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This adorable design by Debbie Stoller can be incorporated into a simple spring vest or a scarf for a child, but the blanket is the best.  Click here for the tutorial posted on Etsy blog’s How-Tuesday.

by Fiona Duthie  - photos by Nicole Spring

Easy knitting and luxurious yarns make this an excellent last minute project.  Knit in simple garter and stocking stitch, or use a mohair yarn and knit in garter stitch alone.  This is a blanket that will make any doll cozy and comfortable, the doll’s caregiver feel nurturing and nurtured through the tactile warmth, and the maker happy to knit with such lovely materials!

Materials:

• 1 skein Noro Kochoran yarn, Colorway No.53
• size 8 (5mm) straight needles
• yarn needle for sewing in ends

Finished size: 15″ (38cm) x 18″ (46cm)

Instructions:

Cast on 58 stitches.

Knit 8 rows garter stitch (knit every row).

Row 9: Knit

Row 10: K4, P50, K4

Repeat rows 9 and 10 until piece measures 16″ from the cast on edge.

Knit 8 rows garter stitch.

Cast off and sew in yarn ends.