2020 Knitting Challenges

Ohlalana is hosting a beginner knit along with

mystery blanket of blocks for 2020.  Each block will be 

different and use techniques that a beginning knitter

will find that helps with knitting.

• Skill level of BEGINNER (only use knits and purls!)
• All squares have the same number of stitches (43) and rows (63).
• The approximate measure for each of my blocks is 8.75” x 8.75” (22.5 cm x 22.5 cm). Of course, this will vary if your tension is different than mine or if you decide to knit them with another yarn weight and needle size.
• They will have 4 rows garter st at each end (casting-on and binding-off edges) and 4 garter stitches at each side. This means that the internal surface (my stitch pattern design playground!) has 35 stitches x 55 rows.

Ohlalana also is featuring a lace blanket knit along.  Maybe,

you don't want to make a full blanket--here are some suggestions:

• Knit some of the patterns instead of all 15 to make a shorter blanket.
• Knit each pattern for more than 4” to make a larger blanket.
• Add more horizontal repeats of each pattern to increase the width of your blanket.
• Add a final border to all the perimeter of your blanket at the end (you might find useful to use provisional cast-on in this case).
• Knit additional rows between patterns to enlarge the blanket effortlessly.