My problem is that when I tried to knit the first part of the seed stitch border, I realized the blanket was a lot smaller than the pattern said (I know, I know… swatching is your friend, lol). However, all I have is bernat satin yarn. The needles called for on the label (5mm) are just too large in my opinion, so I need to figure out how to enlarge the pattern.
It measured a little over 22 inches wide when I used size 5 needles (well, one size 5, one size six- knitpicks is working on that for me, lol). If I could figure out what one pattern repeat was for each smocked section, I guess I could work it out somehow. I am just new to this stuff and haven’t yet worried about gauge and all that, so I am not sure what to do or were to start!
Looks like a 19 st repeat on the first pattern row with a co of 137 with 10 st of seed stitch at each end. Maintain the seed stitch at the borders and when it says *wrn and you start the pattern repeats, just add how ever many more you want to add to the width. So cast on 137+19 or 137+38 etc. You’re getting about 6 sp so for every 19 you add you should get about 3 more inches of width.
You could also just leave the repeats as is and add some to the side borders in seed stitch.
Well, I only have two balls of yarn right now… one is bernat satin white and the other bernat satin sapphire. I really wanted to use the sapphire because the colour is so pretty, but the yarn is a lot thinner than the white, so I ended up going with the white one. And at this point, my friend is only about 2 months pregnant and doesn’t know what she is having, so white works… lol.