Knitting

Free Patterns, Tutorials and Project Ideas

Knitting Pattern – Vintage Knit Leaf or Counterpane Afghan blanket

by

Counterpane is composed of squares each made up of 4 smaller squares.
You can use DK or worsted/Aran weight yarns for a bedspread or afghan/blanket size.
Finer yarns could be used to create a baby blanket but you can certainly work any number of squares in any weight yarn to create whatever size you desire.
Knitting the squares are a great take along project

The beauty of a counterpane blanket is that it can be easily adapted to suit your preferences. It’s a great way to use up scraps of yarn and leftovers from other projects.

One benefit of knitting a counterpane blanket is that it can be worked on in stages, making it a great project for busy knitters. Each square can be knit separately and then assembled together later, making it easy to take along with you on the go.

Another advantage of this pattern is that it is easy to customize in terms of size and colors. You can use any weight yarn and adjust the number of squares to create the size you desire. This makes it a versatile pattern that can be used to create a variety of different blankets, from baby blankets to bedspreads.

You can purchase this pattern via Etsy.

This pattern is available for free in our  Exclusive Knitting Group on Facebook.  With over 25 Vintage knitting patterns available to download immediately. Subscription to this group is the cost of a single vintage pattern.

Specifically for knitters, you can join our Knitting Patterns Only group to get the latest knitting patterns, ask questions and gain inspiration for what to knit next in our online community.

Looking for more Baby Knitting patterns? Check these out on Etsy.

 

 

 

 

Comments

Have you read?

A Shawlette with a Ton of Design Options

There’s a lot to like about the Eloise Bandana from Katryn Seeburger. This cute little colorwork triangle can be worked as a bandana or kerchief size or a bigger shawlette. 

It’s worked in two colors of fingering weight yarn so you can use whatever yarn you have in your stash and just make it as big as you can (since it is worked from the bottom up). 

You can see the two sizes from the photo, and also two colorwork options: strawberries and lily of the valley. 

But that’s not all the choices you have. In fact, there are 34 different charts you can choose from to knit onto your project. Some of the options include happy faces, a lobster, a pumpkin, a snail and a butterfly. There are cherries, peaches, tomatoes and radishes.

There’s even a blank square you can use to draw your own little design if you want to use something else. Or keep it blank and make it a plain checkerboard design. 

And while both of these shawls use the same icons throughout, you could also use different designs throughout if you want. Say a fall version with a bat, pumpkin, leaf and acorn, or a summer beach theme with sailboat, fish, lobster and a bird? I keep suggesting four different icons because the larger size has four rows of squares, but the smaller has three, so you could do stripes of the same icon or alternate a couple of different ones, whatever you like. 

Look through the finished projects on the Ravelry project page to see lots of different options, from rows to individual icons. There are also some projects that are smaller than the suggested size to make a smaller bandana. You could also keep going a make a bigger shawl working increases in the same way as you have been going. 

Check out all the details and grab a copy of the pattern on Ravelry. 

[Photo: Katryn Seeburger]