This week our KAL designer, Yvonne has given us a beautiful leaf design featuring cables, which you can see at the top of the picture above.
First of all lets look at how we got on with last week’s pattern (Yvonne chose a lavender shade for her prototype blanket
L’s was in pink
A loved hers so much she did extra rows
My colour scheme meant this section was in white on my version.
This week’s pattern looks quite complicated at first, but we’ve had a go and asked Yvonne lots of questions, so there are some extra hints which we hope will help.
Yvonne writes,”Hi guys I hope you all managed last week’s waves and may I suggest that the pattern is read carefully especially this week, as it’s a bit tricky again. I think it looks beautiful and is usually worked on larger scale and done like a basket weave pattern meaning the blocks are alternating but we are only doing 10 rows so no need to worry.”
“The pattern is sometimes called leaf stitch and consists of alternating panels of 7 stitches, one set of panels includes twists and in this version cable needles are used to achieve this. Within the four rows of the pattern each 7 stitch group increases then decreases back to 7.”
Week 13
Abbreviations for this week are:-
YO yarn over
SlP slip 1 st purlwise
K3 tog knit 3 together
Tbl through back of loop
K2tog knit 2 together
Remember that you begin with a total 141 stitches (including the 8 stitch border at the edges) – so the pattern is worked over the 125 stitches between those garter stitch borders.
Row 1. K3, *(YO, S1P, K1) 3times, YO, S1P, K2, (K1,YO,K1 into next st, K1, (K1,YO,K1) into next st, K2). Repeat from* 8 times, then (YO, S1P, K1) 3 times, YO, S1P, K3.
Row 2. P3, (K2tog, P1) 3 times, K2tog, *P2, slip next 7 sts purlwise, carrying yarn across front (wrong side), P2, (K2tog, P1) 3 times, K2tog, repeat from* 8 times, to last 3 stitches, P3.
Row 3. K3, *(YO, S1P, K1) 3 times, YO, S1P, Put next 2sts on cable needle leave at back of work K3 tog, K2 from cable needle, K1, put next 3 sts on cable needle leave at front of work, K2, K3tog tbl off cable needle, repeat from * 8 timesto last 10 stitches, (YO, S1P, K1) 3 times,YO, S1P, K3.
Row 4. P3 , (K2tog, P1) 3 times, K2tog, *P7, (K2tog, P1) 3 times, K2tog. Repeat from * 8 times to last 3csts P3.
These 4 rows form pattern so repeat 1-4 again.
Row 9. K3, *(YO, S1P, K1) rep 3 times YO, S1P, K7, rep from * 8 times, then (YO, S1P, K1) rep 3 times YO, S1P, to last 3 sts K3.
Row 10 as row 4.
That’s all there is to it
Hope you manage this pattern ok so until next time happy knitting.
Yvonne
I’m enjoying this one very much. After a few issues with the last one I’m reading the pattern and counting very carefully
A couple of hints that might help: – look out for the asterisks (*) and also, to keep track of the pattern, use stitch markers at * and after every 14 stitches than make up the pattern repeat
Meanwhile the blanket is growing!
Stitches by the Sea 