Materials (For the whole project):
- 450 grams of size 4 Worsted Weight yarn. You can do this all in one color, or up to 7 colors: 100 grams for your main color (MC) and 50-60 grams for each of 6 contrast colors
- Needles to match your yarn and make the density of fabric you like. I used 5.5mm needles with 36-inch cords
- Optional, but they are written in the pattern: 2 stitch markers
Gauge:
- 15 stitches per 4 inches, but this is not super important to get exact
- There is no row gauge
Key:
- K – knit
- P – purl
- KFB – knit front and back of the same stitch, increasing by a stitch
- YO – yarn over
- M1R/M1L – make one right/make one left
- K2tog – knit 2 stitches together, reducing by a stitch
- SSK – Slip 2 stitches knitwise, and then knit both slipped stitches together through the back loop
- BO – Bind off
- MC – main color
- PM – place stitch marker
Garter Section:
In the main color, knit every stitch for 10 rows
Section 1:
YouTube Demonstration: https://youtu.be/xqAjgaxVrTk
Instructions:
- Loosely cast on 130 stitches, or any multiple of 24 + 10, in your MC
- Work a garter section
- Change to color 1, K5, PM, K to last 5 stitches, PM, K5
- K5, P to marker, K5
- K5, (YO, K2, pass the yarn over loop over the 2 knit stitches) to marker, K5
- Repeat rows 4 and 5 a total of 10 times (or as many times as you like), plus one more row 4
- Change to MC and work a garter section
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