Waverly for Bernat - Autumn Waves Blanket (kn)

MEASUREMENTS
Approx 56" x 65" [142 x 165 cm]

MATERIALS
Bernat® Waverly® (100 g/3.5 oz; 180 m/197 yds)
Contrast A Buttermilk (55009) 1 ball
Contrast B Claret (55532) 3 balls
Contrast C Cinnamon (55029) 3 balls
Contrast D Curry (55514) 2 balls
Contrast E Cork (55016) 3 balls
Contrast F Gingerbread (55015) 3 balls

Size 5 mm (U.S. 8) circular knitting needle 36" [91.5 cm] long or size needed to obtain gauge.

GAUGE
18 sts and 24 rows = 4" [10 cm] in stocking st.

ABBREVIATIONS
www.bernat.com/abbreviations
Alt = Alternate(ing)
Approx = Approximately
Beg = Beginning
Cont = Continue(ity)
Dec = Decrease(ing)
Inc = Increase 1 stitch by knitting into front and back of next stitch
K = Knit
K2tog = Knit next 2 stitches together
Pat = Pattern
Psso = Pass slipped stitch over
Rep = Repeat
RS = Right side
Sl1 = Slip next stitch knitwise
Ssk = Slip next 2 stitches knitwise one at a time. Pass them back onto left-handneedle, then knit through back loops together
St(s) = Stitch(es)
WS = Wrong side
Yo = Yarn over

INSTRUCTIONS
Stripe Pat
With A, work 1 row.
With B, work 6 rows.
With C, work 3 rows.
With A, work 1 row.
With D, work 2 rows.
With E, work 7 rows.
With F, work 4 rows.
With A, work 1 row.
With B, work 2 rows.
With C, work 7 rows.
With A, work 1 row.
With D, work 5 rows.
With E, work 2 rows.
With F, work 4 rows.
These 46 rows form Stripe Pat.

With F, cast on 213 sts. Do not join. Working back and forth across needle in rows, proceed as follows:
Knit 5 rows, noting 1st row is WS and inc 30 sts evenly across last row. 243 sts.

Proceed in Stripe Pat as follows:
1st row: (RS). With A, K1. K2tog. *K4. (K1. yo. K1) all in next st. K4. Sl1. K2tog. psso. Rep from * to last 12 sts. K4. (K1. yo. K1) all in next st. K4. ssk. K1.
2nd and alt rows: K6. Purl to last 6 sts. K6.
First 2 rows of Stripe Pat are complete.
Keeping cont of Stripe Pat, rep last 2 rows until work from beg measures 64" [162.5 cm], ending on WS row.
Next row: With F, knit, dec 30 sts evenly across. 213 sts.
Knit 4 rows. Cast off knitwise (WS).