Sugar 'n Cream - Striped Blanket (knit)

Stripes of varying textures and colors in this dynamic blanket. Shown in Lily Sugar 'n Cream.

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MEASUREMENTS
Approx 46 x 55 ins [117 x 139.5 cm].

MATERIALS
Lily® Sugar ’n Cream (Solids: 70.9 g/2.5 oz; 109 m/120 yds)
Contrast A (01712 Hot Green) 3 balls
Contrast C (01111 Mod Blue) 3 balls
Contrast D (01317 Hot Purple) 3 balls
Contrast F (01444 Mod Pink) 3 balls
Contrast G (01699 Tangerine) 3 balls
Lily® Sugar ’n Cream Twists (56.7 g/2 oz; 86 m/95 yds)
Contrast B (20223 Mod Twists) 3 balls
Contrast E (20554 In Motion Twists) 3 balls

Size 5 mm (U.S. 8) circular knitting needle 36 ins [90 cm] long or size needed to obtain gauge.

GAUGE
18 sts and 24 rows = 4 ins [10 cm] in stocking st.

INSTRUCTIONS
With A, cast on 199 sts. Do not join in rnd. Working back and forth across needle in rows, knit 9 rows (garter st), noting first row is WS.
**1st row: (RS). With B, K4. *K1. P1. Rep from * to last 5 sts. K5.
Last row forms Seed St Pat and Garter St side edges.
Rep last row 9 times more.
Next row: (RS). With C, knit.
Next row: K4. Purl to last 4 sts. K4.
Rep last 2 rows 4 times more.
With D, knit 10 rows Garter St.
With E, work 10 rows Seed St.
With F, knit 10 rows Garter St.
Next row: (RS). With G, knit.
Next row: K4. Purl to last 4 sts. K4.
Rep last 2 rows 4 times more.
With A, knit 10 rows Garter St.
Rep from ** until Blanket from beg measures approx 54 ins [137 cm], ending with 10 rows of G.
With A, knit 9 rows. Cast off knitwise (WS).