A golden ray of warmth for the icy days ahead, our Coziest Blanket Ever is cozier than cozy. It’s the coziest!

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We knit this blanket in garter stitch and on the bias, which means you cast on only three stitches (you’re welcome!). Using simple increases, then decreases, to create a rectangle, the result is an extra stretchy covering whose corners reach over errant elbows and toes!

Coziest Blanket Ever | Purl Soho

The over-the-top cushy warmth of this blanket is all due to our gorgeous Fiddlehead. One hundred percent alpaca, it is similar to a bouclé but with curly waves of roving along the central threads, rather than in loops.

Coziest Blanket Ever | Purl Soho

All those curls mean that this yarn is wonderfully fluffy knit up, but also as light as air… Perfect when you’re making such a generous swath of fabric!

Coziest Blanket Ever | Purl Soho

Fiddlehead comes in nine beautifully marled colors, so pick up six skeins for a crib-sized blanket, or thirteen for a throw, and cast on!

Coziest Blanket Ever | Purl Soho

UPDATE: NOW IN NEW COLORS

NOVEMBER 2023

Coziest Blanket Ever | Purl Soho

Now you can wrap yourself in the softest, warmest, coziest Coziest Blanket Ever in eight new colors! Our extraordinary Fiddlehead brings joy wherever it goes, with an over-the-top beauty that comes from its 100% alpaca fiber and amazing, fluffy structure. Pick a color that sparks joy for you or for someone you love, and cast on!

Designed by Purl Soho designer, Hiromi Glover. Click here to see even more of Hiromi’s work!

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Materials

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  • 6 (12) skeins of Purl Soho’s Fiddlehead, 100% alpaca. Each skein is 65 yards/ 100 grams; approximately 390 (780) yards required. We used the color Black-Eyed Susan.
  • US 11 (8 mm), 47-inch circular needles
  • A removable stitch marker or scrap yarn

GAUGE

9 stitches and 18 rows = 4 inches in garter stitch

SIZES

Crib (Throw)

Finished Dimensions: 30 inches wide x 36 inches long (38 inches wide x 54 inches long)

Sample: We knit the Throw size.

PATTERN

BEGIN + INCREASE

Using a basic Long Tail Cast On, cast on 3 stitches.

Row 1 (right side): Knit front and back (kfb), k1, kfb. [5 stitches]

Mark right side of fabric with scrap yarn or removeable stitch marker.

Row 2 (wrong side): Knit to end of row.

Row 3: K1, kfb, knit to last two stitches, kfb, k1. [2 stitches increased]

Repeat Rows 2 and 3 forty-seven (57) more times, ending with Row 3. [101 (121) stitches; piece measures approximately 31 (37½) inches along selvage from cast-on point]

Repeat Row 2 one more time.

CONTINUE

Row 1 (right side): K1, kfb, knit to last three stitches, knit 2 together (k2tog), k1.

Row 2 (wrong side): Knit to end of row.

Repeat Rows 1 and 2 until piece measures approximately 36 (54) inches along selvage from cast-on point, ending with Row 2.

CONTINUE + DECREASE

Row 1 (right side): K1, slip slip knit (ssk), knit to last three stitches, k2tog, k1. [2 stitches decreased]

Row 2 (wrong side): Knit to end of row.

Repeat Rows 1 and 2 until 5 stitches remain, ending with Row 2.

Next Row (right side): Ssk, k1, k2tog. [3 stitches remain]

With wrong side facing you, bind off knitwise.

FINISHING

Weave in the ends and spray block, if desired.

Coziest Blanket Ever | Purl Soho
Coziest Blanket Ever | Purl Soho