- 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 6:
YouTube Demonstration: https://youtu.be/F2o8WBjuA8s
Instructions:
- Change to color 6, K all stitches
- K5, P to marker, K5
- K all stitches
- K5, K2tog to marker, K5
- K5, KFB in every stitch to marker, K5
- K5, P to marker, K5
- Repeat rows 3-6 a total of 6x, or as many times as you like
- Change to MC and do garter section
- BO loosely, or use a stretchy BO
Sewing up:
Please note that you do not have to sew this piece up; it works well as a blanket!
- Fold the piece in half. It does not matter which way, but I folded mine left to right so that one side of each section met the other side of the same sections
- Using mattress stitch, sew from the met corners up the sides of the garter panels towards the fold for at least 4 inches, or for as long as you want as long as you leave 9 inches from the fold unsewn for an armhole. Try on the piece before fastening off sewing yarn so you can adjust as necessary
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