Blankets in Sirdar Funky Fur - 5168 - Downloadable PDF

Sirdar Funky Fur & Snuggly DK Baby Blankets – Pattern 5168

Pattern 5168 from Sirdar is a downloadable PDF knitting pattern offering three distinct baby blanket designs, each worked in the luxuriously soft Sirdar Funky Fur yarn, with some designs incorporating Sirdar Snuggly DK as a contrast shade. All three blankets share the same finished dimensions of approximately 61 x 76 cm (24 x 30 inches), with the Ripple Blanket measuring a slightly different 63 x 75 cm (24¾ x 29½ inches). These cosy, tactile blankets make wonderful gifts for newborns and young babies, combining the fluffy, fur-like texture of Funky Fur with the smooth finish of a classic DK yarn.

The Three Blanket Designs

Blanket with Contrast Borders

This design uses Sirdar Funky Fur in shade 200 as the main shade, requiring 7 x 50g balls, alongside Sirdar Snuggly DK in shade 251 as the contrast, requiring just 1 x 50g ball. The contrast shade is used to create neat, defined borders that frame the fluffy Funky Fur body of the blanket, adding a polished, finished look. This design requires both a 4mm (UK8 / USA6) and a 3¼mm (UK10 / USA3) pair of knitting needles, with the finer needle used for the contrast border sections to achieve a tighter, more refined edge against the main fabric.

Plain Blanket

The simplest of the three designs, the Plain Blanket is worked entirely in Sirdar Funky Fur in shade 204, using 7 x 50g balls. This is an ideal project for knitters who want to let the distinctive fluffy texture of Funky Fur take centre stage without the complexity of colour changes or pattern repeats. A single pair of 4mm (UK8 / USA6) knitting needles is all that is required, making this a wonderfully straightforward knit that still produces a visually striking and tactile result.

Ripple Blanket

The Ripple Blanket introduces a classic ripple or chevron stitch pattern, creating a gently undulating wave effect across the fabric. This design combines Sirdar Funky Fur in shade 202 (4 x 50g balls) with Sirdar Snuggly DK in shade 251 (4 x 50g balls), alternating between the two yarns to emphasise the ripple effect with contrasting textures as well as colour. The interplay between the fluffy Funky Fur and the smooth Snuggly DK creates a beautifully layered visual and tactile finish. A single pair of 4mm (UK8 / USA6) needles is used throughout.

Techniques and Stitches

All three blankets are worked flat on straight knitting needles, making them accessible to knitters who are comfortable with basic flat knitting. The key stitches and techniques used across the pattern include:

• Knit stitch (k) – the fundamental building block used throughout all three designs
• Purl stitch (p) – used in combination with knit stitches to build texture and structure
• Yarn forward (yfwd) – a technique used to create deliberate increases and decorative eyelets, particularly relevant to the ripple pattern
• Knitting through the back of the loop (tbl) – used to create twisted stitches that add neatness and definition
• Knitting two stitches together (tog) – a standard decrease technique used to shape the ripple chevrons and maintain stitch count
• Increasing (inc) – used in conjunction with decreases to form the wave structure of the Ripple Blanket
• Pattern repeats (rep) – the ripple design relies on consistent repetition of a stitch sequence across the row to build the chevron effect