After completing the Huntington Blanket, you'll be a knitting pro, mastering key techniques such as creating a slip knot, knitting stitches, turning your work, binding off, and tidying up loose ends. This project is intentionally straightforward, focusing on repetition to establish a smooth flow and enhance your knitting skills. Through this simplicity, you'll gain confidence and stitch mastery, as the repetition fosters a seamless coordination between your brain, hands, needles, and yarn.

NATURALLY SOFT, NOT CHEMICALLY SOFTENED

We created our LOLL yarn with a special blend of premium Merino and Baby Alpaca fibers to create soft-as-a-kitten warmth and squishiness. Sustainably grown and 100% naturally soft, (not chemically softened).  LOLL is grown in the beautiful highlands of Peru and Argentina, and spun in a Fair Trade Certified facility.

PROJECT SKILL LEVEL : LEARN TO KNIT

This pattern is designed for anyone picking up knitting needles for the very first time. We guide you step-by-step on how to get yarn onto your needles, teach you the foundational knit stitch and how to finish your work in a way that looks ultra professional.

TECHNIQUES YOU WILL LEARN

• How To Hold Your Needles & Yarn
• Making a Gauge Swatch
• The Slip-Knot
• Casting-On Stitches (using the Longtail Cast-On Method)
• The Knit Stitch
• Binding Off 
• Weaving In Loose Ends

PATTERN SIZE

Small, (Medium),  Large

TIME TO MAKE 

Small: 20 Hours
Medium: 30 Hours
Large: 40 Hours

PROJECT MEASUREMENTS

SMALL
Finished length: 40” (with fringe 54”)
Finished width: 25”

(MEDIUM)
Finished length: 50” (with fringe 64”)
Finished width: 35”

LARGE
Finished length: 60” (with fringe 74”)
Finished width: 45”

GAUGE

9mm Needles in Garter (knit) Stitch
12 stitches x 20 rows = 4" x 4" square

MATERIALS & TOOLS REQUIRED

• Small: 6 balls, (Medium: 9 balls), Large:14 Balls, Project Weekend's LOLL, Each ball weighs 125 GR. (4.4oz) and has 125m (137y). 
  
• 1 pair of 9mm / US 13 60” Circular Knitting Needles (optional with kit purchase)
  
• 1 9mm / M13  Crochet Hook (optional with kit purchase)
  
• 1 Card with link to the online pattern & our knitting video tutorials library
• 1 Knitters' sewing needle 

Don't have time to source everything? We have a Huntington Blanket Knitting Kit that includes everything you need to complete the project—just choose your color!

TECHNIQUE TUTORIAL VIDEOS & ILLUSTRATIONS

We've made learning easy!  Easily reference our library of tutorial videos and  step-by-step illustrations with just a click of your mouse.  Look for tutorial links embedded throughout the pattern, and when in doubt, just click and learn!

LET'S BEGIN

Let's familiarize ourselves with how to hold our needles and yarn. 

GAUGE SWATCH
WHAT IS IT & WHY MAKE ONE

A gauge swatch is a little test square of fabric that you knit before each project using the exact stitches in your pattern. Once complete, it will tell you if your knitting tension is too tight or too loose for the pattern that you are creating.  This is a great tool because it helps you make sure that what you are knitting will measure out perfectly to the pattern you are creating and ultimately fit right.

Gauge swatches only take a half hour of time to make... many times less.  Yet, a lot of people either rush through this process or skip it all together because they're so excited to get into knitting their project. 

Please learn from our experience.....there is nothing more frustrating than knitting something only to realize (after many invested hours) that if only we had made a gauge swatch, our beautiful piece wouldn't have ended up fitting two sizes too small. 

If you are new to knitting, think of the gauge swatch as a great opportunity to learn how to knit stitches before starting your main project.

GETTING GAUGE

Every knit project will have gauge swatch instructions. The pattern details and materials list will indicate what size needle you need for each project and it will state how many stitches per row by how many rows you need to knit in order to create your swatch and achieve the correct gauge.

As you can see in the Project Details section above,  The Huntington Blanket requires a 9mm sized knitting needle and you will need to cast-on 12 knit stitches and knit 20 rows to achieve gauge. Once you complete this, your finished swatch should measure 4” x 4” (10cm x 10cm).

Gauge swatch - 4" x 4"

STEP-BY-STEP : MAKING A GAUGE SWATCH 

1. With a yarn tail approximately 20” long, create a SLIP-KNOT and place it onto one of your knitting needles. This slip-knot is considered your first stitch.   

2. Holding that needle in your right hand, CAST-ON another 11 more stitches using the LONG-TAIL CAST-ON METHOD. You should now have 12 stitches on your needle.

3. Hold the needle with the stitches in your left hand and the empty needle in your right hand. KNIT into each stitch along the row. 

How to knit the KNIT stitch.

4. Switching needles again, hold the needle with the stitches in your left hand and the empty needle in your right hand. This is called turning your work and you will do this each time you knit to the end of each row.

5. Repeat knitting into each stitch along the needle until you reach the end of the row.  and then turn your work and continue with this pattern for each row until you have completed a total 20 rows  

6. BIND-OFF your stitches (Do not cut yarn after binding off, you'll be using this yarn for your main project.)

7. Lay your swatch flat and measure the length and the width.

SWATCH TOO SMALL
If your swatch comes out smaller than 4”x4”, it means you are knitting too tightly, so unravel your swatch and start again, this time loosening up your stitch tension a bit.

SWATCH TOO BIG
If your swatch comes out larger than 4”x 4”, you are knitting too loosely, so tighten up your stitch a little bit when knitting.

SWATCH IS JUST RIGHT
Once you create a swatch that measures 4”x 4”, Congratulations! you have found your gauge tension for this project.  So go ahead, unravel that swatch (you're going to need that yarn for your scarf!)  and begin your knit project. 

WHAT IF MY MEASUREMENTS ARE OFF BY A TINY BIT?
No stress! When you’re working on beginner projects like this, it’s normal to be a bit off on your stitch gauge measurements. If you're within +/- 0.25", go ahead and unravel that swatch (you're going to need that yarn for your scarf!) and begin your knit project. 

LET'S BEGIN!

THE HUNTINGTON BLANKET KNITTING PATTERN

LE'TS BEGIN!
1. Cast On 120, (150),  180 stitches using the LONGTAIL CAST-ON method.

TIP: When checking to see how many cast-on stitches you've created (as there are quite a few!), the easiest way is to count in multiples  of 2.   (ex. 2, 4, 6, 8 etc. etc. ).  You can also add little markers every 20 or so to keep track so you don't lose count along the way.
 
2. Row 1: KNIT each stitch.

3. Row 2 and onwards: Repeat Row 1 until your work measures 25”, (35”),  (45”) from the Cast-On edge.

TIP: When you Knit each row over and over using just KNIT stitches, you are creating a stitch pattern commonly referred to as GARTER STITCH.

4. Join the new balls of yarn using the MAGIC KNOT METHOD and continue knitting each row until your work measures the specified measurements. 

5. BIND-OFF your stitches and leave a yarn tail approximately 8"-10" long

TIP: When binding off, ease up a bit on your stitch tension, you want to be a bit on the looser side. If the tension along this edge is too tight, it will gather the edge and your blanket won't measure out properly.

6. Weave in loose ends & proudly sew on your Project Weekend x Me. woven label.

ADDING FRINGE TO YOUR BLANKET :

How To Add Fringe To Your Project