Deer in Lights Blanket Pattern: Chunky Knit Chart (Free)

Stitch-by-stitch guide

Yarn colors

C Cream 1240 stitches
T Tan Brown 325 stitches
B Dark Brown 222 stitches
R Red 129 stitches
K Black 53 stitches
Y Mustard 18 stitches
P Peach 15 stitches
G Teal 12 stitches
W White 2 stitches

Written rows

How to read a row: 5 B means five stitches of color B in a row. Row 1 is the top row of the chart, and the stitches of each written row are listed from left to right. Read the rows in the order your method needs.

Work the rows from the top: row 1 first. Each row lists its stitches from left to right.
Row   1 (28 stitches): 28 C
Row   2 (28 stitches): 28 C
Row   3 (28 stitches): 28 C
Row   4 (28 stitches): 28 C
Row   5 (28 stitches): 28 C
Row   6 (28 stitches): 28 C
Row   7 (28 stitches): 28 C
Row   8 (28 stitches): 2 C, 1 R, 1 C, 1 R, 1 C, 3 R, 2 C, 1 R, 1 C, 1 R, 1 C, 3 R, 2 C, 1 R, 1 C, 1 R, 1 C, 3 R, 1 C
Row   9 (28 stitches): 2 C, 1 R, 1 C, 1 R, 1 C, 1 R, 1 C, 1 R, 2 C, 1 R, 1 C, 1 R, 1 C, 1 R, 1 C, 1 R, 2 C, 1 R, 1 C, 1 R, 1 C, 1 R, 1 C, 1 R, 1 C
Row  10 (28 stitches): 2 C, 1 R, 1 C, 1 R, 1 C, 1 R, 1 C, 1 R, 2 C, 1 R, 1 C, 1 R, 1 C, 1 R, 1 C, 1 R, 2 C, 1 R, 1 C, 1 R, 1 C, 1 R, 1 C, 1 R, 1 C
Row  11 (28 stitches): 2 C, 1 R, 1 C, 1 R, 1 C, 1 R, 1 C, 1 R, 2 C, 1 R, 1 C, 1 R, 1 C, 1 R, 1 C, 1 R, 2 C, 1 R, 1 C, 1 R, 1 C, 1 R, 1 C, 1 R, 1 C
Row  12 (28 stitches): 2 C, 3 R, 1 C, 1 R, 1 C, 1 R, 2 C, 3 R, 1 C, 1 R, 1 C, 1 R, 2 C, 3 R, 1 C, 1 R, 1 C, 1 R, 1 C
Row  13 (28 stitches): 2 C, 1 R, 1 C, 1 R, 1 C, 1 R, 1 C, 1 R, 2 C, 1 R, 1 C, 1 R, 1 C, 1 R, 1 C, 1 R, 2 C, 1 R, 1 C, 1 R, 1 C, 1 R, 1 C, 1 R, 1 C
Row  14 (28 stitches): 2 C, 1 R, 1 C, 1 R, 1 C, 1 R, 1 C, 1 R, 2 C, 1 R, 1 C, 1 R, 1 C, 1 R, 1 C, 1 R, 2 C, 1 R, 1 C, 1 R, 1 C, 1 R, 1 C, 1 R, 1 C
Row  15 (28 stitches): 2 C, 1 R, 1 C, 1 R, 1 C, 1 R, 1 C, 1 R, 2 C, 1 R, 1 C, 1 R, 1 C, 1 R, 1 C, 1 R, 2 C, 1 R, 1 C, 1 R, 1 C, 1 R, 1 C, 1 R, 1 C
Row  16 (28 stitches): 2 C, 1 R, 1 C, 1 R, 1 C, 3 R, 2 C, 1 R, 1 C, 1 R, 1 C, 3 R, 2 C, 1 R, 1 C, 1 R, 1 C, 3 R, 1 C
Row  17 (28 stitches): 28 C
Row  18 (28 stitches): 28 C
Row  19 (28 stitches): 28 C
Row  20 (28 stitches): 28 C
Row  21 (28 stitches): 28 C
Row  22 (28 stitches): 28 C
Row  23 (28 stitches): 2 C, 2 B, 20 C, 2 B, 2 C
Row  24 (28 stitches): 1 C, 4 B, 19 C, 3 B, 1 C
Row  25 (28 stitches): 1 C, 4 B, 18 C, 1 K, 2 R, 2 B
Row  26 (28 stitches): 1 C, 4 B, 17 C, 1 K, 1 C, 2 R, 2 B
Row  27 (28 stitches): 2 C, 3 B, 2 C, 1 B, 12 C, 1 B, 1 K, 2 C, 2 R, 2 B
Row  28 (28 stitches): 2 C, 2 B, 2 K, 2 B, 12 C, 2 B, 1 C, 1 K, 4 B
Row  29 (28 stitches): 2 C, 1 B, 3 K, 2 B, 11 C, 1 K, 2 B, 1 C, 1 K, 4 B
Row  30 (28 stitches): 2 C, 2 K, 1 B, 1 C, 1 B, 2 K, 10 C, 1 K, 3 B, 1 C, 1 K, 3 B
Row  31 (28 stitches): 1 C, 2 K, 4 B, 1 C, 1 K, 10 C, 1 K, 1 C, 4 B, 1 K, 1 B, 1 C
Row  32 (28 stitches): 1 C, 1 K, 1 C, 4 B, 1 C, 1 B, 2 R, 7 C, 2 G, 1 K, 1 C, 4 B, 1 K, 1 C
Row  33 (28 stitches): 1 C, 1 K, 2 C, 3 B, 1 C, 1 B, 2 R, 7 C, 2 G, 1 K, 2 C, 3 B, 1 K, 1 C
Row  34 (28 stitches): 1 C, 2 Y, 1 C, 3 B, 1 C, 1 B, 2 R, 7 C, 2 G, 1 K, 2 C, 3 B, 1 K, 1 C
Row  35 (28 stitches): 1 C, 2 Y, 2 C, 5 B, 8 C, 3 B, 1 K, 1 C, 3 B, 2 Y
Row  36 (28 stitches): 1 C, 2 Y, 2 C, 4 B, 10 C, 7 B, 2 Y
Row  37 (28 stitches): 6 C, 3 B, 2 C, 2 Y, 7 C, 5 B, 1 C, 2 Y
Row  38 (28 stitches): 6 C, 4 B, 1 K, 2 Y, 3 K, 4 C, 4 B, 4 C
Row  39 (28 stitches): 6 C, 1 K, 2 B, 2 K, 2 Y, 2 C, 3 K, 2 C, 3 B, 1 K, 4 C
Row  40 (28 stitches): 5 C, 2 G, 1 K, 1 B, 1 K, 1 B, 6 C, 2 K, 3 B, 2 K, 4 C
Row  41 (28 stitches): 5 C, 2 G, 3 K, 1 B, 7 C, 3 B, 2 K, 2 C, 2 T, 1 C
Row  42 (28 stitches): 2 C, 3 T, 2 G, 2 C, 2 B, 1 C, 5 T, 1 C, 3 B, 3 C, 4 T
Row  43 (28 stitches): 1 C, 4 T, 5 C, 1 B, 6 T, 3 B, 3 C, 5 T
Row  44 (28 stitches): 6 T, 4 C, 8 T, 4 C, 6 T
Row  45 (28 stitches): 4 T, 1 P, 3 T, 1 C, 10 T, 2 C, 2 T, 2 P, 3 T
Row  46 (28 stitches): 1 C, 3 T, 3 P, 14 T, 3 P, 3 T, 1 C
Row  47 (28 stitches): 1 C, 4 T, 3 P, 12 T, 3 P, 3 T, 2 C
Row  48 (28 stitches): 2 C, 9 T, 2 B, 2 T, 2 B, 8 T, 3 C
Row  49 (28 stitches): 4 C, 7 T, 2 B, 2 T, 2 B, 7 T, 4 C
Row  50 (28 stitches): 8 C, 3 T, 1 W, 1 B, 2 T, 1 W, 1 B, 3 T, 8 C
Row  51 (28 stitches): 8 C, 3 T, 2 B, 2 T, 2 B, 3 T, 8 C
Row  52 (28 stitches): 8 C, 12 T, 8 C
Row  53 (28 stitches): 8 C, 5 T, 2 B, 5 T, 8 C
Row  54 (28 stitches): 8 C, 3 T, 6 B, 3 T, 8 C
Row  55 (28 stitches): 8 C, 2 T, 8 B, 2 T, 8 C
Row  56 (28 stitches): 8 C, 2 T, 8 B, 2 T, 8 C
Row  57 (28 stitches): 7 C, 3 T, 8 B, 3 T, 7 C
Row  58 (28 stitches): 7 C, 3 T, 8 B, 3 T, 7 C
Row  59 (28 stitches): 7 C, 3 T, 8 B, 3 T, 7 C
Row  60 (28 stitches): 7 C, 4 T, 6 B, 4 T, 7 C
Row  61 (28 stitches): 7 C, 5 T, 4 B, 5 T, 7 C
Row  62 (28 stitches): 7 C, 14 T, 7 C
Row  63 (28 stitches): 7 C, 14 T, 7 C
Row  64 (28 stitches): 7 C, 14 T, 7 C
Row  65 (28 stitches): 7 C, 14 T, 7 C
Row  66 (28 stitches): 8 C, 12 T, 8 C
Row  67 (28 stitches): 9 C, 10 T, 9 C
Row  68 (28 stitches): 10 C, 8 T, 10 C
Row  69 (28 stitches): 11 C, 6 T, 11 C
Row  70 (28 stitches): 28 C
Row  71 (28 stitches): 28 C
Row  72 (28 stitches): 28 C

This deer in lights blanket pattern shows a cheerful reindeer head with dark brown antlers wrapped in a string of Christmas lights (red, mustard and teal bulbs) and the words HO HO HO in red above it, on a soft cream background. The blanket is 28 stitches wide and 72 rows long, in 9 colors of very chunky yarn.

Follow the chart row by row: row 1 is the top row of the picture. If your method builds the blanket from the bottom edge up, start at row 72 and work up to row 1 so the deer and the letters are not upside down. The written rows and the stitch-by-stitch guide above list every run of stitches with its color.

The deer in lights blanket, seen from above

These pictures are previews made on the computer from the chart, stitch by stitch: they are not photos of a real blanket, and nobody has knitted this one yet. Each stitch sits exactly where the chart puts it.

Close up of the letters and the lights

At the top, the words HO HO HO are knitted in red, each letter one stitch thick and nine rows tall.

The dark brown antlers are wrapped in a black string of lights with square bulbs in red, mustard and teal.

Below, the tan brown face has peach inner ears, two dark brown eyes with a tiny white highlight and a big dark brown nose.

How to start the deer in lights blanket pattern

Rows 1 to 7 are all cream (28 cream stitches each), so you can start with one color. The red letters begin in row 8.

How to use this blanket chart

This chart is 28 stitches wide and 72 rows tall, with 9 yarn colors: 2,016 stitches in all. Every square is one stitch. Row 1 is the top row of the chart, and the written rows list their stitches from left to right.

What you need

Very thick yarn, such as chunky chenille, in the colors below
Your hands for finger knitting, or very large knitting needles

Stitch count by color

C Cream: 1,240 stitches
T Tan Brown: 325 stitches
B Dark Brown: 222 stitches
R Red: 129 stitches
K Black: 53 stitches
Y Mustard: 18 stitches
P Peach: 15 stitches
G Teal: 12 stitches
W White: 2 stitches

Steps

Make 28 stitches for the first row.
Work row 1 of the chart, changing yarn wherever the color changes. The written rows and the guide list the stitches in order.
Continue row by row to row 72.
Finish the last row and secure the end.

The size of the finished blanket depends on your yarn, your method and your tension. Knit a small sample first and measure it before you buy yarn for the whole blanket. Read the rows in the order your method needs.

This chart was drawn and checked by software and has not yet been knitted by a person. The colors on screen are close matches, not exact ones: compare them with your real yarn before you start.

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