Playing with Parallelograms Blanket

=**Save 25% on this pattern when you use the coupon code giftalong2025 in your Ravelry cart from Thursday, November 20 at 5 pm EST to Wednesday, November 26, 2025 at 11:59 pm EST.** =Then come join us in the [Indie Design Gift-A-Long group][1] and play along! We’ll have plenty of chat, games, prizes, and fun all the way through the end of the year. > Visit my Ravelry group, [Designs by > Emily Wood][1], for pattern support > and to sign up to receive > notifications about news, pattern > releases, and upcoming KALs. A geometric indulgence crafted in garter stitch with endless possibilities for color combinations! Playing with Parallelograms is a modular project that combines rectangular blocks with parallelograms. [Here's the shawl version of this pattern.][2] The blanket is worked in garter stitch with increases and decreases for shaping. Only one block is worked at a time, but some blocks transition directly into the next, while others are bound off. Stitches are then picked up along the sides to create the next blocks. The pattern is written with schematic drawings to show the location of blocks. Use the included diagram to design your own color scheme! Gauge is not critical for this pattern, but using a different yarn weight or needle size will affect the size of the finished project. Here's a video on how to pick up stitches and join new blocks: +[media title][3] Here's a video on how to work an applied i-cord edge: +[media title][4] And here's a video on how to weave in ends as you go: +[media title][5] **Size** Baby Blanket: 21" / 53 cm wide and 18" / 46 cm tall Large Blanket: 52” / 132 cm wide and 44” / 112 cm tall **Yarn** 1100 (2750) yds / 1006 (2515) m of worsted weight yarn Color 1 – 350 (870) yds / 320 (796) m Color 2 – 356 (890) yds / 326 (814) m Color 3 – 336 (840) yds / 307 (768) m I-cord border – 60 (150) yds / 55 (137) m Sample shown in the larger size in Knit Picks Wool of the Andes Tweed (80% Peruvian Highland Wool and 20% Donegal Tweed; 110 yds / 101 m per 50 g) in Crane Heather (C1, 8 skeins), Burr Heather (C3, 9 skeins), Dill Heather (C2, 1 skein), Forest Heather (C2, 2 skeins), Sea Glass Heather (C2, 3 skeins), Marine Heather (C2, 2 skeins), and Delft Heather (C2, 1 skein) **Needles** US Size 6 / 4.0 mm needles **Gauge** 21 sts and 37 rows per 4” / 10 cm in Garter Stitch after blocking **Notions** Yarn needle Thank you to [PaintsTheWind](/people/PaintsTheWind), [hexe1isora](/people/hexe1isora), [Stitchypop](/people/Stitchypop), [kaybe08](/people/kaybe08), [Cinderga](/people/Cinderga), [lors2013](/people/lors2013), and [Ciderzema](/people/Ciderzema) for test knitting!! [1]: https://www.ravelry.com/groups/designs-by-emily-wood [2]: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/playing-with-parallelograms-shawl [3]: https://youtu.be/xJ9R1aASLpY [4]: https://youtu.be/WvsTPjCE7qs [5]: https://youtu.be/Lm0RbpmbWlI