Cheer Cherries Finger Knit Blanket Pattern

Give it up for the loudest blanket on the bleachers. The Cheer Cherries Finger Knit Blanket Pattern stacks CHEER in crisp white over CHERRIES in bold red, both boxed on a black banner, with two bright red cheerleading pom-poms shaped like cherries underneath. Set against a lively lime green background, this playful graphghan celebrates cheerleading, sports fans, spirit squads, pep rallies, and game-day excitement. Loud, punny, and impossible to ignore, it’s a blanket made for cheering from the sidelines or the stands.

Worked entirely in stockinette colorwork, the Cheer Cherries Finger Knit Blanket Pattern turns a simple graph chart into a bright, high-spirit afghan. Four colors carry the whole look, lime, black, red, and white, the kind of contrast that reads clean from the top row of the stands.

Finger knitting with colorwork means working the design row by row, changing colors as you go to build up the pixel-style graphic. The Cheer Cherries Finger Knit Blanket Pattern is worked in stockinette stitch, and you can follow the colorwork chart, the row-by-row written instructions, or the color blocks, whichever feels most comfortable for you.

What’s Inside the Cheer Cherries Finger Knit Blanket Pattern

The Cheer Cherries Finger Knit Blanket Pattern includes a colorwork graph with gridlines every 10 stitches, divided into sections for easy printing, row-by-row written instructions, color block guidance, and a printable PDF. Directional arrows show which way to work each row, and you always read the chart from left to right so the lettering stays centered and never appears mirrored. Take a moment to check your gauge before you start, since it sets the finished size of your afghan.

Chart size: 33 stitches x 70 rows.

Color palette used in this design (4 colors): Lime, Black, Red, and White.

Pattern language: English.

Skill level: Intermediate. Simple stitches, but colors change several times within a row.

Finished as a spirited throw depending on your yarn, the Cheer Cherries Finger Knit Blanket Pattern is made for cheerleaders, spirit squads, and the loudest fans in the stands. A handmade sport knit blanket like this makes a standout gift for cheer banquets, team send-offs, or anyone who lives for game day.

Recommended yarn options for this graphghan include: Yarn Bee Eternal Bliss (Hobby Lobby), Bernat Blanket Big, Bernat Blanket Extra Thick, BeCozi Chunky Chenille Yarn, Hobbii Blanket Yarn (#7 Jumbo), Yarn Bee Perfectly Plush Yarn (#7 Jumbo), Spirit Yarn Chunky Chenille (#7 Jumbo), as well as similar jumbo chenille yarns from brands like Cozyful, HOMBYS, Mellobello, MARCYNMYA.

Finished Sizes for the Cheer Cherries Finger Knit Blanket Pattern

Bee Perfectly Plush Yarn (#7 Jumbo)
Gauge: 10 x 10 cm = 5 stitches x 7 rows
Size: 65 x 100 cm (26″ x 39″)
Total weight: ~810 g
Lime – 450 g / 2 skeins / 82 m
Black – 175 g / 1 skein / 32 m
Red – 147 g / 1 skein / 27 m
White – 38 g / 1 skein / 7 m

Hobbii Blanket Yarn (#7 Jumbo)
Gauge: 10 x 10 cm = 3 stitches x 6 rows
Size: 110 x 120 cm (43″ x 46″)
Total weight: ~1400 g
Lime – 771 g / 3 skeins / 101 m
Black – 300 g / 1 skein / 39 m
Red – 251 g / 1 skein / 33 m
White – 65 g / 1 skein / 9 m

Bee Eternal Bliss Yarn (#7 Jumbo)
Gauge: 10 x 10 cm = 2.5 stitches x 4 rows
Size: 132 x 175 cm (53″ x 70″)
Total weight: ~2550 g
Lime – 1413 g / 7 skeins / 160 m
Black – 550 g / 3 skeins / 63 m
Red – 460 g / 3 skeins / 52 m
White – 119 g / 1 skein / 14 m

The Cheer Cherries Finger Knit Blanket Pattern works up quickly with jumbo yarn, making it a satisfying finger knitting project. Because jumbo chenille knits up fast, it makes a practical choice as a handmade gift, you can finish a full sport knit blanket in far less time than a traditional afghan. The finished chunky throw is extra warm and heavy, and suits anyone who loves colorwork designs and bold team-spirit throws.

This knitting tutorial has been carefully designed and written by HitsKnits to guide you step by step with clarity and ease. Each pattern is created manually, without the use of AI (artificial intelligence), ensuring a natural design process, thoughtful construction, and careful attention to every detail.

Pattern language: English.

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