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Lion Brand® Lion’s Pride® Woolspun®

Easy Knit Blanket Sweater Pattern Number: EasyKnitBlanketSweater

By Jessica Potasz (aka Mama In A Stitch)

Lion’s Pride® Woolspun® The Easy Blanket Sweater Pattern Number: EasyKnitBlanketSweater

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SKILL LEVEL – Beginner SIZE Finished Width About 40.5 inches (102.87 cm) Finished Height About 32 inches (86.36 cm) MATERIALS

Lion Brand® Woolspun (Art. #671) 671-99, Linen, 8 skeins Or any color of your choice

Lion Brand® circular knitting needles 29 Inches, Size 19 (15mm)

Lion Brand® large-eyed blunt needle

Two, 1+1/4 inch diameter buttons

Scissors GAUGE

• Just under 2 stitches per inch in stockinette stitch • Just over 2 ½ rows per inch

NOTES

• For this easy knit blanket sweater, you will need to know how to knit and purl

• This blanket sweater stretches downward when worn. Bottom of sweater hits mid to lower thigh. If you want to attempt to make it a bit shorter, you can eliminate a couple of inches from the stockinette portion of the pattern.

The Easy Knit Blanket Sweater Pattern

Begin: Holding two strands of yarn together, CO 73 stitches Row 1 Knit across row Seed Stitch Edge: Row 2 *K1, p1; Repeat from * to end (Alternate knit and purl stitches across row) Row 3 – 7 Repeat row 2 (Because we have cast on an odd number of stitches, this repeat pattern will alternate knit and purl stitches for each row, creating the seed stitch)

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Stockinette Portion: (Stockinette is made by creating a row of knit and then a row of purl stitches) Row 8 Knit across row Row 9 Purl across row Repeat rows 8 & 9, until you have completed 29” inches of stockinette stitch, or total length is approximately 31.5” inches (this is approximately 73 rows of stockinette stitch) Once your piece measures 31.5” inches, you will work another band of seed stitch. Final Seed Stitch Portion: Repeat rows 2 – 7 Knit cast off Weave in ends. Create your arm openings: Lay your piece out flat, lengthwise like a hot dog. Fold in each corner as pictured. You will now seam in the two sides to create your arm holes. With a length of yarn and your tapestry needle, work from the inside towards the outside of the sleeve using a simple whip stitch (or preferred stitch) to close the seed stitch portion. Once you reach the stockinette portion, use the mattress stitch to seam. Using this type of seam will make the join nearly invisible. Once your seam is 7.5”inches long, tie off and weave in ends. (See pictures below) Repeat this for both arms. Attach Buttons: With your piece laid out in front of you just as it was while seaming the arm openings, place the lowest of the two buttons approximately 9” inches from the top of the sweater. Place the upper button approximately 7” inches down from the top of the sweater, or 2” inches above the lower button. You may find that you like a different placement for your buttons. It might be cute to add three buttons! The following pages have pictures to help you along!






Knit holding two strands together

Here’s the knit rectangle (ends haven’t been woven in yet)

Fold in the corners in order to create the arm openings






All corners are folded inward

Start your seam at the edge of the seed stitch, and work through the seed stitch portion then through your stockinette for a total of 7.5” inches. Seam the seed






stitch portion with a simple whip stitch, only picking up a single strand of yarn from either side. I found that this made my seam less bulky.

Seam using the mattress stitch on the stockinette portion. Above, you can see how it looks as you are stitching. When pulled tightly, it closes and appears seamless as the picture below.

Here’s the arm opening.






Place buttons on the edge of the seed stitch which is closest to the stockinette stitch portion.

The loose stitching and two strands held together give it a natural look and neat texture.






While I didn’t go with this style, here is what the sweater looks like when you fold the seed stitch portion outward. I imagine you could tack down the collar with several straight stitches along the outer edge. This would be a fun way to wear it also!

Abbreviations CO – Cast On

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