How to Knit the “Hannah” Baby Blanket [Free Video Tutorial & Written Pattern!]

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The “Hannah” Baby Blanket pattern combines garter stitch, with a textured panel. This is one of my favourite ways of constructing a blanket. The strips of garter stitch that separate the textured panel give a really nice rhythmic feel to the knitting and the design always seems to fly off my needles that bit quicker.

This blanket design incorporates a textured panel that harks back to my In Fours Baby Blanket, and uses stripes of garter stitch as separation – a technique I’ve used in several other baby blankets (Harvey, Taylor and Toby are good examples of this).

Although it’s a 20 row repeat, its far from complex to master which makes it perfect for an advanced beginner to tackle.

yarn and sizing tips & tricks

The Arlo baby blanket pattern is knitted all in one piece, from bottom to top. In order to accommodate all your stitches, I recommend using a set of circular needles (at least 100cm long) as straight needles just won’t be long enough to fit your stitches on comfortably.

I’ve chosen DK (aka Double Knitting, Light Worsted, 3 Weight) yarn for this project, but don’t let that stop you from knitting it in your own preferred weight of yarn.

My instructions produce a baby blanket approximately 60cm x 80cm, perfect for using as a cot, pram or travel blanket. But don’t let that stop you from knitting this blanket in any size you want! I think it would look great scaled up as a Sofa Throw, Quilt or Bedspread!

I’ve deliberately designed this knitting pattern to be super easy for you to adjust the size of your blanket to whatever size you want/need.

To make the blanket longer, you’ll need to work more repeats of the Middle Section (the top and bottom border are worked the same regardless of the size of blanket you knit).

To adjust the width of your blanket you’ll need to cast on more (or indeed less) stitches, it can easily be done using the pattern multiple of 4+2 for the middle textured panel, and an additional 18 stitches (9 for each side) for the garter stitch edging.

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Materials Needed

• 4mm Circular Needs (to recreate this blanket 120cm is a perfect length)
• 400g of DK Yarn – I used King Cole Cherished in Sunshine
• Scissors & Tapestry Needle for sewing in ends
• 2 Stitch Markers

written pattern

Stitches & Abbreviations

• k – knit
• p – purl
• sl1pwyf – slip one purlwise with yarn in front.
• Pm – place marker
• Sm – slip marker
• RS – Right Side
• WS – Wrong Side

bottom garter border

Foundation Row: Cast on 136 Stitches. (I use the Long Tail Cast on)

Knit 15 rows as follows: K until final stitch, sl1pwyf

main pattern repeat

Row 1 (RS): k9, pm, k until 9 stitches remain, pm, k8, sl1pwyif.

Row 2 (WS): k9, sm, p1, *k2, p2* repeat from *to* until 1 stitch before 2nd marker, p1, sm, k8, sl1pwyif.

Row 3: k9, sm, k until 9 stitches remain, sm, k8, sl1pwyif.

Row 4: k9, sm, p2, *k2,p2* repeat from *to* until 2nd marker, sm, k8, sl1pwyif.

Row 5: k9, sm, k until 9 stitches remain, sm, k8, sl1pwyif.

Row 6: k9, sm, k1, *p2,k2* repeat from *to* until 1 stitch before 2nd marker, p1, sm, k8, sl1pwyif.

Row 7: k9, sm, k until 9 stitches remain, sm, k8, sl1pwyif.

Row 8: k9, sm, k2, *p2,k2* repeat from *to* until 2nd marker, sm, k8, sl1pwyif.

Row 9: k9, sm, k until 9 stitches remain, sm, k8, sl1pwyif.

Row 10: k9, sm, p1, *k2, p2* repeat from *to* until 1 stitch before 2nd marker, p1, sm, k8, sl1pwyif.

Row 11: k9, sm, k until 9 stitches remain, sm, k8, sl1pwyif.

Row 12: k9, sm, p2, *k2,p2* repeat from *to* until 2nd marker, sm, k8, sl1pwyif.

Row 13: k9, sm, k until 9 stitches remain, sm, k8, sl1pwyif.

Row 14: k9, sm, p1, *p2,k2* repeat from *to* until 1 stitch before 2nd marker, p1, sm, k8, sl1pwyif.

Row 15-20: k9, sm, k until 9 stitches remain, sm, k8, sl1pwyif.

Repeat Rows 1-20 a total of 12 times (or until project is 6cm shorter than desired length).

Before beginning top edging, work rows 1- 14 from the pattern repeat and then move on to top edge instructions.

top garter border

Knit 16 rows as follows: K until final stitch, sl1pwyf.

Final row (Row 17) Cast off knit wise with right side facing.

I hope you love Hannah just as much as I do! If you’re looking for more knitted baby blanket inspiration then why not take a look at Harvey, Taylor or Noah.

video tutorial

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