Garden Patch Baby Blanket by Verybusymonkey

• Suggested yarn: Hazel Knits Cadence
• Yarn weight: Worsted 
• Gauge: 4 stitches and 4 rows = 1 inch in stockinette
• Needle size: US 8 - 5.0 mm
• Yardage: 850 - 1200 yards (777 - 1097 m)
• Sizes available: Adjustable, Square (37" across), Rectangular (37x48")
• This is a downloadable pattern!

Many years ago now, Sue Hauser tested one of my first shawl designs (Mulled Raspberry Shawl). She loved the “quilted” look to the shawl, being an avid quilter and quilt-fabric shop owner herself, and the test-knit marked the beginning of a long-term friendship between the two of us.

When her first grandbaby was due a few years ago, I designed the Olympic Forest Baby Blanket for the woodland-themed baby room that her new grandchild would have. So, several months ago now, when Sue told me that a second grandbaby was soon to arrive, I offered to design her another one. I toyed with a lot of ideas and then remembered the shawl that started our friendship, and I adapted it into a baby blanket. Thank you Sue, for the great photos of your adorable new granddaughter and the lovely blanket. I’m rather pleased with how it came out, I hope you are too. :)

This blanket is knit from the corner outward and can be worked as either a square blanket or a rectangular blanket. It is designed to work on a percentage basis so it can be converted to any yardage (to make anything from a doll blanket to an adult sized one). The pattern includes both charted and written instructions.