Knitted dog blanket

I had knitted my sister's dog a blanket to match the sweater I had knitted for him for Christmas.  I'd used the same yarn but wasn't crazy about the way the blanket had turned out.  So I took it apart and knitted another one using a different pattern (basically just big dishcloths) ... and I like it much better.

I used Caron Chunky Cakes Yarn (Sweet and Sour). It's a 6 ply yarn and I used 8mm needles.

Cast on 65 stitches (or an odd number of stitches).

Row 1 to 5: k1, p1, repeat until you reach the last stitch, k1.

Row 6: k1, p1, k1, p1, k1, purl until you reach last five stitches, k1, p1, k1, p1, k1.

Row 7: k1, p1, k1, p1, k1, knit until you reach last five stitches, k1, p1, k1, p1, k1.

Repeat rows 6 and 7 until desired length less five rows.

Last five rows:  k1, p1, repeat until you reach the last stitch, k1.

Bind off all stitches in knit. Weave in loose ends.