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First swatch - edging

• (cable based on http://knitty.com/ISSUEwinter03/PATTcoronet.html)
• (slip stitch fake i-cord edging idea from http://www.modeknit.com/blog/alisons_scarf.pdf)
• lambswool knitted double on 4mm needles

Special abbreviations:

• RSB (right side border): K1, sl 1 wyif, K1, sl 1 wyif, K1
• WSB (wrong side border): sl 1 wyif, K1, sl 1 wyif, K1, sl 1 wyif

Cast on 20 st.

• Row 1: RSB, P2, K6, P2, RSB.
• Row 2: WSB, K2, P6, K2, WSB.
• Row 3: RSB, P2, slip next 2 st onto cable needle leaving it at front of work, K2, K2 from cable needle, K2, P2, RSB.
• Row 4: As row 2.
• Row 5: As row 1.
• Row 6: As row 2.
• Row 7: RSB, P2, K2, slip next 2 st onto cable needle leaving it at back of work, K2, K2 from cable needle, P2, RSB.
• Row 8: As row 2.

Work 5 1/2 repeats in total, ending row 3. Cast off (I used Icelandic bind off).

Second swatch - either body or edging

Lambswool knitted double on 4mm needles. Cast on 41 stitches and work in [shadow rib]? as follows:

• Row 1: K2, (P1, K2) to end.
• Row 2: P to end.

Odd-numbered rows are the right side.

This stitch pattern taken from http://home.wlu.edu/~mortonc/knitting/RibStitches.html - see there for a chart, though note that the instructions get right side and wrong side swapped over.

Third swatch - body

Lambswool knitted double on 7mm needles. Cast on 41 stitches and work in linen stitch as follows:

• Row 1: K1, (slip 1 purlwise with yarn in front, K1) to end.
• Row 2: K1, P1, (slip 1 purlwise with yarn in back, P1) to last stitch, K1.

Odd-numbered rows are the right side.

This stitch pattern taken from http://knitting.about.com/library/bllinen.htm - see there for a photo.

Fourth swatch - body

Lambswool knitted quadruple on 5.5mm needles. Cast on 26 stitches and work in stocking stitch with a garter stitch border.

Fifth swatch - edging

Special abbreviations:

• 4MS (4 moss stitch): K1, P1, K1, P1
• STw2: pass needles behind 1st st and K 2nd st in back of loop. Sl passed st purlwise onto right-hand needle and sl knitted stitch onto right-hand needle.

Lambswool knitted triple on 4.5mm needles. Cast on 19 stitches and work in travelling striped rib as follows:

• Row 1: 4MS, K3, P5, K3, 4MS.
• Row 2: 4MS, P3, STw2, K3, P3, 4MS.
• Row 3: As row 1.
• Row 4: 4MS, P3, K1, STw2, K2, P3, 4MS.
• Row 5: As row 1.
• Row 6: 4MS, P3, K2, STw2, K1, P3, 4MS.
• Row 7: As row 1.
• Row 8: 4MS, P3, K3, STw2, P3, 4MS.

This stitch pattern taken from Rae Compton's Illustrated Dictionary of Knitting.

See Also: Kake's Projects