December Swatches

Because this is a month that people take vacations I will post both swatches.  I am also posting a swatch I used last year.  You have 2 that you can use as coasters for Christmas.

December 5^th 2017 Swatch – Wreath Swatch

Copyright Janet Nogle 2017 ©

Materials:  1 skein cotton yarn, I used red.  #6 or #7 US Knitting needles

Cast on:  22

Border:

Rows 1-2: Knit across.

Pattern:

Row 1:              Knit across.

Row 2:             B2, P18 B2.

Repeat rows 1 & 2 three (3) more times.

Body:

Row 9:     B2, K6, P6, K6, B2.

Row 10:   B2, P5, K8, P5, B2.

Row 11:   B2, K4, P10, K4, B2.

Row 12:   B2, P3, K5, P2, K5, P3, B2.

Row 13:   B2, K3, P3, K6, P3, K3, B2.

Row 14:   B2, P3, K3, P6, K3, P3, B2.

Row 15:   B2, K3, P4, K4, P4, K3, B2.

Row 16:   B2, P3, K4, P4, K4, P3, B2.

Row 17:   B2, K4, P10, K4, B2.

Row 18:   B2, P5, K8, P5, B2.

Row 19:   B2, K6, P6, K6, B2.

Row 20:   B2, P18, B2,

Row 21:   Knit across

Row 22:   B2, P18, B2.

Repeat rows 1 & 2 three (3) more times.

Border:

Rows 1 & 2:      Knit Across

Bind off

Weave in ends.

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Dec 20^th 2017 Pine Trees in Lace Swatch

http://www.knittingstitchpatterns.com/2016/06/small-pine-trees.html

This isn’t a difficult pattern but it does require you paying close attention.  By that I mean, you will do Purl stitches and the next direction will be to YO K1.  After the Purl stitch you can just leave the yarn where it is because it is already in the “YO” position.  When doing the S2KP stitch unless it says YO, make sure you have your yarn in the back of your work because this is a knitted stitch.  You should always have 33 stitches at the end of the row, if you have 34 or 35, you probably failed to put the yarn in the back prior to doing a S2KP.   Just pay attention to your instructions. 

This is a beautiful design but because of the large amount of stitches required I just turned this into a small dishcloth.  A larger cloth can be accomplished by adding 2 additional stitches on each border and do 4 stitches instead of 2.

Knitted in a multiple of 18 sts, + 11 and a 16-row repeat.

Cast on:  33 stitches

Materials:  I used a skein of green yarn.

Border:

Row 1 & 2:       Knit across
Row 1 - right side: B2, K1, * yo, p3, S2KP, p3, yo, k9; rep from * to last 12 sts, yo, p3, S2KP, p3, yo, k1, B2.
Row 2 and all wrong side rows: B2, P29, B2.
Row 3: B2, K1, * k1, yo, p2, S2KP, p2, yo, k10; rep from * to last 12 sts, k1, yo, p2, S2KP, p2, yo, k2, B2.
Row 5: B2, K1, * k2, yo, p1, S2KP, p1, yo, k11; rep from * to last 12 sts, k2, yo, p1, S2KP, p1, yo, k3, B2.
Row 7: B2, K1, * k3, yo, S2KP, yo, k12; rep from * to last 12 sts, k3, yo, S2KP, yo, k4, B2
Row 9: B2, K1, * k9, yo, p3, S2KP, p3, yo; rep from * to last 12 sts, k10, B2.
Row 11: B2, K1, * k10, yo, p2, S2KP, p2, yo, k1; rep from * to last 12 sts, k10, B2.
Row 13: B2, K1, * k11, yo, p1, S2KP, p1, yo, k2; rep from * to last 12 sts, k10, B2.
Row 15: B2, K1, * k12, yo, S2KP, yo, k3; rep from * to last 12sts, k10, B2.
Row 16: B2, P29, B2.

Repeat rows 1-16 and then rows 1-8 once more and work border:

Border:

Row 1 & 2:       Knit across.

(I worked rows 1-16 a total of 2 times and then worked rows 1-8 once more and then worked the border)

Knitting abbreviations:
K: Knit | P: Purl | Yo: Yarn over.
S2KP: sl2tog-k1-p2sso - Slip 2 stitches together as if to knit 2 stitches together, knit1, pass the slip stitches one at a time over the stitch just knitted and drop them.\

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December 5^th 2016 Swatch – Christmas Tree Coaster

Copyright © Janet Nogle 2016

Materials:  1 skein yarn, #6 US Knitting Needles

Cast on:  Cast on 23 stitches

This would make a great scarf or table cloth.

Border:

Row 1:           Knit across.

Row 2:           Knit across.

Pattern:

Row 1:           Knit across.

Row 2:           K2, P19 K2

Row 3:           K10, P3, K10.

Row 4:           K2, P8, K3, P8, K2

Row 5:           K10, P3, K10

Row 6:           K2, P8, K1, P1, K1, P8, K2.

Row 7:           K9, P2, K1, P2, K9.

Row 8:           K2, P6, K2, P3, K2, P6, K2.

Row 9:           K7, P2, K5, P2, K7

Row 10:        K2, P4, K2, P2, K1, P1, K1, P2, K2, P4, K2.

Row 11:        K5, P2, K2, P2, K1, P2, K2, P2, K5.

Row 12:        K2, P2, K2, P2, K2, P3, K2, P2, K2, P2, K2.

Row 13:        K3, P2, K2, P2, K5, P2, K2, P2, K3.

Row 14:        K2, P1, K1, P2, K2, P2, K1, P1, K1, P2, K2, P2, K1, P1, K2.

Row 15:        K5, P2, K2, P2, K1, P2, K2, P2, K5.

Row 16:        K2, P2, K2, P2, K2, P3, K2, P2, K2, P2, K2.

Row 17:        K3, P1, K3, P2, K5, P2, K2, P1, K4.

Row 18:        K2, P4, K2, P2, K1, P1 K1, P2, K2, P4, K2.

Row 19:        K5, P2, K2, P2, K1, P2, K2, P2, K5.

Row 20:        K2, P3, K1, P2, K2, P3, K2 P2, K1, P3, K2.

Row 21:        K7, P2, K5, P2, K7.

Row 22:        K2, P5, K1, P7, K1, P5, K2.

Row 23:        K10, P1, K1, P1, K10.

Row 24:        K2, P7, K2, P1, K2, P7, K2.

Row 25:        K9, P1, K3, P1, K9.

Row 26:        K2, P8, K1, P1, K1, P8, K2.

Row 27:        K11, P1, K11.

Row 28:        K2, P19, K2.

Row 29:        Knit across.

Border:

Row 1:           Knit across.

Row 2:           Knit across.

Bind off, weave in ends.

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Janet Nogle

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