Welcome to our little bit of knitterly Heaven- I'm so glad you found your way here!
Our goal is to teach beginning knitters some tricks of the trade as well as to work enough swatches to have a finished afghan by the end of the year! Join along with us as we learn about patterns, cables, lace, and some other handy techniques! A new pattern will become available each month ranging from newbie to adventurous. So stop on by, pick your pattern and knit along with us!

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Thursday, July 12, 2012

Knitting the Summer Away

Happy July, Knitters!  I hope you are keeping cool and happily knitting away.  This month's swatch is a sweet and easy texture stitch meant to get you through the heat of the summer!

It's A Wrap
by Lindsey Melvin
Cast on 44 stitches
Border Rows:
Row 1, 3, 5: K1, P1 across row
Row 2, 4: P1, K1 across row

Pattern Rows:
Row 1 and 3: (P1, K1, P1, K1, P1) Purl to last 5 stitches (K1, P1, K1, P1, K1)
Row 2: (K1, P1, K1, P1, K1) K1, *YO, K2, pass YO over K2 repeat from * to last 6 K1 (P1, K1, P1, K1, P1)
Row 4: (K1, P1, K1, P1, K1) *YO, K2, pass YO over K2 repeat from * to last 5 stitches (P1, K1, P1, K1, P1)

Repeat these 4 rows until square is approx 9 inches long.

Border Rows 1, 3, 5: P1, K1 across row
Rows 2, 4: K1, P1 across row
Bind off all stitches.

I hope you enjoy this month's square and I hope you are having some fun in the sun- keep cool and happy knitting!

Wednesday, July 4, 2012