December 2018 Swatch - Christmas Tree Coaster and Bonus Christmas Cloth

Here is a swatch and a dishcloth to close out the year. The coaster is one I added to our site last December but because of all the new members I thought I would present it again. The cloth is called Pine Trees In Lace.  You can decide if you want to knit a picture swatch or a lace cloth or do both.

December 2018 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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 December Christmas Cloth - Pine Trees in Lace 

Copyright © Janet Nogle 2017

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 37 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 was originally a large swatch for December in 2017. I have converted to a KAL for 2018 by adding a few more stitches for the border.

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

Cast on:  37 stitches (18 + 11 = 29+8 Border=37)

Materials:  I used a skein of red yarn. #7 US Needle

Border:

Row 1 & 2:       Knit across

Row 1 - right side: B4, K1, * yo, p3, S2KP, p3, yo, k9; rep from * to last 12 sts, yo, p3, S2KP, p3, yo, k1, B4.
Row 2 and all wrong side rows: B4, P29, B4.
Row 3: B4, K1, * k1, yo, p2, S2KP, p2, yo, k10; rep from * to last 12 sts, k1, yo, p2, S2KP, p2, yo, k2, B4.
Row 5: B4, K1, * k2, yo, p1, S2KP, p1, yo, k11; rep from * to last 12 sts, k2, yo, p1, S2KP, p1, yo, k3, B4.
Row 7: B4, K1, * k3, yo, S2KP, yo, k12; rep from * to last 12 sts, k3, yo, S2KP, yo, k4, B4.
Row 9: B4, K1, * k9, yo, p3, S2KP, p3, yo; rep from * to last 12 sts, k10, B4.
Row 11: B4, K1, * k10, yo, p2, S2KP, p2, yo, k1; rep from * to last 12 sts, k10, B4.
Row 13: B4, K1, * k11, yo, p1, S2KP, p1, yo, k2; rep from * to last 12 sts, k10, B4.
Row 15: B4, K1, * k12, yo, S2KP, yo, k3; rep from * to last 12sts, k10, B4.
Row 16: B4, P29, B4.

Repeat rows 1-16 and then rows 1-8 once more and work border or repeat rows 1-16 till desired length:

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:

B4: Border stitches: Knit 4
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.\

Janet Nogle
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