Scottish Rainbow Blanket has been designed with my love of Scotland in mind. Every colour used evokes a childhood of beachcombing, running through moors and breathing in Scottish heritage.
The blanket is made using the intarsia knitting method and lovely, squishy garter stitch. Easy row repeats make it a great first intarsia project.
The intarsia stripes are a mirror image, initially working through 12 mini skeins, and then reversing these colours from the centre out.
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Scottish Rainbow Blanket Pattern
Scottish Rainbow Blanket can be quickly purchased using the ‘Buy now’ button below. This is from my Provenance Craft Co where you can buy printed or digital copies and I have ‘pay what you can’ options.
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Finished Measurements
Blanket Dimensions: Unblocked 98cm/38.5″ wide x 104cm/41″ high. Pinned out to 107cm/42.25″ wide x 117cm/46″ high. Blocked 100cm/39.25″ wide x 113cm/44.5″ high.
Tension/ Gauge
Tension/gauge: 22.5 sts and 50 rows over 10cm/4″ (unblocked). 22 sts and 46 rows over 10cm/4″ (blocked). It is important to get gauge. If you don’t, you risk running out of yarn in the final contrast colour rows of the blanket. Use MC for a tension/gauge swatch.
Materials Required
Main Colour: 3 x RiverKnits Nene 4ply, 100g/ 400m/ 437yds, 100% British Bluefaced Leicester, in shade Silbermond, with 225g/ 900m/ 984yds actually used.
Mini skein CCs – 12 x RiverKnits Nene 4ply, 20g/ 80m/ 87yds, 100% British Bluefaced Leicester, with 17g/ 68m/ 74yds actually used.
CC1 – Earth Violet CC2 – Earth Fuchsia CC3 – Earth Crimson CC4 – Jewel Crimson
CC5 – Shadow Crimson CC6 – Shadow Fuchsia CC7 – Shadow Violet CC8 – Shadow Indigo
CC9 – Shadow Turquoise CC10 – Shadow Jade CC11 – Jewel Jade CC12 – Earth Jade
- 3.5mm circular needles with 80cm cable
- 2 x place markers (different colours to easily show RS and WS)
- Tapestry needle
- Blocking equipment
Construction
Worked in rows of garter stitch with simple blocks of intarsia.
Stitches & Abbreviations
CC – contrast colour cm – centimetre ea – each g – gram k – knit k2tog – knit two together m – metre MC – main colour pm – place marker rep – repeat RS – right side sl1p – slip 1 stitch purlwise st(s) – stitch(es) WS – wrong side wyaf – with yarn at front yb – with yarn back yds – yards ” – inches
Special Stitches
Twisted chain selvedge: to create a neat blanket edge, the pattern includes a twisted chain selvedge for the start of every row.
Helpful tutorials for Scottish Rainbow Blanket
If you are new to some of the techniques used in the Scottish Rainbow Blanket, here are some tutorials to help you make them:
- Yarn Colour Changes With No Ends to Weave In – click here for a photo tutorial OR, here for a video tutorial.
- Tips For Choosing Yarn Colours – click here for my blog post
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