Remember how last week we took it easy with a simple pattern? This week it's payback time. We're going to knit a fabulous stitch pattern which is a little more complicated....but not much. And it looks so great that all the effort will be worth it, we promise!
This week's pattern is the Star Stitch. It's a 4 row repeat. We've seen it worked in 2 different colours. Very cool. If you want to give that a try sometime, you use 1 colour for the first 2 rows and a different colour for the next 2 rows.
So, if you've finished last week's pattern, the Farrow Rib, you should have 47 stitches on your needle. Keeping in mind the 5 garter stitch borders on each edge, work the Star Stitch pattern a follows:
Row
1: (right side) Knit
Row
2: P1, * Make Star, p1; rep from * to end.
Row
3: Knit
Row
4: P3, Make Star, * p1, Make Star;
rep
from * to last 3 sts, p3.
Make Star = p3tog leaving sts on needle, yrn (yarn round needle), then purl the same 3 sts together again.
Make Star = p3tog leaving sts on needle, yrn (yarn round needle), then purl the same 3 sts together again.
Repeat
these 4 rows, 9 times.
You can find the .PDF here.
Separator: Knit 6 rows, reducing 1 st. anywhere in the
middle of the last row by knitting 2 sts tog.
(46
stitches total)
Only 2 more pattern stitches to go....unless you've run out of yarn. :( Hang on..... You can just jump right to the final border when the rest of us get there in only 2 more weeks! (Can you believe that?)
This one sounds unusual, but I will trust you and give it a try. Still have to do week 9, so will be busy with the needles this week. Thanks.
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