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Vintage Knit Leaf or Counterpane Afghan blanket Pattern

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While we play around with adding patterns to our new store, we decided to offer this

Vintage Knit Leaf or Counterpane Afghan blanket Pattern  instant download so you can get knitting straight away. 

This counterpane afghan has been a very popular design amongst our readers, but getting hold of out-of-print patterns is very difficult. We were able to get a copy of this vintage pattern.  This counterpane afghan is particularly popular for baby blankets.

 

 

 

 

 

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  1. I desired to purchase the Vintage Knit Leaf or Counterpane Afghan blanket Pattern for just $1, but it seems that it can only be purchased using PayPal, which I do not use and have NO desire to use. I had filled in all the purchase info before it became obvios that I had to use ONLY PayPal….So sad…

Have you read?

Choose Your Own Brioche Knitting Adventure with this Shawl Knitting Pattern

If you’re looking for a fun project to play with brioche knitting, check out the My Buddy knitting pattern/recipe from Casuarinagirl on Ravelry. 

This project doesn’t include a brioche tutorial, so it’s good to know the basics, including how to increase and decrease, but you can always practice on a swatch before you start the project if you want. 

The design is meant to be flexible for the yarn you have and what size and shape of project you want to make, from a skinny neck scarf to a asymmetrical triangle or a more classic triangular shape. 

The shape you end up with will depend on how often you increase (and then decrease on the other side). The pattern mentions increasing every fourth, fifth or six row (and the one shown increases and decreases every sixth row) but you can do it even more or less often depending on the shape you’re looking for an how much yarn you want to use. 

You can work to whatever depth you would like, or use almost half of the yarn you have set aside for the project and begin decreasing. 

When it comes to yarn, she used three strands of yarn held together to make a super fluffy shawl, but you can work it with whatever yarn and needles you like to make a wrap that’s all your own. 

If you are new to brioche (or to increasing and decreasing in brioche) it might be a good idea to make a little scarf or head wrap first before diving in to the bigger pattern, just so you’re more comfortable with the technique. Or just give it a go; nothing about brioche knitting is that difficult. (But you might want to use a lifeline because I find brioche hard to rip out or fix mistakes in properly.)

You can grab the free pattern for the Buddy Wrap on Ravelry. 

[Photo: Casuarinagirl]