safe IN THE CITY Blanket

A stash-busting GEOMETRIC blanket with a colorful city scene. Work it as shown or from your stash

Inspiration: Brooklyn Brownstones, photo copyright Inhabitat (Flickr) 2013

Inspiration: Tenements in lower east side, New York City. I went on a great tour of these historically restored tenements showing how many families got their start in the 1800’s by running sweat shops in their small apartments.

This colorful blanket, pictured to the left, was designed during our Safe at Home period and inspired by my daughter’s situation, staying at home on the lower east side of New York City.

It is available as a knitting pattern, worked entirely in garter stitch using a bit of intarsia, and some pick up and knit. Its horizontal strips are sewn together.

This pattern is being released here on my website while the sample is being completed. Check back for photos of the completed blanket, and in the meantime enjoy some photos of some of the inspirations for this design. The sample is being worked in Plymouth Encore.

Buy the Safe in the City digital knitting pattern directly from this site (via Credit Card) or,

Buy the book, Margaret Holzmann’s Iconic Knit Blankets and More . This book contains this pattern and many other blanket, pillow, table runner and wearable patterns that celebrate our favorite things.

then… Join the Facebook KAL/CAL. Note: we are using the Safe at Home KAL for this blanket as well.

Inspiration: Portobellow Road, Notting Hill, London, UK, photo copyright Rose Parker, 2019