful sampler blanket alongside knitters around the world.
Using just four colors, you’ll create twelve gorgeous stripes to form your own stunning afghan.
Every Tuesday and Friday from October 22 to November 29 2024, a new blanket stripe crochet pattern is released for free on the designers blogs.
Falling into Stitches Blanket eBook
If you prefer a convenient ad-free PDF of the entire Falling into Stitches Blanket pattern, including the Strings of Diamonds section, you can grab the Falling into Stitches Blanket eBook HERE.
It includes 50+ pages of detailed instructions for all 12 stripe patterns in one beautifully formatted PDF. Each section includes step-by-step photo tutorials and videos as well as charts for some of the sections.
Before You Start The Ice Skating Free Knitting Pattern
Materials
- 6.5 mm / US 10.5 knitting needles
- Chunky weight yarn: WeCrochet Wool of the Andes Bulky (100% superwash wool, 100g/3.5oz, 125m/137yd): You will need about 85g/106m/116yd in Persimmon Heather
- Tapestry needle
Size
For sections where the stitch instructions are different for the different sizes, the size instructions are given in as follows: throw (lapghan).
The Stripe section is approximately 10 cm / 4” high and 127 (102) cm / 50 (40)” wide.
The chevron rib stitch requires a multiple of 7 + 1.
Abbreviations & Instructions
- st = stitch
- k = knit (k 2 means knit 2 stitches)
- p = purl
- sl1p = slip 1 stitch purlwise
- RH = right hand
- LH = left hand
- K2tog = knit 2 stitches together
Repeat instructions between [] the indicated number of times or until the end of the row.
The final number of stitches is indicated at the end of the row between < >.
Notes
Although this section might give the impression it has cables, it is an illusion and is only achieved with a combination of knits The Ice Skating movement in the fabric for this section is achieved through increases and decreases.
Video Tutorial
Find the video tutorial for this section of Falling into Stitches Blanket here:
Or find the video tutorial here on my Youtube channel.
Special Stitches
- Increase (inc) = with RH needle behind LH needle, insert tip of RH needle from top down into loop of purled st of row below, k this st, then k st on LH needle.
The Actual Blanket Section Free Knitting Pattern
Row 1: Sl1p, knit across
Row 2: Sl1p, k5 (8), purl until last 6 (8) st, k6 (8).
Row 3: Sl1p, k5 (7), [k2tog, k2, inc, k2] until last 7 (10) st, k7 (10).
Row 4: Sl1p, k5 (8), purl until last 6 (8) st, k6 (8).
Row 5: Sl1p, k6 (8), [k2, inc, k2, k2tog] until last 6 (9) st, k6 (9).
Row 6: Sl1p, k5 (8), purl until last 6 (8) st, k6 (8).
Repeat Row 3-6 until your section reaches 10 cm /4 “.
Finish on a Row 4 or 6
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