Catch Some Waves Blanket in Caron One Pound - Downloadable PDF

Catch Some Waves Blanket – Free Knitting Pattern in Caron One Pound (Downloadable PDF)

The Catch Some Waves Blanket is a beginner-friendly knitted throw designed to showcase a flowing, rhythmic chevron stripe pattern. Finished at approximately 42" x 55" (106.5 x 140 cm), this generously sized blanket is ideal for draping over a sofa, using as a bed accent, or gifting to a loved one. The design is worked flat on a long circular needle, making it accessible for newer knitters who are ready to move beyond basic rectangles and explore simple stitch shaping.

What Is Being Made

This pattern produces a large knitted blanket or throw featuring bold chevron stripes — a classic zigzag wave design — worked in a coordinating four-color palette. The blanket has a neat garter stitch border at the cast-on and cast-off edges, and a consistent three-stitch garter border running along both side edges throughout, giving the finished piece a tidy, polished look without curling.

Techniques Used

• Flat knitting: The blanket is worked back and forth in rows on a circular needle, rather than in the round, allowing the full width to rest comfortably on the cable.
• Chevron (wave) shaping: The signature zigzag effect is created by pairing increases and decreases at regular intervals across each right-side row, producing the characteristic peaks and valleys of a chevron pattern.
• Stripe sequencing: Colors are changed in a structured repeat — alternating the Main Color with three contrast shades in a specific row sequence — to build the wave-like striped design across the length of the blanket.
• Garter stitch borders: Simple knit-every-row sections frame the top and bottom edges, while a three-stitch garter border is maintained on each side throughout the body of the blanket.
• Casting off knitwise on the wrong side: The bind-off mirrors the cast-on edge for a symmetrical finish.

Stitches Used

• Knit (K): The foundation stitch used throughout, including all garter stitch sections and the right-side chevron rows.
• Purl (P): Used on wrong-side rows within the chevron pattern body, creating a classic stockinette fabric between the garter borders.
• Kfb (knit front and back): An increase stitch worked by knitting into both the front and back of the same stitch, creating the upward peaks of the chevron.
• K2tog (knit two together): A right-leaning decrease that forms one side of the chevron valley.
• Ssk (slip, slip, knit): A left-leaning decrease that mirrors K2tog to create a symmetrical valley on the opposite side of the chevron point.
• Garter stitch: Produced by knitting every row; used for the top and bottom borders as well as the side edge stitches.
• Stockinette stitch: The base fabric of the chevron body, formed by alternating knit and purl rows, with a gauge of 15 stitches and 19 rows to 4 inches (10 cm).

Materials

• Yarn: Caron One Pound in four colors — one ball each of a Main Color (MC) such as Cream (10589) or Grey (10505), Contrast A such as Aqua (10622) or Ocean (10611), Contrast B such as Lace (10585) or Azure (10523), and Contrast C such as Ocean (10611) or Off White (10514). Each ball contains 812 yards (742 m) of aran-weight yarn, providing excellent value for a project of this size.
• Needle: A U.S. size 9 (5.5 mm) circular knitting needle, 36 inches (90 cm) long, or the size needed to achieve the stated gauge. The long cable is essential for accommodating the full 166-stitch cast-on width comfortably.