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These Days Blanket designed by © Fifty Four Ten Studio.
These Days Blanket by Fifty Four Ten Studio is a modern reversible blanket knitting pattern featuring a beautifully simple geometric texture made entirely with knit and purl stitches.
The repeating design resembles small triangles inside squares, creating a clean contemporary texture that looks attractive on both sides of the blanket.
Even better, the blanket is knitted flat in one piece and the pattern includes six sizes, from a baby blanket to a generous XXL throw.
Pattern availability: These Days Blanket is currently available as a paid PDF knitting pattern directly from Fifty Four Ten Studio. You will find the official pattern link near the end of this guide.
The main attraction of These Days Blanket is its understated geometric texture.
A repeating combination of knit and purl stitches creates small triangle-in-a-square shapes across the surface of the blanket.
From a distance, the repeated shapes form a clean modern pattern. Up close, the raised and recessed stitches give the fabric plenty of texture without the need for cables, lace or colorwork.
One of the most useful features of These Days Blanket is that the stitch pattern is reversible.
The geometric design looks the same on both sides, so there is no obvious right or wrong side of the finished blanket.
This is especially useful for baby blankets and throws because they are constantly folded, wrapped and turned over during everyday use.
Although the finished texture looks detailed, the stitch pattern is created entirely with knit and purl stitches.
There are no complicated cables or lace techniques required to produce the geometric design.
This makes These Days Blanket an appealing project for knitters who have mastered the basic stitches and are ready to practice following a repeating textured pattern.
The geometric texture is built from a six-row repeating stitch pattern.
Short repeats can make a large blanket much more enjoyable to knit because the rhythm of the design becomes familiar after you have worked several repetitions.
You still need to keep track of your rows carefully, but once the pattern becomes recognizable it can develop into relaxing, straightforward knitting.
The pattern includes instructions for six finished sizes, making it useful for everything from a baby gift to a large sofa throw.
These measurements are approximate after blocking. Your finished dimensions may vary slightly depending on your yarn, gauge and knitting tension.
Another useful feature of the design is the ability to add extra pattern repeats if you want a longer blanket.
According to the designer, each additional repeat adds approximately 0.75 inch to the length.
Remember that making the blanket longer will require additional yarn, so plan your yardage before modifying the size.
These Days Blanket is designed primarily for worsted #4 weight yarn.
Approximate yarn requirements for the six sizes are:
Buy additional yarn if you plan to increase the length or if your gauge differs significantly from the pattern gauge.
The designer recommends using a solid-color yarn for the best appearance.
This is good advice for textured knitting. The shadows created by knit and purl stitches are easier to see when the yarn color does not compete with the stitch pattern.
Light and medium shades can make the geometric shapes particularly visible.
The pattern can work with many worsted-weight yarns and is not limited to one particular fiber.
Wool can provide warmth and excellent stitch definition. A washable wool or wool blend can be especially practical for a baby blanket.
Acrylic may offer easy care and a wide range of affordable colors, while suitable cotton yarn can create a different drape and feel.
Whatever fiber you choose, make a swatch first to make sure you like the appearance and feel of the textured fabric.
The designer used US 7 / 4.5 mm needles.
Although the blanket is knitted flat rather than in the round, circular needles are recommended because the cable can comfortably hold the large number of stitches required for a blanket.
Work back and forth on the circular needle exactly as you would on straight needles.
The listed gauge is approximately 19 stitches and 30 rows = 4 inches / 10 cm in the pattern stitch using US 7 / 4.5 mm needles.
The designer notes that exact gauge is not essential, but the textured pattern tends to look best when the stitches are fairly firm.
A significantly different gauge can change the finished dimensions and the amount of yarn required.
The designer rates These Days Blanket as an easy knitting pattern.
It is particularly suitable for a confident beginner who already knows how to knit and purl and wants to move beyond plain stockinette or garter-stitch projects.
The main challenge is not a difficult knitting technique. Instead, it is accurately following the row-by-row sequence that creates the geometric texture.
Before beginning These Days Blanket, you should be comfortable with:
No advanced cable or lace techniques are required to create the main geometric texture.
Because the design depends on a six-row repeat, keeping track of your current row is important.
A row counter, notebook, phone app or simple pencil mark beside each completed row can help prevent mistakes.
Once you have knitted several repeats, you may begin to recognize the visual rhythm of the pattern, but it is still useful to maintain an accurate row count.
Take a moment every few rows to look at the geometric shapes developing across the blanket.
Since the design is created by the placement of knit and purl stitches, a mistake can interrupt the repeating texture.
Catching an error early is much easier than discovering it after many additional rows have been knitted.
Highly variegated yarn can sometimes hide subtle knit-and-purl textures.
If the geometric pattern is the feature you love most about These Days Blanket, consider a solid or gently tonal yarn that allows the triangle-in-a-square design to remain visible.
The simplicity of one color also gives the finished blanket a clean, contemporary appearance.
The smallest version measures approximately 27 × 30 inches after blocking and requires roughly 760–780 yards of worsted-weight yarn.
This size can be a good choice for a handmade baby gift because it allows you to enjoy the complete geometric design without committing to the yardage required for a full-size throw.
If the blanket will be used for a baby, choose a soft yarn with care instructions that suit the recipient.
If you want a blanket for a sofa, reading chair or bedroom, one of the larger sizes may be more appropriate.
The XL and XXL versions allow the repeating texture to cover a much larger surface, producing a simple but visually impressive throw.
Larger sizes require considerably more yarn, so checking dye lots and purchasing enough yarn at the beginning of the project is a sensible precaution.
Blocking is particularly useful for a textured blanket like this one.
Before blocking, the edges may appear slightly wavy and the geometric texture may not look completely settled.
Gentle blocking can help square the blanket, relax the fabric and make the stitch pattern appear more defined.
Always use a blocking method appropriate for the fiber content of your chosen yarn.
Large blankets often involve many hours of knitting, so a memorable stitch repeat can make the process much more enjoyable.
These Days Blanket combines enough texture to keep the project interesting with a short enough repeat to become familiar.
For many knitters, this balance makes it a good project for relaxed evening knitting once the pattern sequence has been learned.
Designer Mary Lee named the pattern These Days because the geometric stitch design reminded her of the boxes on a paper calendar.
The repeating squares reflect the idea of individual days: some filled with important events, others with challenges, and many with the simple everyday moments that are easy to overlook.
That inspiration gives the otherwise minimalist geometric blanket a thoughtful personal story.
The combination of six sizes, worsted-weight yarn and a reversible texture makes this pattern useful for many different projects.
Knit the smaller version as a baby blanket, choose a middle size for a lap blanket, or work one of the larger versions as a cozy throw.
Because the design is geometric rather than themed, it also works well with many decorating styles and gift occasions.
These Days Blanket is currently a paid knitting pattern.
The original designer, Fifty Four Ten Studio, currently offers the downloadable PDF directly through the official studio website.
At the time of our latest availability check, the official PDF is listed at $6 USD.
We also checked for a legitimate currently available free version of this exact pattern but did not find one. Therefore, we are linking directly to the designer's official pattern page rather than directing readers to an unofficial copy.
Visit Fifty Four Ten Studio to see the complete pattern details and purchase the downloadable PDF directly from the designer.
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These Days Blanket is designed by Mary Lee of Fifty Four Ten Studio. Amazing Knitting does not reproduce the copyrighted row-by-row pattern instructions. Pattern pricing and availability may change, so please check the designer's official page for the latest information.
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