Leaflet - Debra Kinsey Knits - Eamon Baby Blanket

Debra Kinsey Knits - Eamon Baby Blanket

The Eamon Blanket is an easy knitting project. It uses a couple of easy knitting techniques to create a beautifully finished blanket.
The blanket is knitted in eight strips and joined using mattress stitch. The strips consist of eight blocks of colour with an off-centre textured pattern adding an extra element of interest. The strips begin with a provisional cast on and the stitches at the other end are left on a thread.
The side borders are picked up and knitted out in garter stitch. The top and bottom borders are worked across the live stitches left at top and bottom after the strips are joined.
The borders have mitred corners, which are flat-seamed to create a neat finish.
There are four colours used in this blanket, but you could also use just two or three colours. 

Yarn Requirements: 
Cleckheaton Superfine Merino 8 ply
65g/2¼oz balls (130m/142yds)
Colour A: 5 balls or approx 650 metres or 710 yards
Colour B: 2 balls or approx 260 metres or 284 yards
Colour C: 2 balls or approx 260 metres or 284 yards
Colour D: 2 balls or approx 260 metres or 284 yards
The border is knitted in Colour A. If you wish to make the border in Colour B, C or D you will need 3 balls more of that colour and only 2 balls of Colour A.

Needles and Extras

• 4mm (US 6) knitting needles
• 3.75mm (US 5) circular knitting needle 80 cm long
• yarn needle
• 4mm (US G-6) crochet hook and length of smooth scrap yarn for provisional cast on