
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 3:
YouTube Demonstration: https://youtu.be/nnm4w9YGMRU
Instructions:
- Change to color 3, K5, M1R, K60, M1R, K to marker, M1L, K5
- K5, P to marker, K5
- K5, (K3, P2, K1, P2) to 3 stitches before marker, K8
- K5, (P3, K1, P1, K1, P1, K1) to 3 stitches before marker, P3, K5
- K5, (K3, P2, K1, P2) to 3 stitches before marker, K8
- K5, (P3, K1, P1, K1, P1, K1) to 3 stitches before marker, P3, K5
- K all stitches
- K5, P to marker, K5
- K5, (P1, K1, P2, K3, P1) to 3 stitches before marker, P1, K1, P1, K5
- K5, (P1, K1, P1, K1, P3, K1) to 3 stitches before marker, P1, K1, P1, K5
- K5, (P1, K1, P2, K3, P1) to 3 stitches before marker, P1, K1, P1, K5
- K5, (P1, K1, P1, K1, P3, K1) to 3 stitches before marker, P1, K1, P1, K5
- Optional: for a shorter piece stop here and skip to row 15
- K all stitches
- Repeat rows 2-12 one more time
- Optional: for a longer piece repeat rows 2-13 as many times as you like, ending after completing row 12
- Change to MC and do a garter section
The next sections will post every week on Tuesday. There are 6 sections total.
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