The Pescadero Harvest Blanket by Kristen McDonnell features a cozy, reversible checkerboard texture created with a simple combination of Seed, Stockinette, and Reverse Stockinette stitch patterns with a slipped stitch edge.
It is named for a favorite local coastal farming town along California Highway 1, south of my knitting studio. Pescadero’s produce fields, tucked between the Pacific Ocean and rolling hills, grow coastal favorites like artichokes, strawberries, and pumpkins. Those tidy harvest rows inspired this blanket’s warm, woven design.
SIZES:
Stroller, Baby, Lapghan, Throw
FINISHED MEASUREMENTS:
20" x 25", 26" x 36", 39" x 47", 51" x 58"
GAUGE:
16 stitches and 14 rows = 4 inches in Stockinette Stitch
MATERIALS:
Yarn – Bulky Weight #5
Sample with 128 Superwash
Stroller (Baby, Lapghan, Throw)
301 (596, 1,132, 1,893) yards
275 (545, 1,035, 1,731) meters
• 1 Circular Knitting Needle #10 US / 6.0 mm, 36” length
• Tapestry Needle
• Scissors
• Stitch Markers
• Blocking Mats & T-Pins (optional)