Baby Sport - Lacy Blanket to Knit

MEASUREMENTS
Approx 38 x 42 ins [96.5 x 106.5 cm].

MATERIALS: Bernat® Baby Sport (Ombres 280 g / 9.8 oz)
Main Color (MC) (24415 Candy Baby) 2 balls
Bernat® Baby Sport (Solids 350 g / 12.3 oz)
Contrast A (21005 Baby White) 1 ball

Size 4 mm (U.S. 6) circular knitting needle 36 ins [90 cm] long or size needed to obtain gauge. Cable needle.

GAUGE: 22 sts and 30 rows = 4 ins [10 cm] in stocking st.

ABBREVIATIONS
www.bernat.com/glossary
M1 = Make 1 stitch by picking up horizontal loop lying before next stitch and knitting into back of loop.
M1P = Make 1 stitch by picking up horizontal loop lying before next stitch and purling into back of loop.

INSTRUCTIONS
With MC, cast on 154 sts. Do not join.
Working back and forth across needle, knit 3 rows, noting 1st row is WS.
Proceed as follows:
1st row: (RS). *K4. K2tog. yfwd. K1. Rep from * to end of row.
2nd row: *P2. yrn. P2tog. P3. Rep from * to end of row.
3rd row: *K2. K2tog. yfwd. K3. Rep from * to end of row.
4th row: *P4. yrn. P2tog. P1. Rep from * to end of row.
5th row: *K2tog. yfwd. K5. Rep from * to end of row.
6th row: Knit.
7th row: *K1. yfwd. Sl1. K1. psso. K4. Rep from * to end of row.
8th row: *P3. P2togtbl. yrn. P2. Rep from * to end of row.
9th row: *K3. yfwd. Sl1. K1. psso. K2. Rep from * to end of row.
10th row: *P1. P2togtbl. yrn. P4. Rep from * to end of row.
11th row: *K5. yfwd. Sl1. K1. psso. Rep from * to end of row.
12th to 14th rows: Knit.
Rep 1st to 14th rows for pat until work from beg measures approx 37 ins [94 cm], ending with 13th row of pat. Cast off knitwise (WS).
Top edging: With RS of work facing and A, pick up and knit 154 sts evenly across top edge of Blanket.
**Purl 1 row.
Proceed in Border Pat as follows:
1st row: (RS). *P3. yrn. P2tog. P1. With yarn at front of work, slip next 8 sts onto a cable needle. Wrap yarn counterclockwise 3 times around sts on cable needle, pulling yarn slightly. Leave yarn at back of work. [K1. (Inc 1 st in next st) 6 times.
K1] from cable needle. P1. P2tog. yrn. P5. Rep from * to end of row.
2nd row: K1. M1. K7. (P2. K2) 4 times. K4. *K8. (P2. K2) 4 times. K4. Rep from * to 28 sts. K8. (P2. K2) 4 times. K3. M1. K1.
3rd row: P1. *P1. P2tog. yrn. P2tog. P1. K2. P2. K2. M1P. P2. M1P. K2. P2. K2. P2tog. P1. yrn. P2tog. P3. Rep from * to last st. P1.
4th and alt rows: K1. M1. Knit all knit sts and purl all purl sts as they appear to last st. M1. K1.
5th row: P2. *P2tog. yrn. P2tog. P1. K2. M1P. P2. M1P. K2. P4. K2. M1P. P2. M1P. K2. P2tog. P1. yrn. P2tog. P2. Rep from * to last 2 sts. P2.
7th row: P3. *P1. yrn. P3tog. (K2. P2. M1P. P2) 3 times. K2. P2tog. P1. yrn. P2tog. P1. Rep from * to last 3 sts. P3.
9th row: P5. *yrn. P2tog. (K2. P5) 3 times. K2. P2tog. P1. yrn. P3tog. Rep from * ending with P2tog. P4.
11th row: P6. *P2tog. (K2. P5) 3 times. K2. P2tog. P2. Rep from * to last 5 sts. P5.
13th row: P6. *P2tog. (K2. P5) 3 times. K2. P2tog. Rep from * to last 7 sts. P7.
15th row: P6. *P2tog. (K2. P5) 3 times. K2. Rep from * to last 9 sts. P2tog. P7.
16th row: Knit all knit sts and purl all purl sts as they appear. Cast off in pat.**
Rep for bottom edging of Blanket.
Side edging: With RS of work facing and A, pick up and knit 176 sts evenly across side edge of Blanket.
Rep from ** to ** as given for Top edging.
Rep for other side.

FINISHING
Sew side edges of border tog.