A new pattern for this blanket, fluffy clouds come in all shapes and sizes, but for a consistent repeating pattern I went with the same pattern for each small cloud. I had to make them with a less rounded shape than I would have liked as with a vertical pattern the right side stocking stitch sticks out a bit too much. In the end I think they look a little bit like boats, boats floating in the sky perhaps! I also added a little offset to the rows to make it look a bit less regimented.
I first knitted this square in the drizzle at White Sands Bay near St David's in Pembrokeshire.
I made the patterns in a spreadsheet before knitting up a test swatch. The bottom left photo in the collage above shows the trial patterns I went through before deciding which I liked.
General principles for square patterns:
Repeat pattern horizontally and vertically & simple to knit pattern.
36 stitches x 48 rows for main pattern as these are very divisible numbers.
An 'x' means purl on a knit row, and knit on a purl row to create the texture.
This lower chart is the format I found to be most useful to me:
White = knit row (right side), grey = purl row (wrong side).
An 'x' = purl on a knit row, and knit on a purl row
The numbers are just a handy guide to the number of stitches in each knit or purl block.
*Note* this one is not symmetrical - purl rows read from the left!
Written pattern:
See blanket pattern for required needles & yarn.
(k = knit, p=purl)
Cast on 36 stitches
Rows 1-2: st stitch (starting with a knit row)
Row 3: k3, p12, k6, p12, k3
Row 4: p2, k14, p4, k14, p2
Row 5: k2, p14, k4, p14, k2
Row 6: p3, k11, p7, k11, p4
Row 7: k4, p11, k7, p11, k3
Row 8: p5, k8, p10, k8, p5
Row 9: k8, p5, k13, p5, k5
Row 10: p6, k3, p15, k3, p9
Rows 11-14: st stitch
Row 15: p8, k6, p12, k6, p4
Row 16: k5, p4, k14, p4, k9
Row 17: p9, k4, p14, k4, p5
Row 18: k3, p7, k11, p7, k8
Row 19: p8, k7, p11, k7, p3
Row 20: k2, p10, k8, p10, k6
Row 21: k1, p5, k13, p5, k12
Row 22: p13, k3, p15, k3, p2
Rows 23-26: st stitch
Row 27: k5, p12, k6, p12, k1
Row 28: k14, p4, k14, p4
Row 29: k4, p14, k4, p14
Row 30: p1, k11, p7, k11, p6
Row 31: k6, p11, k7, p11, k1
Row 32: p3, k8, p10, k8, p7
Row 33: k10, p5, k13, p5, k3
Row 34: p4, k3, p15, k3, p11
Rows 35-38: st stitch
Row 39: p6, k6, p12, k6, p6
Row 40: k7, p4, k14, p4, k7
Row 41: p7, k4, p14, k4, p7
Row 42: k5, p7, k11, p7, k6
Row 43: p6, k7, p11, k7, p5
Row 44: k4, p10, k8, p10, k4
Row 45: p4, k13, p5, k13, p1
Row 46: p15, k3, p15, k3
Rows 47-48: st stitch
Cast off
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