MACHINE KNIT “BONNIE BABIES” BLANKET ©2005

Choose Capital or Lower case lettering to suit the size of the blanket and the type of machine being used.

Capital lettering: ..............................36 stitches wide................................ 17 rows high.
Lower case lettering ........................24 stitches wide................................ 17 rows high.

Machines / Methods.

Capital Lettering ..........................................................................................Lower Case Lettering
Electronic machines with sixty stitch wide .....................................................24 stitch punchcard machines
motif capability............................................................................................ knit as single motif using cams
or ................................................................................................................or
Knit as single motif hand selecting the needles ...............................................Using punchcard knit as
to knit the letters with carriage set to fairisle.................................................. single motif pushing back to
................................................................................................................... normal knitting position needles
....................................................................................................................not needed to knit lettering
....................................................................................................................or
...................................................................................................................Without using a punchcard hand
...................................................................................................................select the needles to knit the
...................................................................................................................letters with carriage set to fairisle.

Hints.
Using a thicker yarn for the lettering will help it ‘stand out’ e.g. white 4ply for the main colour and pink double knitting for the lettering.

To prevent holes forming between the edge of the letters and the background, e-wrap the needle adjacent to the first needle selected for the pattern on the same side as the carriage with a separate strand of the background yarn.

The Capital lettering has no long floats; the lower case lettering has a few.
Either catch down any long floats when sewing in ends or, on each row, lift the centre of any long float and lay it into the hook of the needle directly above. The float will then be caught into the fabric without showing through on the right side.

Break yarn being used for letters after knitting the first word ‘Babies’. Remember to rethread the yarn used for the letters into the yarn feeder before knitting the second word.

Pattern Details for Blanket with Capital Letters (Hand Selection)

Sample shown knitted in Bramwell 4ply. Tension 9.
Size 18 ins. wide by 20 ins. long approx.
E-wrap cast on 100 stitches. Knit 12 rows.
Knit ‘logo’ over next 17 rows starting the B of Babies on the 16th.needle from the right hand edge and the B of Bonnie on the 10th.needle from the right hand edge.
Knit to row 170. Cast off loosely by hand. Sew in ends.
Edge using any suitable method – crochet – machine knitted worm trim – machine knitted scalloped edge etc.

Capital Lettering Chart (36 stitches wide)

Lower Case Lettering Chart (24 stitches wide)

Designed for Bonnie Babies by Anne & Douglas Murray© 2005