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April 1, 2010

Hi Spud & Chloë Friends,

Here is square #2 in the baby blanket adventure. One important update is that you will need 2 skeins of each color in Sweater. You won’t use much of the second skein but I don’t like sweating it out hoping to scrape together enough yardage to finish. I tried, even tying extra ends together to make it work but it isn’t worth the effort. What I am planning to do is to design a baby set to go along with the blanket in the end. We’ll use up that extra yarn together

The next stitch pattern I selected makes a texture-y block of goodness.

Oh, and I will pull this pattern all together at the end so don’t worry about piecing it together as we go. I’ll do it for you!

I am selecting stitch patterns that lay fairly flat so the squares will be fairly even in size. The next square I made out of Spud & Chloë Sweater in Grass. It is a stitch pattern from Super Stitches Knitting (p. 94), called the Blackberry Stitch. Here is my take on this stitch pattern for the square:

Make 5 squares out of Grass in the Blackberry stitch.

US size 7 needles or size to obtain gauge

Gauge: 5 stitches per inch in stockinette stitch

Cast on 32 stitches.

Row 1: (right side) *(knit in the front, then back, then front again of the same stitch, p3), repeat from * to the end of the row

Row 2: *(p3tog, k3) repeat from * to the end of the row

Row 3: *(p3, knit in the front, then back, then front again of the same stitch) repeat from * to the end of the row

Row 4: *(k3, p3tog) repeat to the end of the row

Repeat rows 1-4 ten times total OR until the square measures 6 1/4 inches from the cast on row. Try to end with a row 4 if you can but if not it won’t matter just be consistent on all 5 squares.

Bind off.

Cut the yarn leaving a long end that will be used for stitching the blanket together later. Pull the end through the remaining stitch.

There you go! This square takes a little longer to knit than the Harris Tweed square. I’m going to switch off and start another square next. Then I will alternate the Blackberry stitch square with the next one. I’m still picking out the next square’s stitch pattern.

Hope you are well with your knitting and otherwise! I’ll be back soon….

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