Loves Sweetness Baby Blanket-Dragonflies-Knitting Pattern

LOVES SWEETNESS BABY BLANKET with DRAGONFLIES

Created by Phyllis Smith

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Loves Sweetness Baby Blanket-Dragonflies-Knitting Pattern

RIVER ISLE Confections of a Glad Knitter From the Sweet Blankets Collection

LOVES SWEETNESS BABY BLANKET with DRAGONFLIES

Created by Phyllis Smith River Isle Stillwater, MN, USA Knitting Patterns for the Crazed Knitter www.river-isle.com Copyright 2010 River Isle All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the author or publisher.

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This project is a sweet, easy intermediate, thread lace afghan featuring lacy dragonflies. The baby afghan is made in one piece and bordered with crocheted shell stitch. Be sure to read the entire booklet before beginning. Making a test swatch is always a wise choice. SIZE / MATERIALS Baby Dragonflies Blanket measures approximately 25 x 29. It is made in one piece and bordered with crocheted shell stitch. Materials for baby afghan: 2 skeins Loops & Threads Snuggly Wuggly baby sport synthetic yarn plus Tamm Estilo on a cone filament (fingering weight) synthetic yarn (or alternatively 2 strands of serger thread may be used). You can make this blanket with one skein, and only need part of the second skein for shell crochet border. The cone yarn may be purchased online or through a machine knitting dealer and would last for several thread lace projects. For best results, an exact color match of the two yarns is necessary or fingering weight yarn may be darker. Use #5 knitting needles. . THREAD LACE TECHNIQUE What is thread lace? With this lovely technique, cast-on is with the 2 yarns held together, one yarn a worsted weight or sport yarn of your choice, along with a fingering weight or alternatively 2 strands of serger thread. Every stitch is knitted with both yarns except, where designated on foll graph, knit with the fingering weight yarn or serger thread only, dropping the heavier yarn behind on knit rows and in front on purl rows this is what creates the lacy look. Created by Phyllis Smith Page 2 Confections of a Glad Knitter

Loves Sweetness Baby Blanket-Dragonflies-Knitting Pattern

101 stitches x 186 rows See foll graph (next page). HAND KNITTING STEPS With both main color and secondary color together, cast on 101 stitches with size #5 knitting needles. Rows 1-4: Stockinette stitch. Knit on odd rows, P on even rows. Row 5-13: K/P 17 stitches, {follow HEART foll graph, K/P 5} x5, follow HEART foll graph, K/P 17 stitches. Rows 14-15: K/P all stitches. Rows 16-43: K/P 17 stitches, {follow DRAGONFLY foll graph, K/P 5} x2, follow DRAGONFLY foll graph, K/P 17 stitches. Rows 44-45: K/P all stitches. Rows 46-182: Repeat rows 5-45 until there are 12 dragonflies and 30 hearts. Rows 183-186: K/P all stitches. Row 187 bind off.

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Loves Sweetness Baby Blanket-Dragonflies-Knitting Pattern Heart Foll Graph

Dragonfly Foll Graph

For finishing, 5-double crochet shell around edge. The afghan is complete! Fabrics/River Isle hope you enjoy your artful creation!

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