Jigsaw Puzzle Blanket

*Gather a colorful pile of fingering weight yarns to knit this modular garter stitch blanket. Two strands of yarn are always held together to create melting marl color blocks. Each section is knit seamlessly by picking up stitches and attaching new sections to previous sections while you knit. Use leftover yarns from your shawls or socks and try incorporating fluffy mohair or suri alpaca yarns into your palettes for cloudy soft shapes. This blanket is a great size for your couch, so you can bundle up in all your favorite yarns as you knit your next project.* **Finished Measurements** 71″ / 180cm long, 45″ / 114cm wide measured along the center width of the blanket. Measurements taken after blocking. The dimensions of the blanket are not perfectly rectangular. One end of the blanket is a bit narrower than the other end. **Yarn** Fingering weight held double You can use one strand of DK or Worsted weight yarn as well for some sections. **Yardage** Approximately 5000yds / 4572m total of fingering weight yarn The yardage estimate represents the total amount of yarn used when you hold two strands of fingering weight yarn together. When you hold your fingering weight yarn double, that will result in about 2500yds / 2286m of knitting. If you want to knit this blanket with one strand of DK weight for each section instead of fingering weight marled, you will need approximnately 2500yds / 2286m of DK weight yarn. The sample weighs a total of approximately 1250g. I recommend having at least 1500 – 2000g of yarn to work with, so you have plenty of color possibilities with each section. **Shown in** A variety of fingering weight yarns including solid, semi-solid, and speckled wool colorways along with lots of mohair and suri alpaca fluffy fibers. **Needles** US 8 / 5mm circular in 40″ / 100cm length or size needed to obtain gauge. One or two spare circular needles are helpful to hold sts from previous sections until you knit with them again. **Notions** Tapestry needle **Gauge** 20 sts & 40 rows = 4″ / 10cm in garter stitch after blocking **Westknits Workshops** Venture into the world of Westknits with my series of online workshops. Westknits Workshops can be watched as many times as you like and at your own pace as you learn new knitting skills. Sign up here! https://www.westknits.com/collections/workshops **Shop Yarn at Stephen & Penelope** Find the perfect yarn for your project at Stephen & Penelope! We ship worldwide! https://www.stephenandpenelope.com/ **Westknits on YouTube** Check out my videos on YouTube for some helpful tutorials and an exciting insight into the woolly world of Westknits! https://www.youtube.com/@StephenWest  **Errata** 09-09-22 - The Jigsaw Puzzle Blanket has an updated PDF correcting rows 2 & 4 of SECTION 16. Also, on Page 14: Rows 27 – 31 should say Rows 57 – 61. The new PDF is jigsaw_puzzle_2.pdf. All rights reserved. Pattern for personal use only.