Beautyberry Blanket
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October 20, 2015 | Laura’s Loop October 20, 2015
On the cusp of our first frost, it couldn’t be a better time to introduce our newest yarn, big and
cozy Gentle Giant, and with it, this cuddly Beautyberry Blanket!
We named our Beautyberry Blanket for
the native bush whose bright purple
berries linger through winter. In Gentle
Giant’s heathered Purple Lupine and
glowing Heirloom White, this blanket
evokes a soft cover of berry-studded
snow, one of nature’s amazing
surprises.
A simple stitch pattern and our bulky-
weight Gentle Giant make this blanket a
quick and fun knit. Whip it up and be
ready for frosty weather! -Laura
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UPDATE: NOW A COWL IN SUPER SOFT MERINO
DECEMBER 2022
Same beautiful stitch pattern but now in
a Super Soft Merino cowl, our
Beautyberry Cowl takes is toasty warm
without weighing you down! Super Soft
Merino comes in over thirty colors, and
it only takes three skeins for a once-
around cowl or five for the double-wrap
version. Pick the shades that will
enliven your winter days and cast on!
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the community by tagging your pics with
#PurlSoho, #PurlSohoBusyHands, #PurlSohoBeautyberryBlanket, and
#PurlSohoGentleGiant. We can’t wait to see what you make!
Materials
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Color A: 5 (7, 13) skeins of Purl
Soho’s Gentle Giant, 100%
merino wool. Each skein is 48
yards/ 125 grams; approximately
240 (336, 624) yards required. We
used the color Heirloom White.
Color B: 2 (3, 6) skeins of Gentle
Giant; approximately 96 (144,
288) yards required. We used the
color Purple Lupine.
US 19 (15 mm), 32-inch circular
needles
Two US 17 (12 mm) double
pointed needles
Gauge
4¾ stitches = 4 inches in stitch pattern
Sizes
Baby (Crib, Throw)
Finished dimensions: 24 x 36 (30 x 45, 40 x 60) inches
SAMPLE: We knit the Baby size.
Notes
Knitting into the Stitch Below
k1b [knit one below]: Insert the tip of the right needle into the stitch below the next stitch from
front to back, knit normally (wrapping the yarn around the needle and pulling it back through
the stitch below) and let the stitch above fall from the left needle.
For more information about this technique, be sure to visit our Working into the Stitch Below
Tutorial!
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Turn or Slide
Each row in this pattern ends with the instructions to either “turn” or “slide” the work.
“Turn work” means to do what you would normally do when knitting rows with a circular
needle. That is to say, put the needle in your left hand into your right and the needle in
your right hand into your left, and flip the work around so the opposite side is facing
you.
“Slide work” means to keep the same side of the work facing you and to push all the
stitches to the right end of the circular needle. Without turning the work, start the new
row as you normally would.
You will know that you’re doing this right if the yarn you need to complete the next row is
magically there waiting for you!
Pattern
UPDATE March 28, 2022: A previous version of this pattern required working into the stitch
below directly into the cast-on row, but more than a couple of people found this fiddly to knit.
We heard you and have added a knit row before the first stitch-pattern row. If you would like
a copy of the previous version, please contact us at customerservice@purlsoho.com.
Begin
With Color A and the circular needles, cast on 27 (35, 45) stitches. We used a basic Long
Tail Cast On.
Row 1 (right side): Knit to end of row.
Row 2 (wrong side): With Color A, k1, *k1b (see Notes, above), k1, repeat from * to end of
row, turn work (see Notes, above).
Row 3 (right side): With Color A, k2, *k1b, k1, repeat from * to last stitch, k1, turn work.
Row 4 (wrong side): With Color B, k1, *k1b, k1, repeat from * to end of row, slide work (see
Notes, above).
Row 5 (wrong side): With Color A, k2, *k1b, k1, repeat from * to last stitch, k1, turn work.
Row 6 (right side): With Color A, k1, *k1b, k1, repeat from * to end of row, slide work.
Row 7 (right side): With Color B, k2, *k1b, k1, repeat from * to last stitch, k1, turn work.
Repeat Rows 2-7 until piece measures 34 ½ (43 ½ 58 ½) inches from cast-on edge, ending
with Row 5.
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Work Row 6, but bind off as you go. Here’s how…
With Color A, k1, *k1b, slip first stitch over second stitch and off right needle (binding off
one), k1, bind off one, repeat from * to end of row.
Cut yarn and pull it through the remaining stitch.
Finish
NOTE: I recommend weaving in the ends before working the Attached I-cord border.
With Color A and the two double pointed needles, work a 2-stitch Attached I-cord around the
entire edge of the blanket. With the right side facing you, start at any point of the blanket’s
edge and work counter clockwise.
For the long side edges, pick up 2 stitches for every 3 rows.
For the short bottom and top edges, pick up a stitch into every stitch. This means for the
bottom row you’ll pick up one stitch for each cast-on stitch, and for the top edge you’ll pick up
one stitch for each bound-off stitch.
At each corner, work one row of Attached I-cord, then a row of unattached I-cord, and then
another row of Attached I-cord.
When you’ve finished working the Attached I-cord, graft or sew its two ends together.
Weave in the remaining ends and block as desired.
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