Brightsides

Brightsides is worked from the centre out with a slipped stitch texture and garter stitch stripes, ending in a garter mosaic stitch border. With mosaic stitch, you work with one colour at a time, slipping stitches in the other colour, so it’s an easy way to get a two-colour pattern without stranding. If you can knit, purl, and work in the round, you can make this blanket. All instructions are both charted and written, and include information about adjusting the blanket's size (for instance, to make it as a shawl).

You will need:

MC: 1010 yds/924m (O-Wash Sport, Appalachian Stone: 4 skeins)

CC1: 371 yds/340m (O-Wash Sport, Barn Owl: 2 skeins)

CC2: 71 yds/65m (O-Wash Sport, Arrowgrass: 1 skein)

Exact gauge is not essential, though differences in gauge will affect the blanket size and the amount of yarn required. It is more important to match the mosaic stitch gauge to the main body gauge so that your blanket lies flat.