Shadow play Blanket

Knit Blanket Pattern

Diagonal elements make an eye-catching statement in dark and light gem tones.

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

Shadow Play Blanket by Margaret Holzmann, worked light and dark shades of Plymouth Worsted Merino Superwash. Photo by Gerard Holzmann.

Shadow Play Blanket by Margaret Holzmann, worked light and dark shades of Plymouth Worsted Merino Superwash. Photo by Gerard Holzmann.

Shadow Play Blanket by Margaret Holzmann, worked light and dark shades of Plymouth Worsted Merino Superwash. Photo by Gerard Holzmann.

Shadow Play Blanket by Margaret Holzmann, worked light and dark shades of Plymouth Worsted Merino Superwash. Photo by Gerard Holzmann.

Alternate Color Designs for shadow play blanket

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 design is very amenable to being worked from your stash in more or fewer colors. You might try reversing the use of dark and light background and striping as shown in the inspiration photo of the tile.

Shadow Play is worked in the honeyed tones of Plymouth Worsted Merino Superwash. This easy blanket is worked in blocks that are sewn together. It is a great take-along project because you just need to bring 2 balls of yarn and the pattern is easy to memorize.

Shadow Play Blanket by Margaret Holzmann, worked light and dark shades of Plymouth Worsted Merino Superwash. Photo by Gerard Holzmann.

Shadow Play Blanket by Margaret Holzmann, worked light and dark shades of Plymouth Worsted Merino Superwash. Photo by Gerard Holzmann.

Shadow Play Blanket by Margaret Holzmann, worked light and dark shades of Plymouth Worsted Merino Superwash. Photo by Gerard Holzmann.

Shadow Play Blanket by Margaret Holzmann, worked light and dark shades of Plymouth Worsted Merino Superwash. Photo by Gerard Holzmann.

Inspiration

The photo of the tile flooring below was the inspiration for this blanket. But I decided to use many colors and make all the stripes light and the triangles dark. I also changed angles of the triangles to make it easier to knit. This is good example of my design process which is that I start out with an inspiration but along the road to becoming a knit blanket it morphs because I think of something I like better, because of the colors of the yarn or the practicality of knitting the shapes. And in this case, I chose the Plymouth yarn line because the gem tones had corresponding lighter tones and I was so pleased I did because I love this yarn.

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The tile flooring that was the inspiration for Shadow Play blanket. The blanket uses the same theme of a grid overlaid on checkboard. The tiling is by Mats Theselius

The tile flooring that was the inspiration for Shadow Play blanket. The blanket uses the same theme of a grid overlaid on checkboard. The tiling is by Mats Theselius

Just as the book was about to released, I found this pillow design by Kaffe Fassett, called Jumping Jacks. Although worked in stockinette with intarsia, it looks similar but uses brighter colors. Note that all stripes in each vertical column are the…

Just as the book was about to released, I found this pillow design by Kaffe Fassett, called Jumping Jacks. Although worked in stockinette with intarsia, it looks similar but uses brighter colors. Note that all stripes in each vertical column are the same color, thereby forming a zigzag.

Another version of the vertical color zigzag as a quilt.