Things You'll Need:
- Medium-sized (4-ply) yarn in a pastel color
- Straight knitting needles (size 8)
- Yarn needle
- Crochet hook (size H)
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Step 1
Determine the size of the blanket. Many baby blankets are 32 inches wide by 36 inches long.
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Step 2
Look at your yarn label to determine how many stitches to cast on. For example, if your label shows that a 4-by-4 inch swatch, knitted on size 8 needles, is 17 stitches, then you'll need eight 4-by-4 inch swatches for a baby blanket that is 32 inches wide. Therefore, you'll need to cast on 136 stitches (17 x 8 = 136).
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Step 3
Cast 136 stitches onto your right-handed needle. Do a knit stitch (where the working yarn is in back of the needle) into each stitch for your first row.
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Step 4
Change to the purl stitch (where the working yarn is in front of the needle), purling each stitch for the second row, as well as every even row to come.
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Step 5
Continue knitting, by knitting the odd rows and purling the even ones. Use a knitting row counter to keep tract of even and odd rows.
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Step 6
When your fabric measures 36 inches long, cast off your stitches.
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Step 7
Take a crochet hook (size H) and using either the same color of yarn or a contrasting color, single crochet around the fabric to finish off the blanket (see Resources).
