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12 Days of Christmas Blanket Knitalong

12 Days of Christmas Blanket Knitalong

12 Parts

Knit an heirloom festive blanket with Siân Brown's colourwork design

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Siân Brown

12 Days of Christmas Blanket Knitalong

Knitalong Parts ( 12 )

  • 12 Days of Christmas Blanket Knitalong

    12 Days of Christmas Blanket Knitalong: Part One

    On the first day of Christmas, LKT gave to me... a brand new knitalong - woop! This beautiful blanket uses a sophisticated, vintage-inspired colour palette to recreate the motifs from the famous song. You’ll be using colourwork techniques as well as embroidery and appliqué, so do take your time to ensure a top-notch finish. We start, just like the song, with a Partridge in a Pear Tree. This…

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    12 Days of Christmas Blanket Knitalong: Part Two

    It's the second week of our Christmas KAL and the turtle doves are here. The knitting pattern for this square uses intarsia colourwork which is then embellished with embroidered details. The hearts are knitted separately and sewn on afterwards. Like all the squares here, it's knitted in a soft DK yarn. Download the colourwork knitting pattern today. Sizing Blanket: 75cm wide x 98cm deep What…

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    12 Days of Christmas Blanket Knitalong: Part Three

    Represent the French hens in the next square in your Christmas KAL. The knitted colourwork motif is worked using the intarsia technique which requires separate balls for each colour section on the row. Use DK yarn and 3.5mm and 4mm knitting needles. Download the knitting pattern today to carry on with your knitalong blanket. Sizing Blanket: 75cm wide x 98cm deep What you'll need Yarn: King Cole…

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    12 Days of Christmas Blanket Knitalong: Part Four

    You may have heard a version of the 12 Days of Christmas song which refers to 'calling birds' but we're going with the original lyric - here's the Colly Bird. Colly is the old word for a blackbird but black didn't fit our colour scheme! Like the other motifs, this square uses intarsia colourwork knitting and is worked in DK yarn. Download the knitting pattern today to carry on with your knitalong…

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    12 Days of Christmas Blanket Knitalong: Part Five

    All together now, "FIVE GOLD RINGS!". That was beautifully sung. Well done. Now, it's time to start knitting. The background tree is knitted using the intarsia method, with the details embroidered in chain stitch. The five rings are knitted separately and sewn on afterwards, along with the leaves and berries. Download this knitting pattern today to carry on with your knitalong blanket. Sizing…

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    12 Days of Christmas Blanket Knitalong: Part Six

    Christmas is coming and the goose is getting fat. Well, this one's laying some eggs actually. This charming picture knit motif is the next square in your knitalong blanket. Use beige felt for the eggs and chain stitch to embroider the nest. Download this DK knitting pattern today and you'll be halfway through your blanket-along! Sizing Blanket: 75cm wide x 98cm deep What you'll need Yarn: King…

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    12 Days of Christmas Blanket Knitalong: Part Seven

    Does anyone else get excited when they see seven swans on the river at the same time, regardless of the time of year? That's the theme of the next knitted square in our Christmas blanket knitting pattern, although we've only got one beautiful bird shown here. Add the waves and wing details with embroidered chain stitch. Download this Christmas knitting pattern today to carry on with your KAL!…

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    12 Days of Christmas Blanket Knitalong: Part Eight

    We've finished with the waterfowl and are now onto our classic characters. Up first is the milkmaid in verse eight of the 12 Days of Christmas song. The main doll is knitted using intarsia colourwork with the apron, buckets and plaits added later to give a three-dimensional element. Download this Christmas knitting pattern today! Sizing Blanket: 75cm wide x 98cm deep What you'll need Yarn: King…

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    12 Days of Christmas Blanket Knitalong: Part Nine

    Download this Christmas knitting pattern today to carry on with your KAL! This belle of the ball has certainly got her Christmas groove on! As with all the squares in our 12 Days of Christmas Blanket knitting pattern, the motif is knitted using DK yarn and the main character is worked using intarsia colourwork. Use your embroidery skills to add details to the design, and finish off with a neat…

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    12 Days of Christmas Blanket Knitalong: Part Ten

    Start on the final row of your Christmas blanket knitalong. We're on to the tenth day of Christmas which features the very athletic lords a-leaping. Use intarsia colourwork to create the main motif, then enhance the design with embroidery and buttons. The hat is worked separately and sewn on as an embellished detail along with the leaves and berries. Download this festive knitting pattern to keep…

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    12 Days of Christmas Blanket Knitalong: Part Eleven

    The pipes, the pipes are calling! We’ve made it to verse eleven and what a dapper musician we have here, just look at his feathered cap and flowing cloak. One of our favourite things about this blanket - and we’ve many - is the depth and dimension given to each flat motif using a few embroidered stitches and tiny pieces of felt. Take time when working the feather to ensure your straight…

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    12 Days of Christmas Blanket Knitalong: Part Twelve

    Bang the drum, we've reach the end of our bumper Christmas KAL! Over the last eleven weeks, we've brought you a new intarsia square for your heirloom blanket knitting pattern and now we're at the final design. Use embroidered chain stitches to define the edge of the big bass drum. Use the main image below for the positioning of each square - or just sing the song at the top of your voice, we don't…

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