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A Winnie the Pooh baby room needs a Honeycomb blanket!

This is a nice, easier knit with two colors, yet each row is only knit with one color. You only need to know how to knit, purl, and slip a stitch purlwise!

In this article I discuss my blanket, and give the pattern, then discuss other possibilities. You can click on the links below to jump wherever you want to go:

1. My blanket information
2. Pattern
3. Options!
4. Make it your own

When I was pregnant I started (yet never finished) a double knitting blanket with stars. (Double knitting is where you knit the front and back at the same time, in two separate layers. When changing colors you wrap the yarn around each other and force the layers together. This creates a doubly thick item, and not just a tube.) The star blanket was gray and cream and had stars within it. It was beautiful!

However, I was using a small size needle, and basically knitting two blankets at the same time… it was not going to be done before the baby was ready to come! I had to change gears, and was so sad about it (I’m saving it and will finish it for his first child… or so I say!).

The pictures below show (1) the almost full blanket; (2) the gray curved edge, (which I love!); (3) the back. (Knowing how long the carries in the back were was important to me. I didn’t want too long of carries–the yellow lines across–because I didn’t want tiny fingers getting caught easily in the back.)

My blanket information:

Below is the information concerning the exact blanket I made.

Dimensions: 42″x47″ (approx. 107cm x 119 cm). This is after, almost 4 years of dragging about his “favorite blanket”, so I am sure it was originally a tad smaller!

Yarn: Universal Yarn Uptown DK (100% Acrylic). I used “Donahue” for the Gray and “Baby Yellow” for the (you guessed it!) yellow. (Another option: Brava Worsted yarn, there is a brighter yellow that would be vibrant!)

Needles: Size 8 (circular)

Cast on 182 stitches (this will give you 22 full honeycombs across). For each multiple of 8 in the pattern below you will get 1 full honeycomb.

Repeat complete pattern 25.5 times (this will give you 51 full honeycombs up, counted in a zig-zag pattern). If you notice in the pattern, the honeycombs are not tiled one on top of the other, the top row is shifted over a tad, so the honeycomb is nestled between two underneath. I wanted the last row to start with a full honeycomb, so I ended half way through the pattern!

2 Color Honeycomb Pattern:

Comments: This pattern will give you two honeycombs (counted zig-zag) up. Each multiple of 8 will give you one honeycomb across. So if you wanted to do 10 honeycombs across you would cast on 8 x 10 + 6 = 86. (Note, with the pattern, some honeycomb rows you will start with a portion of a honeycomb, not a full.)

What you need:

• Supporting color (A) — this is my gray
• Main color (B) — this is my yellow

Abbreviations:

• k: knit
• p: purl
• sl: slip stitch purlwise with yarn on wrong side
• sts: stitches
• (RS): right side of knit
• (WS): wrong side of knit
• (A): follow row directions with color A
• (B): follow row directions with color B

Directions:

Cast on with (A) a multiple of 8, plus 6

Row 1 (RS): (A) knit.

Row 2 (WS): (A) knit.

Row 3: (B) k2, *sl2 k6; rep from * until last 4 sts; sl2, k2.

Row 4: (B) p2, *sl2 p6; rep from * until last 4 sts; sl2, p2.

Rows 5-6: (B) repeat rows 3-4 once more.

Row 7: (A) knit.

Row 8: (A) knit.

Row 9: (B) k6, *sl2 k6; rep from *.

Row 10: (B) p6, *sl2 p6; rep from *.

Rows 11-12: (B) repeat rows 9-10 once more.

Suggestions: To keep track of the pattern, you will always slip the supporting color (A) along the rows, this is what gives the appearance of knitting with two colors within a row, yet you are only knitting with one color per row. This also gives the appearance of a hexagon, as you are pulling two stitches up.

You do not need to cut the yarn when you are done with each color section, you can carry the yarn up the side, as you pick up the color on the same side you finish. Do not pull too tight along the sides when picking up yarn, as it will pucker. When changing yarn, a good habit is to pick up new yarn behind current yarn.

Options! We love options!

Colors! It is exciting to use a color pair. Color schemes and color study is very interesting. (If you have ever painted a room, you will notice the paint chip is usually never enough to decide if it will work on the entire wall, with your furniture!)

You do not need to pick two colors, every other row of honeycombs could be a different color (you could use 3)! Use two different colors where I used yellow, and use one where I used gray.

Use:

• Blanket
• Scarf
• Pillow (I love pillows!)
• Pot Holder (do not use acrylic, as it could melt from hot pots!)
• Washcloth (use cotton for this, such as: Shine Worsted)
• Placemat
• Table Runner
• . . . you can start to see a pattern, what can you make that is a rectangle or square?!

Make it your own:

You have your pattern our 2 color Honeycomb, and you have chosen your object. Now you have to figure out how to complete the first step in the pattern: cast on! This deals with swatching. Please see my other post concerning how to determine the number of stitches to cast on by using a swatch here.

You can see the basics and more details there concerning swatching! Note, for this pattern, it is a large repeats pattern, and I would suggest casting on 30 or 38 stitches for your swatch.

Let me know what you do! I’d love to hear from you!