Moonstone Plaid Blanket Knitting Pattern

I guess spring is actually only a few weeks away by the calendar, but it definitely feels like winter isn’t done with us yet.

I’m still feeling the urge to knit sweaters and cozy socks, and while I don’t need another knit blanket (if need is even a word that can be used in such a sentence) I wouldn’t blame anyone for casting on the Moonstone Plaid Blanket from Two of Wands right now.

It uses four colors of bulky yarn and big needles and is just knit in Garter Stitch stripes, so even though it’s a big project it actually isn’t a huge time investment in the actual knitting (there is weaving of yarn onto the blanket involved to make the plaid design, and that takes some time, too).

The fringe on this one is pretty cool, too.

You can grab the free pattern on her blog.

[Photo: Two of Wands.]

Fall will be here before we know it, and that means there are holidays coming right behind where we might be entertaining at home. It’s always fun to have a hand knit touch in your home for other people to see, and if you’re going to be in the kitchen all day you might as well have some nice knit dish cloths to use.

I love this little plaid hand towel from Darling Jadore. Use a little bit of leftover cotton yarn from another project for the plaid portion. It looks like the horizontal stripes are worked as you knit and the vertical stripes are done with duplicate stitch, making this a quick and easy project even newer knitters can make.

Combine garter stitch and an easy eyelet pattern worked sideways to make the Annette Dish Towel from Cluck Cluck Boots, which is meant to be reminiscent of flour sack towels. It calls for DK weight yarn and you can work it in one color or two (or even three!).

Add a little more texture with this set of kitchen towels from Whileberry Creative. They’re mostly worked in garter stitch with borders in easy knit/purl patterns, and you can work them in sport or worsted weight yarn.

Two of Wands Shop has another cute allover knit and purl pattern they call the Seersucker Textured Tea Towel. It’s an easy repeating pattern worked in worsted weight yarn, and there’s a chart in the pattern you can use, but don’t have to, if you want to practice knitting from a chart.

The Classic Cloth dish towel from Handmade Home by Connie is another one that can use a little leftover yarn in a contrasting color, or you could color block it our use stripes throughout the pattern. This one uses worsted weight yarn and another easy repeating knit purl stitch pattern.

If you like to hang your towel on the oven handle or elsewhere but it’s always falling off, try the Stay Put kitchen towel from Fancy Step Knits. This project is worked in garter stitch and includes a hole partway through so you can pull the towel through itself over a rod or handle. Stripes are optional but a nice addition.

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