Late at night in any neighborhood, at any time of year, one can find residences with a light on in the window.  The light could be on for so many reasons: someone is watching a movie, or reading a good book, or working late to meet a deadline, or studying for school, or caring for a young child… or perhaps the light was left on for a family member who will be arriving home late.  Select a bright or light color for the focal point in the center panel to symbolize the light in the window… a light that represents care and love.

In one of my sample blankets shown, I used Lion Brand Basic Stitch Anti-Pilling yarn in the ‘Mustard’ colorway for Color E as my ‘bright or light’ colorway. In the second blanket I used ‘Beige Heather’ for the light color. See list of all colorways used below.

As of April 2023, this pattern has a rating of 5 out of 5 stars on Ravelry for overall results and clarity of instructions.

If you prefer, this pattern may also be purchased on Ravelry.

This blanket is knit in three panels and then seamed. The PDF pattern includes detailed, step-by-step finishing instructions for sewing up the seams with yarn and a tapestry needle.

TWO BLANKET SIZES:
Large Blanket: 39” wide x 48” long
XL Blanket: 45” wide x 60” long

LION BRAND BLANKET KIT:

Lion Brand is offering a kit to make this blanket! The kit includes a digital PDF pattern and all of the yarn to make your choice of the large or XL blanket. You can customize your color choices! Click here to get all the details and purchase the kit on the Lion Brand website.

YARN: Lion Brand Basic Stitch Anti-Pilling #4 weight yarn in five (5) colors. For the blankets shown in photos I used:

Teal Blues & Mustard Yellow Combination:

Color A: Silver Heather #404
Color B: Turquoise Heather #405
Color C: Charcoal Heather #403
Color D: Steel Blue #109
Color E: Mustard #158

Dark Blue, Green and Gray Combination:

Color A: Silver Heather #404
Color B: Deep Denim Heather #406
Color C: Charcoal Heather #403
Color D: Pine Heather #407
Color E: Beige Heather #158

This design will work with many combinations of five yarn colors. When selecting colors consider:

Colors A & C: medium or dark neutrals
Colors B & D: moderately colorful
Color E: a bright or light color

Click here to see my blog post that has other color combination suggestions.

QUANTITY OF YARN: Project is designed for Lion Brand Basic Stitch Anti-Pilling or Lion Brand Skein Tones using the yardage as efficiently as possible. See the full selection of colorways on LionBrand.com.

Large Blanket:
Color A: 2 skeins (370 yards / 200 g)
Color B: 2 skeins (370 yards / 200 g)
Color C: 3 skeins (555 yards / 300 g)
Color D: 2 skeins (370 yards / 200 g)
Color E: 1 skeins (185 yards / 100 g)
Total = 10 skeins / 1850 yards / 1000 g

XL Blanket:
Color A: 3 skeins (555 yards / 300 g)
Color B: 3 skeins (555 yards / 300 g)
Color C: 4 skeins (740 yards / 400 g)
Color D: 3 skeins (555 yards / 300 g)
Color E: 2 skeins (370 yards / 200 g)
Total = 15 skeins / 2775 yards / 1500 g

IF SUBSTITUTING YARN:
Each large rectangle = Large: 185 yards (100 g); XL: 278 yards (150 g)
Each small rectangle (top & bottom of Panel 2) = Large: 93 yards (50 g); XL: 139 yards (75 g)

KNITTING NEEDLES: US size 8 knitting needles, straight or circular (or size to obtain gauge)

GAUGE: Garter stitch with US size 8 needles: 16 sts & 34 rows (17 garter ridges) = 4”

SKILL LEVEL: Easy / Beginner

You will need to know how to cast on stitches, knit confidently, read a knitting pattern written in English using standard US knitting terms, and bind off stitches. The PDF pattern includes detailed, step-by-step finishing instructions for sewing up the seams with yarn and a tapestry needle.

This pattern written in ENGLISH using standard U.S. knitting terms.

INSTANT DOWNLOAD KNITTING PATTERN:

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