Knitted patchwork quilt

Star stitch squares
Make 6 star stitch squares: 3 with Blue as C1 and Cream as C2; and 3 with Grey as C1 and Cream as C2.

For each: With C1, CO 15 sts.
Row 1 (WS): With C1, P.
Row 2 (RS): With C1, K2, [YO, K3, pass the 1st of these 3 sts over the other 2] 4 times, K1.
Row 3 (WS): With C2, P.
Row 4 (RS): With C2, K1, [K3, pass the 1st of these 3 sts over the other 2, YO] 4 times, K2.

Repeat these 4 rows 3 more times, then repeat rows 1 and 2. BO in P on the WS.

Weave in ends.

Assembly
Lay out the squares according to the chart or in desired arrangement 7 blocks tall and 8 blocks wide.

Sew the squares into vertical strips using mattress stitch. Use common sense to guide you in choosing the right colour to seam two squares.

Once you have assembled your strips, seam them together vertically with mattress stitch. These seams won't show, so you can use the same length of yarn for the whole strip.

Single crochet with Grey around the edge of the blanket.

Notes
A knitted quilt is a bit different from a fabric quilt, because a fabric quilt is usually backed to hide the mechanics of sewing squares together. If you'd like to back your quilt, you have a couple of options.

Back it with fabric:
You will need the fabric, an iron and a sewing machine and/or needle and thread.

Cut fabric to dimensions of blanket with 1/2-inch seam allowance on all sides. Fold all edges at seam allowance and iron or sew into place. Then hand-stitch the fabric to the blanket, wrong side to wrong side. For more information on backing a blanket, check out any number of quilt or sewing books or ask advice at your local fabric store.

Back it with knitting:
Use a thinner, lighter yarn in a coordinating colour to knit a rectangle the same size as the finished blanket. Then single crochet the two pieces together.

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Excerpted from Baby Knits Kit: Instructions and Tools for 20 Snuggly Projects by Sara Lucas, with photographs by Julie Toy. Text copyright 2007 by Sara Lucas. Photographs copyright 2007 by Julie Toy. Excerpted with permission from Chronicle Books. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced except with permission in writing from the publisher.