Free knitting patterns for blankets created from mitered squares. I love knitting mitered squares - they're so easy, fun to knit, often portable, and versatile. Updated 8/16/24
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Free Patterns
Norah Baby Afghan
Baby blanket created with 16 striped mitered squares in garter stitch. Designed for 6 colors, it's a great stash buster for Worsted weight yarn. Designed by Lion Brand. A kit is also available.
Stadium Blanket
Knit this garter stitch blanket in the colors of your favorite team! Created from 4 large striped mitered squares. Perfect for keeping warm at games whether at home or in the stadium. Aran weight yarn. Stadium Blanket in Plymouth Encore Worsted F220.
Southwestern Geometric Blanket
Spectacular blanket knit with 8 different types of mitered squares in garter stitch stripes or color blocks with 5 colors. Great stash buster for Aran weight yarn. Designed by Lorna Miser. Pictured project by JeanneMarieK who knit the blanket in strips rather than picking up each square. A kit is also available.
Sliding Tiles Blanket
Throw created from simple striped mitered squares in garter stitch with a unique arrangement that creates a truly eye catching piece of work that looks like overlapping large and small diamonds! Size Approx 54 x 72" [137 x 183 cm]. Great stash buster for Sport weight yarn. Designed by Tammy Canavan-Soldaat
Cascading Colors Mitered Blanket
Gradient effect created with graphic stripes on mitered squares. Great combination of color gradient and geometric design! Blanket size: 46in to 52in. Designed by Caron. Aran weight yarn. Pictured project by moije
Striped Mitered Blanket
Throw created from striped mitered squares in garter stitch knit with self striping yarn and assembled to form a sawtoothed edge. Size Approx 54 x 72" [137 x 183 cm]. Aran weight yarn. Designed by Bernat Design Studio. Pictured project by SaraBethHorton
Modern Miters Afghan
Colorful stash buster blanket created from rectangles in garter stitch knit with self striping yarn and assembled an offset pattern. Size 106cm/42in to 137cm/54in. Aran weight yarn. Designed by Lion Brand.
Goodwood Blanket
Baby or child-sized blanket (36" x 48", 90cm x 120cm) with bold garter stitch stripes in garter stitch. Constructed from 48 mitered and regular squares to create a racecourse-inspired design. DK weight yarn. Designed by Anna Waites.
Pumpkin Spice Afghan
Fun modular blanket featuring steaming coffee cups and mitered squares in colors reflecting the favorite flavor of the season. Size 71in/180cm square. Designed for 8 colors, it's great for stash busting Worsted weight yarn. Designed by Paintbox Yarns.
More Free Patterns
Mitered Throw
Colorful striped blanket constructed of garter stitch mitered squares with 2 colors of stripes at one corner and a fourth color along the border. Finished Measurements: 48" x 65". Super Bulky weight yarn. Designed by Amy Gunderson. A kit is also available.
Lumberjack Blanket
Easy two color blanket created with garter stitch mitered squares alternating striped and solid colors. Approx 56" [142 cm] square. Worsted weight yarn. Designed by Caron. A kit is also available.
Domino Baby Blanket
Garter stitch mitered squares knit with a square of variegated yarn bordered with a solid color to become a peaceful whole. Great stashbuster for scrap sock yarn. Fingering weight yarn. Designed by Sylvia Roozeboom. Pictured project by judithvanpraag
Homespun Mitered Afghan
Blanket created from striped garter stitch mitered squares that are placed as diamond shapes in 3 different color schemes with 2 central rows of triangles to form smaller diamonds. Designed for 5 colors. Finished Dimensions About 42 inches x 56 inches. Chunky weight yarn. Designed by Lion Brand
Deco Squares Blanket
Easy yet sophisticated throw inspired by the geometric influence of art deco design created with garter stitch mitered squares that are cleverly striped and pieced together. Approx 52" [132 cm] square. Chunky weight yarn. Designed by Lion Brand
Modular Miters Afghan
Blanket created from 4 different sizes of garter stitch mitered squares. Finished Dimensions About 47 x 60 in. (119.5 cm x 152.5 cm). Chunky weight yarn. Designed by Lion Brand
Diagonal Stripe Mitered Square Blanket
Blanket created of garter stitch mitered squares that assembled to form zigzag stripes. 4 sizes. Customize your blanket by choosing the size and the number of squares desired; each square that is individually knit then stitched together. This pattern is an easy-knit, perfect for novice and experienced knitters alike. Perfect for stash busting Worsted weight yarn. Designed by Premier Yarns Design Team
Shadowbox Blanket
An illusion of dimensional boxes is created with three color garter stitch mitered squares in this blanket. Worsted weight yarn. Designed by Nicole Winer. Pictured project by gundydee
Shadowbox Afghan
Eyelet mitred squares in 3 shades and different configurations creates a blanket with an illusion of overlapping squares. DK weight yarn. Designed by Sandi Rosner. Pictured project by sclesq
Patterns for Purchase
Stitch In Time Blanket
Commemorate your year with this blanket of mitered squares. It's made up of twelve blocks that to reflect the twelve months of the year. Each block has nine mitered squares you can use to remind you of that particular month. The blocks are then bordered and seamed together. Great for stash busting scrap Fingering weight yarn. Designed by Kay F Jones
Temperature Blanket
A different take on the temperature blanket using individual mitered square blocks for each month. For each day of the month, you will knit the highest recorded temperature of that day, using a colur that you have chosen for that temperature range, but in a mitered square rather than full stripes. Fingering weight yarn. Designed by Charlotte Marjoribanks
Mitered Garter Afghan
I lover the variety of mitered square designs in this blanket. This throw is one of the 9 patterns in the Mitered Square Knitting book. Designed by Melissa Leapman
Mitered Ragg Throw
Blanket of striped mitered stitch squares with twist yarn that adds an extra color dimension and optional bobbles for texture. SSize: 51" x 59.5". Worsted weight yarn. Designed by Mary Maxim
Mitered Eyelet Baby Blanket
This blanket is one of the 6 patterns in the Timeless Baby Blankets book. Great with multi-color yarn!
A New Angle
3D illustion for an afghan blanket or wall hanging.
