Compass Blanket

KnitTing Pattern from Geometric Knit Blankets book, by Margaret Holzmann

Find your way home to the warmth and comfort of this colorful blanket, worked in Jaggerspun yarn.

Coast is one of 30 blankets in the Geometric Knit Blankets book.

Alternate Color Designs for Compass

To experiment with colors for this blanket, see the the Supplemental Content (access code at end of book) to download a coloring page to experiment with your own color ideas. This pattern will lend itself to a lot of different colorations that can change the look of the blanket entirely.

The blue, white and yellow example has dark diamonds and light colored stars. There is a secondary diamond shape created by alternating the colors of the star’s center block.

The multicolored, black and white example is another interpretation.

Other possibilities are:

• work stripes on the star points, carrying non-working yarn between uses,

• use the same two colors for star centers and points throughout, and use a color-shifting yarn for diamonds.

Modular Knitting at its best

This blanket is worked modularly and has no sewing. The yarn is Jaggerspun Mousam Falls, aran superwash wool. This quality yarn comes in a large range of colors that look wonderful together. Buy the yarn at: Heavenly Yarns, One Lupine, Love.Yarn.Shop, Wall of yarn, Lofty Fibers.

INSPIRATION

Four point stars are a popular motif for scrap quilts like the one shown below. A four-point star can also be knit in garter stitch. Scrap quilts were a popular way to use up leftover fabric scraps, and recycle garments in foregone days. You can make Compass as shown from Jaggerspun yarns or from your stash.