Colorado Avalanche Finger Knit Blanket Pattern

Colorado Avalanche Finger Knit Blanket Pattern

This finger knitting pattern features the bold Colorado Avalanche hockey logo, set on a deep burgundy red background with team-color stripes in blue and white running across the top and bottom like a hockey jersey. At the center sits the team’s avalanche emblem – a white mountain with a sweeping rush of falling snow outlined in steel blue, shaped into a stylised letter A, with a small black hockey puck tucked at the base. The burgundy, blue, white, and black colour mix captures the team’s classic look in a clear, pixel-style graphic that reads strongly from across the room. This sport knit blanket turns the recognisable team logo into a chunky throw with plenty of texture and warmth. The Colorado Avalanche Finger Knit Blanket Pattern uses simple colorwork to build the design row by row, so you can work it as a graphghan even if colorwork is fairly new to you.

Finger knitting with colorwork means working the design row by row, changing colors as you go to build up the pixel-style graphic. The 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.

The Colorado Avalanche Finger Knit Blanket Pattern includes a colorwork graph with a 10×10 grid divided for easy printing, full row-by-row written instructions, color block guidance, and a printable PDF. Every row is marked with directional arrows that show which way to work, helping you avoid the most common mistake of reading a row in reverse and ending up with a mirrored design. Always read each row from left to right and follow the arrow for direction. Before you cast on, take a moment to check your gauge, since it directly affects the finished size of your blanket. This design sits at an intermediate level – large areas of burgundy background keep it manageable, but the jersey stripes and the detail in the avalanche emblem mean you will be tracking your stitches carefully as you change between red, white, blue, and black.

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

Pattern language: English. Skill level: Intermediate. Big blocks of background colour are easy going, but the jersey stripes and the logo detail need steady attention while changing colours.

Depending on the yarn you choose, the finished blanket works as a lap blanket, a child’s throw, or a large throw for the sofa or the end of the bed. It suits hockey fans of every age, from kids decorating a bedroom to adults cheering on game day. Knit this Colorado Avalanche Finger Knit Blanket Pattern for an Avalanche supporter in your life and it becomes a warm, handmade gift that shows real effort.

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), as well as similar jumbo chenille yarns from brands like Cozyful, HOMBYS, Mellobello, MARCYNMYA.

The final size of your blanket will depend on the yarn and needle size, loom, or finger knitting technique you choose, and may vary depending on your knitting tension. Tighter stitches will result in a shorter blanket. Below are approximate sizes for some yarn options.

Chart size: 43 stitches x 64 rows.

Bee Perfectly Plush Yarn (#7 Jumbo)
Needles: 15 mm (18 US)
Gauge: 10 x 10 cm = 5 stitches x 7 rows
Size: 86 x 90 cm (34″ x 36″)
Total weight: ~600-700 g
Red – 422g / 2 skeins / 77m
White – 65g / 1 skein / 12m
Blue – 49g / 1 skein / 9m
Black – 4g / 1 skein / 1m

Hobbii Blanket Yarn (#7 Jumbo)
Needles: 20 mm (36 US)
Gauge: 10 x 10 cm = 3 stitches x 6 rows
Size: 145 x 110 cm (56″ x 42″)
Total weight: ~1600 g
Red – 1251g / 5 skeins / 163m
White – 191g / 1 skein / 25m
Blue – 143g / 1 skein / 19m
Black – 10g / 1 skein / 2m

Yarn Bee Eternal Bliss Yarn (#7 Jumbo)
Needles: 25 mm (50 US)
Gauge: 10 x 10 cm = 2.5 stitches x 3.5 rows
Size: 165 x 180 cm (67″ x 70″)
Total weight: ~3200 g
Red – 2566g / 12 skeins / 290m
White – 391g / 2 skeins / 45m
Blue – 293g / 2 skeins / 33m
Black – 21g / 1 skein / 3m

This graphghan pattern works up quickly with jumbo yarn, making it a satisfying project for finger knitting, arm knitting, and loom knitting alike. Because jumbo chenille knits up fast, it makes a practical choice as a handmade gift – you can complete a full sport knit blanket in a single sitting. The finished chunky throw is extra warm and heavy, and suits anyone who loves colorwork designs and bold team-color blankets.

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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