If you’re looking for a relaxing blanket project with gorgeous color movement, Noro Ito is a perfect choice. Each oversized 200 g skein holds more than 400 yards of worsted-weight wool in painterly stripes. With shorter color repeats than classic Kureyon, Ito often creates one vivid stripe per row, making for addictive “just one more row” knitting!
Texture & Color Play
These blankets use a simple Broken Garter variation: bands of knits and purls form subtle vertical ridges. Against Ito’s horizontal stripes, the effect is striking—clean structure with shifting color drama. It’s meditative, easy, and ideal for TV or travel knitting.
Yarn Pairing Option: Ito + Blue Sky Fibers Woolstok
For extra depth and contrast, pair Ito with Blue Sky Fibers Woolstok. Woolstok’s soft hand and heathered palette make a beautiful foil for Ito’s bold color changes. Choose a quiet neutral for graphic definition or echo one of Ito’s tones for a softer, blended look. (The blanket in the photos above was knit with Ito and Brooklyn Tweed Shelter, which was unfortunately discontinued. You'll get a very similar look with Woolstok.)
Blanket Options
Broken Garter Blanket (All Ito)
- Finished size: ~45" × 44"
- Yarn: 4 skeins total of Noro Ito (2 skeins each of 2 colorways) - choose your shades below.
- Needles: US 8 (5 mm) 40-inch circular
- Gauge: ~3.75 sts = 1" in garter stitch (flexible)
- Pattern:
- Cast on 170 sts. Place a marker every 10 sts to guide stitch changes.
- Rows 1–2 (Color A): *K10, P10* to last 10 sts, K10.
- Rows 3–4 (Color B): Repeat *K10, P10* to last 10 sts, K10.
- Continue alternating colorways every two rows until work measures ~44".
- Bind off in pattern and weave in ends.
Color play: Alternate two balls for crisp stripes, or knit each skein from start to finish for longer gradients.
Broken Garter Blanket (Ito + Woolstok)
- Finished size: ~43" × 38"
- Yarn: 2 skeins Noro Ito + 7 - 50g hanks Blue Sky Fibers Woolstok - choose your shades below.
- Needles: US 8 (5 mm) 40-inch circular
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Gauge: ~3.75 sts = 1" in garter stitch
- Pattern:
- Cast on 168 sts. Place a marker every 8 sts.
- Rows 1–2 (Ito): *K8, P8* across.
- Rows 3–4 (Woolstok): *K8, P8* across.
- Alternate yarns every two rows until work measures ~44".
- Bind off in pattern and weave in ends.
Tips
- Contrast vs. harmony: Pick a Woolstok neutral for clear definition or a coordinating tone for softer shifts.
- Adjusting size: Add or subtract stitch repeats (in 8- or 10-st increments, to match the pattern repeat) to change width; work to your preferred length.
- Substitution notes: Any worsted solid with good stitch definition can work, but Woolstok is an easy go-to for feel and palette.
