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Dream Catcher Square #4

April 8, 2010

Hi Spud & Chloë Friends,

I have the fourth square ready to go for you! It is in Sweater Firefly #7505, you need two skeins to make 5 squares. I just love the sweet stitch pattern in this square along with the buttery yellow color. The squares look like tiny pats of butter. Yum. The stitch pattern is from Super Stitches Knitting by Karen Hemingway and it is called Stockinette Stitch Check, page 54. In the book it says the stitch pattern is for an 8 stitch repeat but this is incorrect. It is for a 6 stitch repeat. I added one knit stitch at each end on the odd rows and one purl stitch on each end for the even rows. I will write it all out.

Here is my take on the Stockinette Stitch Check square for the Dream Catcher Baby Blanket:

US size 7 needles or size necessary to obtain gauge

Gauge: 5 stitches per inch in stockinette stitch

Cast on 32 stitches.

Row 1 (right side): k1, *(p2, k4) repeat from * to the last stitch, k1

Row 2: purl

Row 3: same as row 1

Row 4: purl

Row 5: k4, *(p2, k4) repeat from * to the last 4 stitches, p2, k2

Row 6: purl

Row 7: same as row 5

Row 8: purl

Repeat these 8 rows until the square measures 6 1/4 inches from the cast on edge. I worked 5 repeats of rows 1-8 total and then rows 1 and 2 one more time. The main concern is to work until the square measures 6 1/4 inches. Stop working after an even row.

Bind off. Cut the yarn leaving about an 8-10 inch end. Pull the end through the remaining stitch.

I’m making way on the squares. I have 16 squares completed. I haven’t gotten back to my Blackberry squares yet so I only have one of those completed. I am loving working up these little squares, it is too much fun.

Don’t they look great all stacked up?

Squish.

Don’t forget that I’ll be writing all of this up for you in a single pattern for free download at the end. I’ll be back soon with the last square! Have fun!

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