Baby Sport - Feather and Fan Blanket to Knit

Skill Level
Easy

A feather and fan stitch gives a light texture to this baby blanket knit in two colors of Bernat Baby Sport. Size 4mm (U.S. 6) knitting needles.

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MEASUREMENTS
Approx 37 x 44 ins [94 x 112 cm].

MATERIALS
Bernat® Baby Sport
(Solids 350 g / 12.3 oz)
1 ball of each:
#21005 (Baby White) as A,
#21302 (Baby Denim Marl) as B.
OR
Bernat® Baby Sport
(Ombres 280 g / 9.8 oz)
2 balls of each: A and B.

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

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

ABBREVIATIONS
www.bernat.com/glossary

K1B = Knit into next st 1 row below.

INSTRUCTIONS
With A, cast on 224 sts. Do not join in rnd.
Bottom edging: Working back and forth across needle, knit 7 rows (garter st), noting 1st row is WS.

Proceed in pat as follows:
1st row: (RS). With MC, K4. *(K1B. K1) 9 times. yfwd. K4. Sl1. K1. psso. K6. K2tog. K4. yfwd. Rep from * 5 times more. K4.
2nd row: K4. *P1. yrn. P4. P2tog. P4. P2togtbl. P4. yrn. P1. (P1. K1) 9 times. Rep from * 5 times more. K4.
3rd row: K4. *(K1B. K1) 9 times. K2. yfwd. K4. Sl1. K1. psso. K2. K2tog. K4. yfwd. K2. Rep from * 5 times more. K4.
4th row: K4. *P3. yrn. P4. P2tog. P2togtbl. P4. yrn. P3. (P1. K1) 9 times. Rep from * 5 times more. K4.
5th to 16th rows: As 1st to 4th rows 3 times more. Break MC.
17th row: With A, K4. *yfwd. K4. Sl1. K1. psso. K6. K2tog. K4. yfwd. (K1B. K1) 9 times. Rep from * 5 times more. K4.
18th row: K4. *(P1. K1) 9 times. P1. yrn. P4. P2tog. P4. P2togtbl. P4. yrn. P1. Rep from * 5 times more. K4.
19th row: K4. *K2. yfwd. K4. Sl1. K1. psso. K2. K2tog. K4. yfwd. K2. (K1B. K1) 9 times. Rep from * 5 times more. K4.
20th row: K4. *(P1. K1) 9 times. P3. yrn. P4. P2tog. P2togtbl. P4. yrn. P3. Rep from * 5 times more. K4.
21st to 32nd rows: As 17th to 20th rows 3 times more. Break A.

Rep 1st to 32nd rows until work from beg measures approx 43 ins [109 cm], ending with 16th row of pat.

Top edging: With A, knit 7 rows. Cast off knitwise (WS).