IMPORTANT SHIPPING INFORMATION: The 100 Squares Blanket Kits will begin shipping on April 26th, 2024. Please take note of this date.
I made a new blanket. You may remember that I made a sampler-style blanket in our Home Worsted yarn a couple of years ago with way fewer squares. With this new blanket, made in our Home Fingering weight, mainly consisting of mitered squares, I added many more interesting “blocks” to the mix. My love of knitting and quilting combined to the highest degree in this project. I'm so proud of it all. Without further ado here it is!
The 100 Squares Blanket is perhaps the most fun project I have ever made and I’ll tell you the main reason. It is simple, so simple. Most of the squares are mitered and picked up as you go and the concept is quickly and easily memorized. Most of the ends are woven in as you go which makes the finishing no effort at all. Once you get the hang of how to create the mitered square you’ll never look back. Your own creativity can take over. You can pick up and put down the blanket at any time, you’ll never lose your place. In the end, it’s a visually stunning and functional project that you will love to make, love to keep, or love to gift. It is truly a spectacular blanket.
As far as this “pattern” goes, it is a guide and only a guide. I provide links that will direct you to the different free and paid-for patterns I used to make some of the specialty squares, and mainly I direct you to and free formula for the mitered square blanket from The Knitting Squirrel blog. This is where you'll get the basic concept for mitered squares used throughout the blanket. I wrote out how to make each of the mitered squares in the pattern guide with colors and number of garter ridges as seen in the sample blanket. Many of the other unique squares I made have detailed instructions included right in the pattern, as well. So the guide is very helpful and you will easily be able to recreate my blanket. Evan has come up with a clever way for you to see each square in the rows in the guide. It is set up using the photo of the blanket as a sort of chart to locate each square. I think you’ll like it!
As always, I think you should change anything and everything and make it all your own if you’d like. If not, make one just like mine. Either way, it’ll be good fun and you’ll have a lovely cozy blanket in the end.
We have created new and lovely 100 Squares Blanket Kits for you today!
Special Needles - Don’t miss this! (Now Sold Out)
The kit has an option to include the most beautiful 7-inch straight needles. These needles are elegant and sleek, the yarn slides across them in the loveliest way. If you are at all able, I highly recommend getting a pair of these US size 3 straight needles. We have had these in waiting for the longest time for the release of this kit. In the meantime, the company, Signature Needle Arts, has closed, so this offer is limited. There is no option for us to get more of these beautiful needles. They are such a huge treat.
Included in the 100 Squares Blanket Kit:
* Our squishy Home Fingering Weight yarn in bundles of 6 mini-skeins, 25 grams each, to get you started (or finished). Each bundle has 150 grams of yarn in total. The blanket weighs in at 670 grams in total including the edging. To make the full blanket you would need 5 bundles. Each square uses about 7 grams of yarn (this varies slightly depending on the square).
We have 5 kit colorways from which to choose:
100 Squares Kit #1 colors:
Grassland (medium green)
Ellie Gray (light gray)
Scout (dark teal blue)
Red Flannel (perfect red)
Wood Violet (medium purple)
Field (mustard green)
100 Squares Kit #2 colors:
Strawflower (hint of pink)
Ellie Gray (light gray)
Grassland (medium green)
Bluff (medium blue)
Wood Violet (medium purple)
Big Woods (forest green)
100 Squares Kit #3 colors:
James (hint of peach)
Red Flannel (perfect red)
Field (mustard green)
Folkstone (dark gray)
Humble Gold (golden yellow)
Bluff (medium blue)
100 Squares Kit #4 colors:
James (hint of peach)
Red Flannel (perfect red)
Scout (dark teal blue)
Bluff (medium)
Stationery (oatmeal gray mix)
Wild Grass (chartreuse)
100 Squares Kit #5 colors:
Pepin (dark eggplant purple)
Poppy (bright red)
Bluff (medium blue)
Iris (orchid purple)
Priscilla (sweet medium pink)
Cheery (deep rosy pink)
* The 100 Squares Field Guide pattern is included for FREE! The pattern/guide will be in the form of a Ravelry download code on a printed card inside your kit bag. I think you will love this guide!
* Optional add-on: Signature Needle Arts 7-inch straight needles. Add these to your kit purchase to maximize this project to the millionth degree. I can’t say enough about how these needles add to the enjoyment of this project. We have a limited quantity so when they’re gone they’re gone.
* One high-quality quilty-love Barrett Wool Co. sticker comes with each kit.
Hop on over and grab a kit or two or more to get started on your 100 Squares Blanket. You are going to have so much fun.
IMPORTANT SHIPPING INFORMATION: The 100 Squares Blanket Kits will begin shipping on April 26th, 2024. Please take note of this date.