Bennington Baby Blanket

The Bennington Baby Blanket Knitting Pattern

The Bennington Baby Blanket is so much fun to knit and has great texture. New parents these days seem to like green and cream together, for both boys and girls, have you noticed that?

The blanket is knit in 5 sections, using different charts to make different designs. Knits and purls are the only stitches used, and it is a good introduction to knitting with charts.

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Yarn

For this project I chose Hobby Lobby’s I Love This Yarn in sage and cream. I used almost 2 skeins of the sage and maybe a quarter skein of the cream. I like using this acrylic yarn because it machine washes and dries, getting softer every time. I think new parents enjoy the ease of caring for this baby blanket.

Abbreviations:

MC (Main Color) is Sage

CC (Coordinating Color) is Cream

Mabel’s Labels

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Needles

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These needles are simply gorgeous. Made of beautiful laminated birch wood, the Rainbow needles show off waves of color and provide just the right amount of grip to make slick yarns manageable.

I chose a size 9 needle and a 24″ cord.

Mabel’s Labels

Size and Gauge

Hobby Lobby yarn is an Aran weight yarn so using a size 9 needle will yield a stroller sized blanket, about 22″ x 26″.

I prefer knitting small stroller sized blankets for new baby gifts because new parents bundle them up in their carseats, wrap the blanket around them, and then do not have to deal with a coat. Even in the summer these small blankets are very useful when in and out of air conditioning.

Pattern

MC: Main Color Sage

CC: Coordinating Color Cream

Border:

With size 9 circular needles and MC:

CO 90 stitches.

Knit 9 rows.

Row 10: K5, Purl to the last 5 stitches, K5

Place markers after 1st 5 stitches and last 5 stitches and knit these stitches every row for the border.

Section 1: Diamonds

With MC:

Follow diamond chart 4 times across each knit row in this manner:

Right Side Rows (odd numbered rows): K5, knit the white squares and purl the red squares, K5
Wrong Side Rows (even numbered rows): Knit 5, Purl to the last 5 stitches, Knit 5

Tip: Do not forget to knit the 5 stitches of the border at the beginning and end of every row.

oranamental diamonds chart

Section 2: Stripes

Rows 1 & 2: With MC: Knit

Row 3: With CC: Knit

Row 4: With CC: K5, Purl to the last 5 stitches, K5

Row 5: With CC: Knit

Row 6: With CC: K5, Purl to the last 5 stitches, K5

Row 7: With MC: Knit

Row 8: With MC: Knit

Repeat Rows 5-8 two more times

Repeat Rows 1-4 one more time

Section 3: Hearts

Pick up MC

Knit 2 rows green

Follow Heart Chart in this manner:

Right Side Rows (odd numbered rows): K5, knit the white squares and purl the red squares, K5
Wrong Side Rows (even numbered rows): Knit 5, Purl to the last 5 stitches, Knit 5

Tip: Do not forget to knit the 5 stitches of the border at the beginning and end of every row for the outside border.