Wednesday, December 5, 2018

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 onCast 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.




 December Christmas Cloth - Pine Trees in Lace 

Copyright © Janet Nogle 2017





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
jcnogle@gmail.com