When both of my sisters-in-law announced they were pregnant within months of each other, my Mom and I knew there’d be lots of knitting to do! Mom brought each of them to the store to pick colors for our Wave Blanket.
After finishing both blankets, Mom realized she liked the blanket so much that she wanted to do it again. So here’s number 3 -
Wave Blanket in bright colors of Blue Sky Worsted Cotton
I love the bright rainbow colors!
Mom says it’s the combination of the easy-to-memorize feather and fan pattern and the softness of Blue Sky Alpaca’s Worsted Cotton yarn that makes this blanket so much fun to knit. We stock all of the colors, so you can make dozens of color combinations.
yarnovers and decreases give the Wave Blanket it's curves
Here’s the pattern if you’d like to knit one yourself!
WAVE BLANKET
SIZE
approximately 33” by 39”
MATERIALS
6 hanks of Blue Sky Alpaca’s Worsted Cotton
40 inch US 9 circular needle
GAUGE
16 sts = 4 inches in stockinette stitch, but gauge is not critical for this project
ABBREVIATIONS
K – knit
P – purl
K2tog – knit the next 2 stitches together as one stitch.
STITCH PATTERN
Row 1 (right side) – knit
Row 2 – purl
Row 3 – *(K2tog) 3 times, (yo, k1) 6 times, (k2tog) 3 times; repeat from * to end.
Row 4 – knit.
Repeat Rows 1 to 4.
BLANKET PATTERN
CO 144 stitches. Repeat pattern. Change to new color after finishing Row 4 of pattern.
Bind off loosely and weave in ends.
Enjoy!
UPDATE: In the time since we knit our first Wave Blanket, Blue Sky has added lots of fun colors to the Worsted Cotton palette. They’ve also introduced Blue Sky Multi Cotton yarn; it’s the same organic cotton but in tonal shades. There is less yardage in a skein of Multi Cotton, so the bands on the blanket will be narrower than those in solids. I think having bands of varying width will look great! 7/30/2011
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I’m going to try and knit a more full-sized wave blanket for my fiance in his favourite team’s colours for Christmas. We’re long distance across the country right now so he can cuddle up with it instead of me this winter until we get married. Thanks for this easy pattern!
Me gustaria saber si para esta manta tienen algún diagrama, Gracias.
This looks like a beautiful afghan. I am a little confused about the directions. Are the six hanks of yarn six different colors? Also, are you actually doing the pattern twice (eight rows) in each color and then changing colors?
Thank you.
hi, love you beautiful blanket, really want a go, but I’m stuck with row 3, could you please explain a little bit more about (yo,k1). thank you!
on the wave blanket, do you drop the yarn over stitches or knit them
You knit the yarn-overs. Only drop yarn-overs when the pattern specifically says to do that; otherwise, knit them.
I am confused about row three I start with k2tog but it ends the row with yo k1 6 times this increases my rows this shouldn’t be right if i start with k2tog. 3 times shouldn’t I end with K2tog 3 times
I can’t resist trying this pattern. It’s an excellent way for me to use yarn I received from a yarn swap nearly two years ago.
In order to not end up with extra stitches row 3 should read:
K2 tog. 3 times *YO K1 6 times, K2 6 times – repeat from * across to last 6 stitches, K2 tog 3 times…..hope this helps …………..
Thanks, Margaret for correcting this pattern. I also had many more stitches than 144 when I began the fourth row. Now it’s rip out time.
This is a very easy, basic pattern so I don’t know why so many questions. Spend more time knitting and less time reading ahead and everything should be fine.
@Margaret:Peltier
Don’t you mean K2tog instead of K2 between the asterisks?
— In order to not end up with extra stitches row 3 should read:
K2 tog. 3 times *YO K1 6 times, K2 6 times – repeat from * across to last 6 stitches, K2 tog 3 times…..hope this helps ………….. —
If you YO K1 6 times, and then K2 6 times, you will definitely end up with extra stitches, as you will not have decreased with K2tog to compensate for the YO increases.
I too keep winding up with more stitches. this pattern is so simple it’s complicated. I don’t understand how I keep getting more stitches. Am only using one color. Very, very frustrating. If I rip it out I’ll never do it again.
thanks
Well I think I’m giving up. I can’t figure out where all the extra
stitches are coming from and I’m sick of ripping back.
Worst pattern I ever tackled.
I tried both ways, started it 3 times and I still get the same results. Dosen’t seem to work out right. Always too many stitches. I have completely given up and looked for a different pattern!!!!!!!!!
Hi everyone.
Let me see if I can help us all out on this wave blanket. Believe me I have ripped this out plenty of times since starting it. I also ended up with to many stitches so I really studied the u tube video on this pattern counting every stitch as she demonstrated . To me it looks like she started with K!,* K2 together 3X, yo K1 5X ,yo, K3 tog 3x*…It also looks like she ended with K 3 tog, K1…If we follow the pattern of yo K1 6x we would end up with to many stitches…I hope this helps. I am going to try this again during the week end doing the yo,K5, yo K2 tog.3X to see if it works out. Good luck everyone and hope this works out……..
i am the same problem with too many stitches, row 3 is the most confusing thing. someone please (Craig) write it out very clearly, one section at a time. some of us are a little slower. thank u so much, this looks beautiful.
I’m sorry that some of you are having a problem with this pattern. Here’s a few points that may help.
First, the pattern repeat has 18 stitches. Maybe place a marker every 18 stitches to help stay on track.
Second, here’s Row 3 written out long hand – *K2tog, k2tog, k2tog, yo, k1, yo, k1, yo, k1, yo, k1, yo, k1, yo, k1, k2tog, k2tog, k2tog; repeat from * to end.
I hope this helps!
Wouldn’t that be 24 stitches?
I know you’re making 18 moves as you go across your row in the pattern repeat, but the yo increases it a stitch, so technically it’s 24.
The k2tog decreases a stitch, which is why you yo later in order to increase & create the decorative hole.
If you repeat the pattern 6 times, you get 144 stitches.
I think you need to cast on 192 stitches in order to get 8 waves as shown in the picture.
Or maybe I’m just misundestanding the pattern.
The increases and decreases balance each other out, so you stitch count is always the same.
When I did row 3 the first time I failed to realize I needed to K2tog 3xs to end the repeat and then K2tog 3xs again to start the repeat again. The pattern is written perfectly correctly but maybe this is easier to understand: K2tog 3 times,*yo, k1 (6 times), K2tog 6 times. Repeat from * until last 6 sts, K2tog 3 times.
But from the picture it looks like you switch colors after 8 repeats of the pattern, not two. I know that other people asked this too but it hasn’t been clarified. How many repeats before switching colors?
I cast on 144 stitches.
1. Knit the first row.
2. Purl the second row.
3. K2Tog 3 times. *(YO1 K1) 6 times. K2Tog 6 times. Repeat from * until six stitches remain. K2Tog 3 times.
4. Knit the fourth row.
That’s all. It’s very simple.
Repeat from Line 1
I- one stitch X=K2tog V=YO(which is = to I) / breaks each group into 6
On top 1-18 for 18 sts then symbols for next few rows to show what happens…
1 2 3 4 5 6 / 7 8 9 10 11 12 / 13 14 15 16 17 18
Row 1&2: I I I I I I / I I I I I I / I I I I I I
Row 3: X X X/ V I V I V I V I V I V I / X X X
You start with 18. On row 3 your first three movements use up 6 sts but only show up as 3 on your right hand needle since you you Ktog 3x’s. At the next group of 6 you end up with 12 sts as you have added 6 with YO’s. On your last group of 6 you only make three movements again, though you use 6 sts. For the 1st and last group of 6 sts you lose 3 sts each so 6 total, but in the middle one you added 6 so you end up even. Count my X’s V’s and I’s and there are still 18. You DO NOT K2tog 6 times at the end of the repeat- if you do you have used 26 sts/rep instead of 18. 144/18=8. 144/26=5.53846….. Your last wave will be short and yo will have to start over.
Hood luck, hope this helps!
you can do it as the Ninth wrote. Though for me I know sometimes I miss the *’s and sometimes its hard to remember to stop at the last x stitches, so if you just pay close attention (though I’m sure it becomes second natur quickly) or use stitch markers…. Once you K2tog after you YO K1 section you jump back to the beginning of the row.
I put up that last post so there was some sort of visual guid to show what is happening….
me again… Just looked at my first post and after all my hard work of trying to space them out so things lined up properly it didn’t come out that way in the post, but at least it shows how you can draw it out to see whats going on if you are still having trouble. Space thing out far enough so you arent bunch up. My X’s fell in between the sts on the row above to indicate that were both used in K2tog and my V’s fell between to indicate the new stitch from the YO… and I’s lined up right under teh stitch from the row above. Hope this all helps…
Thank you so much….pattern was so easy to follow…specially if you remember it works in blocks of 18 stitches….3 x tog together….yo k x 6……3 x tog together…6 + 6 + 6
Can wait to post picture…………
@ Golda : “remember it works in blocks of 18 stitches….3 x tog together….yo k x 6……3 x tog together…6 + 6 + 6
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i done… exactly like this .. 3 blocks of 18 =54 stitchs… but at the end of row 3 i have 63 sts !!!!!!!!
I love this pattern, please help me to find my fault ! but actually I do it as you said !!!!!!
I fouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuund my fault !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yooooohoooooo !!!
I was knitting :
K2tog) 3 times, (yo, k1) 6 times, (k2tog) 3 / times(K2tog) 3 times, (yo, k1) 6 times, (k2tog) 3 times / (K2tog) 3 times, (yo, k1) 6 times, (k2tog) 3 times /…..
Row 3 – (K2tog) 3 times, (yo, k1) 6 times, (k2tog) 3 times; (yo, k1) 6 times, (k2tog) 3 times; ….. is wrong !!!!!
but I should knitt…
Correct is : (K2tog) 3 times, (yo, k1) 6 times, (k2tog) 3 times /(K2tog) 3 times, (yo, k1) 6 times, (k2tog) 3 times
Is there anyway this pattern can be done without having the holes left when the increases are made?
Yes. Instead of yarnovers, use a make one (M1) or other increase.
Is there a way to make a scarf pattern from this? I love the pattern but prefer to work in smaller sizes (I have only been knitting since last fall). Even if I could just get two full waves in a scarf I think it would still be very pretty. Thanks so much!
Wow – I can’t believe people were criticizing this pattern! It is extremely simple. This is the first time I’ve ever knitted something as big as a blanket and it’s going pretty fast. You don’t have to follow the instructions for when to change colors – you can simply keep going until the ball is done for big stripes or decide on a number of repeats and change whenever you want.
People who do not have a lot of knitting experience – make sure you understand how to read a pattern!
this is a fascinatingly gorgeous piece! i’m a poor knitter, so i’m waiting on some materials, but as soon as i get them, this throw is mine! i knit a little swatch using the errata that people had provided.
R1: K
R2: P
R3: k2tog x3, *(yo, k1) x6, (k2tog) x6 – repeat from * to last 6 sts. k2tog x3.
R4: K
worked fine for me! again, can’t wait! so fun and simple!
What a beatiful pattern for a a Blanket. And very easy to knit, and quick to do. Thank you.
I definitely read the pattern wrong for this — it is a simple pattern but very easy to mis-read the instructions for Row 3!
A few have already explained how this works correctly above, but it helped for me to look at it like this:
{ (K2tog) 3 times, (yo, k1) 6 times, (k2tog) 3 times } — repeat sequence in brackets ({ }) until end.
So you will have “(K2tog) 3 times” from the first sequence and then when you begin the second sequence you start with “(K2tog) 3 times” –so it will almost look like a repeat, but they are just consecutive when you repeat the sequence–very similar to how for Row 1: knit and Row 4: knit — they are the consecutive to each other in the pattern, but you must knit both of the rows.
I was doing it incorrectly by simply alternating between “(K2tog) 3 times” and “(YO, k1) 6 times” — so I was increasing my stitches more than decreasing because I didn’t have enough “(K2tog) 3 times”. This also made my waves not line up correctly.
Shimilia describes it well in her post and MsMallo describes how it is a repeating sequence of 18 well if you want more clarification than I give.
Thank you for this pattern!! It is beautiful! Forgive us newer knitters…or more easily confused knitters
we get it eventually!
hey do i have to use that yarn?
thanks!
No, any worsted weight yarn will make a blanket of approximately the same size. A thinner yarn will make a smaller blanket and a thicker yarn will make a wider blanket.
I love this pattern and have used it for a few blankets a few years ago. I made the blankets bigger though and now I can not remember how I did it. Do I increase the number of stitches by 18? Or what? I have already ripped out twice because my 3rd row didn’t work, and I do understand the 3rd row, just not starting with the right amount of stitches. Thanks!
The pattern does have an 18 stitch repeat, Erin, so as long as you add in multiples of 18, it should work out fine. Good luck!
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