Gentle Waves Knit Blanket | FREE Pattern & Tutorial

Learn how to knit the gentle waves blanket pattern! This pattern is a good one for beginners who are ready to start working with basic increases and decreases but would otherwise prefer to avoid shaping. Stitches used: knit, purl, yarn over, knit 2 together. Overall difficulty level is just above a basic stockinette (knit on the right side, purl on the wrong side). Get more tips and tricks over on my blog post all about this pattern here: https://www.craftematics.com/post/gen... ----------------- PATTERN CO a multiple of 30 sts. For the size shown, CO 210 sts. R1: k across R2: p across R3: [(k1, yo) 3 times, k6, k2tog 6 times, k6, (yo, k1) 3 times] across R4: p across Repeat R1 - R4 to desired length, changing colors as desired. Bind off and weave in all ends. ----------------- SUPPLIES Yarn: Caron Simply Soft in Pistachio and Sunshine In the finished blanket, colors used are: Sunshine, plum wine, lavender blue, country blue, and pistachio. Circular knitting needles from Knit Picks. ----------------- CHAPTERS 0:00 Introduction to the gentle waves blanket 0:29 Materials needed for knitting 0:57 Long Tail Cast-On 4:42 Row 1 5:24 Row 2 5:56 Row 3 9:38 Row 4 10:11 Changing Colors in knitting 12:08 Counting Stitches for this pattern 14:00 Binding off 15:41 Measuring the knitted swatch 16:50 Swatch Math 19:18 Outro ----------------- CREDITS Waiting by Ghostrifter Official |   / ghostrifter-official   Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Star Bright by Purrple Cat | https://purrplecat.com/ Music promoted on https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Simplicit Nights by Ghostrifter Official |   / ghostrifter-official   Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Mellow Out by Ghostrifter Official |   / ghostrifter-official   Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Video editing done with Filmforth.