SWEET AND STRIPEY BLAKET SQUARE FOR STOCKING | KNIT
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MEASUREMENT Approximately 36” [91.5cm] square. GAUGE 17 stitches and 23 rows = 4” [10 cm] in stocking stitch. Stripe Pattern (Pat) With A, work 32 rows. With B, work 12 rows. With C, work 32 rows. With B, work 12 rows. These 88 rows form Stripe Pat.
MATERIALS Caron® United™ (4 oz/113 g; 235 yds/215 m) Contrast A Cherry (06007) 3 balls or 380 yds/345 m Contrast B Aran (06002) 3 balls or 198 yds/180 m Contrast C Fresh Green (06012) 3 balls or 242 yds/220 m Size U.S. 8 (5 mm) circular knitting needle 36” [91.5 cm] or size needed to obtain gauge.
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SHOP NOW » Please purchase Caron® United™ to make your piece of the stocking. 15¢ from every ball sold goes directly to Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation®, providing college scholarships to children of military personnel who have lost their lives in the line of duty.
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MAIL IT » Send your finished piece to one of the addresses below: Caron United - World’s Biggest Stocking Project »1481 West 2nd Street »1700 Basset Ave. Washington, NC, U.S.A Listowl, ON, CANADA 27889-4157 N4W 0B1
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SWEET AND STRIPEY BLANKET SQUARE FOR STOCKING | KNIT INSTRUCTIONS With B, cast on 143 stitches (sts). Do not join. Working back and forth across needle in rows, knit 5 rows (garter st), noting 1st row is wrong side (WS) and increasing 10 sts evenly across last row. Break B. Join A. With A, proceed as follows: 1st row: Knit. 2nd row: Knit 5 (K5). Purl to last 5 sts. K5. First 2 rows of Stripe Pat are complete. Continue (cont) in Stripe Pat as established, until work from beginning (beg) measures approx 35½” [90 cm], ending on 32nd row of A. Join B. Knit 5 rows (garter st). Cast off knitwise (WS).
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SHOP NOW » Please purchase Caron® United™ to make your piece of the stocking. 15¢ from every ball sold goes directly to Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation®, providing college scholarships to children of military personnel who have lost their lives in the line of duty.
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MAIL IT » Send your finished piece to one of the addresses below: Caron United - World’s Biggest Stocking Project »1481 West 2nd Street »1700 Basset Ave. Washington, NC, U.S.A Listowl, ON, CANADA 27889-4157 N4W 0B1
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