Rating:
Intermediate.
Instructions are given for a 35 X 35
blanket.
Materials:
Fiesta Yarn from Red Heart (I used # 6724 Baby
Pink).
- 5 double pointed needles # 7
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Circular needle # 7
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3 markers + 1 (different color)
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A
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4 mm white (or other color) satin ribbon.
Gauge: 18 rows (9 ridges) X 10 sts to 2 inches (5 cm), in Garter
Stitch.
Designer: Isabelle
Johnson ~ ~ ~ ~
~ ~ ~ Photo:
Isabelle Johnson
Increase: Knit front and back of the stitch.
Instructions:
Cast on 8 stiches
on one double pointed needle and divide them, 2 sts on each of 4 dbpns.
Join. Be careful not to twist stitches.
Row 1: Knit the 2 stitches of each
needle.
Row 2: Knit, increasing 1 in each of the 2
stitches (Right side) = 4 sts on each
needle.
Row 3: Purl one round
even.
Row 4: Knit, increasing 1 in the first and the
last stitch of each needle = 6 sts on each
needle.
Row 5 and every odd row (Wrong side): Purl one round
even.
Row 6 and every
.... row: Knit,
increasing 1 in the first and the last stitch of each needle = 8
needles.
Increasing 2 rows on each needle, every
other row, continue to work in Garter Stitch until there are 160 sts between the increases.
Switch to the 16” circular needle when
there are 20 sts on each
dbpn, and to a 29” circular needle when the 16” one becomes to small, placing markers at corners
of the square (one of different color for marking the beginning of the
row).
Then, make a row of eyelets (K1, YO, K2tog,
YO, K2tog, …) all around, on the Right Side of the
work, continuing the increase at corners.
3
Next rows: Purl even, Knit (with increases at corners), Purl even.
Next row: Make another row of eyelets on the RS of
the work, still increasing like previously.
Next row: Cast off in Purl loosely on the RS of
the work.
***TIP: To make sure my casting off will be
loose enough, I use a bigger needle (in this case, a # 9
Edge is made with Crochet Shell
stitch.
Starting in a corner, sc in the first
space, ch 1, * skip 1 space, 5 dcs in next space, ch 1, skip 1
space, 1 sc in next sp, ch 1*. Repeat from * to * all
around, making 7 dcs in the same sp in corners. Stop
in sl in the first
sc.
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