Corey in Berroco Ultra Wool Fine - Downloadable PDF

Corey Knitted Blanket in Berroco Ultra Wool Chunky – Pattern Summary

About This Pattern

Corey is a beautifully structured knitted blanket designed by Alison Green and published by Berroco. Available as a downloadable PDF, this intermediate-level knitting pattern produces a striking striped throw featuring a clever slipped-stitch pattern that creates subtle textural columns running through bold horizontal color bands. The finished blanket measures approximately 32" / 81 cm wide by 33" / 84 cm long, making it an ideal lap blanket, decorative throw, or cozy gift project.

Design Overview

The Corey blanket is worked flat from cast-on to bind-off in a single rectangular piece, making construction straightforward even for knitters who are newer to colorwork. The design's visual impact comes from three distinct color stripes, each worked in the same repeating pattern stitch using a consistent main color paired with a rotating contrast color. The result is a modern, graphic blanket with a handcrafted, artisan feel.

Yarn and Materials

This pattern is written specifically for Berroco Ultra Wool Chunky, a 100-gram skein yarn that knits up beautifully at a chunky weight. The colorway selection is carefully curated to produce a harmonious, sophisticated palette:

• Main Color (MC): #4301 Cream – 3 balls required
• Contrast Color 1 (CC1): #43152 Ocean – 1 ball
• Contrast Color 2 (CC2): #4362 Fig – 1 ball
• Contrast Color 3 (CC3): #43123 Iris – 1 ball

Berroco recommends using the exact yarns specified to ensure accurate results, as gauge and drape are optimized for Berroco Ultra Wool Chunky.

Needles and Notions

Because the blanket is worked flat on a circular needle to accommodate the full stitch count, knitters will need:

• A 32" / 80 cm circular needle, size 10½ / 6.5 mm, or the size needed to obtain gauge

Using a long circular needle is essential for holding all 129 cast-on stitches comfortably, even though the piece is knitted back and forth in rows rather than in the round.

Gauge

Achieving correct gauge is important for this project to hit the intended finished dimensions. The target gauge is 14 stitches and 28 rows = 4" / 10 cm in the pattern stitch. Knitters are strongly encouraged to swatch and block before beginning.

Stitches and Techniques Used

The Corey blanket uses a slipped-stitch colorwork pattern, which is an excellent technique for knitters who want the look of two-color knitting without the complexity of stranding or intarsia. In slipped-stitch colorwork, only one color is ever worked at a time per row, while the other color is carried along and "slipped" — meaning stitches are passed from one needle to the other without being knitted — creating the illusion of interwoven colors. The specific stitches and techniques include:

• Knit stitch – the foundation of every row in this pattern
• Slip stitch with yarn in front (sl 1 wyif) – used on wrong-side rows to carry the contrast color float to the front of the work
• Slip stitch with yarn in back (sl 1 wyib) – used on right-side rows to carry the contrast color float to the back of the work
• Two-color slipped-stitch pattern – worked over a multiple of 8 stitches plus 1, creating a clean, repeating vertical motif
• Stripe construction – three equal-length horizontal color sections, each approximately 11" / 28 cm, are worked sequentially by swapping the contrast color while keeping the main color constant
• Knitwise bind-off – the blanket is finished with a neat knitwise bind-