Woman hugging colourful blanket around herself sporting large squares/diamonds of alternating colours in gradient yarn.

Woman seated on blanket in park. Blanet looks like a basket weave of purple and yellow/orange squares on the diagonal.

Person seated on planet in a grass and concrete park. The blanket is large enough for a picnic.

Woman with blanket draped over her shoulders. Large entrelac diamond and triangles are worked in alternating marled gradient colourways.

Woman with blanket draped over her shoulders and almost reaching the ground. This is the throw size.

Person seated on blanket with applied i-cord edging and large entrelac diamonds in two alternating colourways.

Detail shot of a few of the entrelac modules. Yarn is marled and slowly changes colour in each diamond.

Motley Entrelac Blanket

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Bring out your inner jester with an eye-catching combination of contrasting brilliance. Entrelac is one of those techniques that is far easier to work than the impressive result suggests, and that goes double for this two colour version, which only works one colour at a time. Use all your favourite colours all at once to make the best of this fun and interesting skill.

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Construction

The Motley Entrelac Blanket is knit flat in entrelac with two colours. An applied i-cord edging is used to bind off and finish the provisional cast on, with stitches picked up along selvedges.

What's Included

This knitting pattern includes detailed written instruction, including how to do entrelac.

Sizes + Finished Measurements

Baby: 25 ½ x 33 ½ (65 x 85 cm).
Stroller: 30 ¾ x 40 ¼ (78 x 102 cm).
Lap: 35 ¾ x 47 ¼ (91 x 120 cm).
Throw: 44 ¼ x 58 ¾ (112.5 x 149 cm).
Twin: 57 ½ x 81 ½ (146 x 207 cm).
Full/Queen: 81 ¼ x 90 (206.5 x 228.5 cm).
Shown in Throw size.

Yarn

Bulky weight yarn in two colour ways;
Main Colour 475 (655, 855, 1345, 3165, 4365) yd / 435 (600, 785, 1230, 2895, 3990) m;
Contrasting Colour 350 (500, 675, 1110, 2850, 3970) yd / 320 (460, 620, 1015, 2605, 3630) m.

Shown in Knit Picks Chroma Twist Bulky (70% Superwash Wool, 30% Nylon; 127 yards/100g) in Lupine and Get Your Neon.

Substitution Notes

Look for a Bulky weight yarn meant to knit up at 3-3.75 sts = 1” (2.5 cm) on 6-8mm (US 10-11) needles. The original is a sturdy, yet soft, 3-ply yarn that mimics handspun. Look for a yarn with easy care instructions. Superwash, wool blends, cottons and acrylics would all suit this project.

Gauge

14 sts and 20 rows = 4″ (10 cm) over Stockinette st, blocked.

Needles + Notions

6 mm (US 10) Circular Needle, 32” (40 cm) or longer;
6 mm (US 10) DPNs;
Stitch Markers;
6 mm (J-10) Crochet Hook;
Smooth Scrap Yarn;
Yarn Needle.

Skills

Provisional crochet cast on, increases/decreases, entrelac, picking up stitches, applied i-cord.