Free Pattern, Preemie with a Twist

PREEMIE WITH A TWIST
design by Reyna Thera Lorele

© 2011 Reyna Thera Lorele
www.etsy.com/shop/YIYOdesigns
www.yarninyarnout.blogspot.com
Ravelry: captainhook

Most hospitals prefer a preemie blanket that is closely woven so that tiny fingers and toes won’t get tangled up in it. This is one of my favorite “on-the-go” projects, as it is small, portable, and requires little brainpower, so I can chat with friends and family and still avoid mistakes.

Finished size: about 17½” x 17”

Materials

4.5 ounces worsted weight cotton yarn,

or about 200 yds any worsted weight yarn

Size 7 or 8 needles (or size to get gauge)

Stitch markers if desired

Gauge

4 sts per inch

SPECIAL STITCHES:

Right Twist (RT):  As if you’re going to knit 2 together, insert right needle into both the 2nd and 1st stitches on left needle.  Pull a loop through as usual, but leave both stitches on left needle.   Now knit again into 1st stitch and take both sts off left needle.

NOTE:

I use stitch markers to separate the border k5 stitches, and different colored markers before every RT for superior mindless knitting.  However, markers are optional.

DIRECTIONS

CO 72 sts.

Knit six rows.

Begin pattern:

Row 1:  k5, place marker (pm), k5, pm, RT, k5, pm, RT, k10, pm, RT, k10, pm, RT, k10, pm, RT, k5, pm, RT, k5, pm, k5.

Row 2:  k5, p across to last 5 sts, k5.

Row 3:  repeat row 1, slipping markers.

Repeat rows 2 and 3 to desired length (for this size, about 16½ inches), then knit six more rows.  Bind off, weave in ends, block, and donate!

© 2011 Reyna Thera Lorele

If you like this pattern, you might also like this free pattern:  Able Cable Blanket
and these inexpensive patterns:  the adorable Tuck Me In and the easy-as-pie The Ribble pattern, which you can read more about here: The Amazing Ribble.

Sign up to follow my blog and be among the first to know whenever I post a new free pattern!