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Turn Mitered Squares into a Fun Top

May 16, 2025 by Sarah White

When you’re new to knitting, you might think that you are relatively constrained in the kinds of projects you can make or a little intimidated by learning new skills. I know some knitters go months if not years before attempting a garment, and that’s a shame because there are a lot of easy and accessible knit tops and sweaters that even new knitters can make.

This mitered vest knitting pattern from Yarnspirations is a good example. It looks kind of complicated because of the shifting colors and the mitered look, but it’s actually rated easy. You basically just need to know how to do basic decreases and how to change colors, because you’re basically just making squares that you sew together to make the top.

The project as shown uses six colors, or there’s a variation in the pattern that only uses four. Once you get the hang of the pattern, though, you could change colors as often or as rarely as you like. And because the front and back are worked separately, you could even do different colors, or a different color order, on the back and then you’d have two different looks in the same garment so you can wear it different ways.

The pattern includes six sizes, ranging from a chest measurement of 40.5 to 64 inches, or 103 to 162.5 cm. It says the smallest size is to fit an actual chest measurement of 28 t0 34 inches, or 71 to 86.5 cm, while the largest is for 56 to 62 inches or 142 to 157.5 cm, so there’s a lot of positive ease built in. You can make a different size if you want to adjust the amount of ease and make it more of a top you can wear alone than a vest like the pattern suggests.

This pattern looks like a lot of fun and would be great for knitters with more experience too (you can even use leftover yarn to make a super stripey version).

You can grab the free pattern from Yarnspirations.

[Photo: Yarnspirations]

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A Blanket Knitting Pattern Where Yarn Selection is Everything

Many times when I write these posts I will say something like “you can use any yarn you want” or “this would be a great stash-busting project.” That’s just how my mind works. And my stash, too, since I probably have sweater quantity of two or three yarns at most, but tons of singles and odd balls and leftovers.

Blankets are generally a really good way to use up those bits, but in this case, I think you’re going to want to plan it out a bit better.

Looking at photos of the Color Study Blanket from Purl Soho, it looks like it’s made with two yarns held together, and that block in the center is worked with one of each color from the adjoining sides to make a mixed up color.

But that’s not actually how it’s done. This is three separate colors (four, really, with the neutrals in the corners) chosen form a yarn with an expansive palette so they play off each other. The project calls for a worsted weight superwash wool, which is a great choice for a blanket that’s both warm and washable.

This pattern was originally designed by Laura Ferguson and was updated by Hiromi Glover. It is worked in one piece in garter stitch intarsia, which is a great way to learn the intarsia technique if you don’t already know it. It comes in crib or throw sizes.

Despite the introduction to this post, I am going to go ahead and say that, yes, of course you could do this blanket with scraps or odd balls or even just choose five colors that don’t blend together so easily. But I really do love the look of the color play, and I think it would be worth your time to find colors that play well together to get a similar effect.

This pattern is available for free from Purl Soho.

[Photo: Purl Soho]

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