Broken garter stitch blanket C44

This is the next blanket in chunky yarn.  I started with the yarn, Rowan Kaffe Fassett Colourscape, random dyed in long runs.  I bought several lots half price when it was discontinued in 2012.  I have since bought more odd hanks in charity shops.  This time I started with the bag of 10 hanks in the brown rust colourway.

I am always on the lookout for an easy pattern, lots of knit stitches and easy to memorise.  In Noro 14 I found a pattern called broken garter stitch by Cheryl Murray.  It means that you (knit x purl x) st and on the next row you knit the knit stitches and purl the purl stitches.  It creates neat columns.  I converted this to a sequence knitting pattern.

I was intrigued by sequence knitting when I first came across it.  But then I realised that if you get one stitch wrong you upset the sequence and the pattern changes.  It is not TV knitting.  My simple sequence became k10 p10 (to create wider columns than the Noro pattern), but I started with k5 before continuing (p10 k10) ending with k5.  So the next row became k5 p10 k10 creating a perfect sequence and sticking to the broken garter stitch pattern.

I added some of my precious Rowan Cocoon yarn in brown every third row, and started knitting.  It was easy and enjoyable, and I like the result.

Broken garter stitch blanket C44

Yarn: Rowan Colourscape and Rowan Cocoon in brown

Needles: 6 mm

Tension: 13 st per 10 cm 

Size: 125 cm by 170 cm

Weight: 1500 gr

Done 20 June to 2 October 2019