Patchwork Knitted Blanket Ideas

During Term 3, the colder term, there is a little knitting clique that are knitting blankets for charity. Every week they get together to knit squares of 20cm x 20cm and they are hoping to stitch them all together at the end and produce a few blankets.

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I am not a knitter at all, I seem to have better confidence and technique with a crochet hook than two needles. But I am giving it a go and I see it as an opportunity to learn a new skill. After all, we always need an extra craft project and cats are enjoying the fact that I have been sitting on the couch knitting while watching television.

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So here are some ideas that I stumbled across.

• Knitting Blanket Squares, patterns for knitting normal garter stitch squares and other fancy types of knitting.
• ABC Illawarra has a page on knitting squares as part of a community initiative.
• Love knitting has a free pattern download for a memory blanket.
• Knit-a-square is a worldwide organisation that makes blankets for vulnerable children in need.

Have you ever made a knitted patchwork blanket?