Chair Cover 10 - Canvass Pattern
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[edit] Chair Cover 10 - Canvass Pattern
From Exercises in Knitting by Cornelia Mee. Original text at Project Gutenberg.
Sample was knit with dk weight wool/acrylic on 4mm needles
[edit] Original Pattern
Two stitches to a pattern, 3 half-ounce skeins of shaded scarlet 8-threaded wool, and 2 skeins of 8-threaded white wool, 6 rows of scarlet, and 4 of white. Cast on 100 stitches.
First row:—Seam 1, seam the remainder of the stitches, passing the wool twice round the pin. This row is not repeated, but the knitting continued with the 2d and 3d rows till large enough.
Second row:—Knit half the 1st stitch, knit the other half with half the 2d stitch, passing the wool twice round the pin, knit the other half of the 2d stitch with the 1st half of the 3d stitch, passing the wool twice round the pin, and so on.
Third row:—Seam half the 1st stitch, seam the other half with the 1st half of the 2d stitch, passing the wool twice round the pin, seam the other half of the 2d stitch with the 1st half of the 3d stitch, passing the wool twice round; repeat. Finish this round with fringe No. 2; use scarlet for the head, and scarlet and white for the fringe.
[edit] Updated Pattern
[edit] Materials
1.5 ounces of shaded scarlet dk weight wool
1 ounce of dk weight white wool
1 pair of 4mm needles
[edit] Abbreviations
k - knit
p - purl
[edit] Gauge
22sts to 4 inches over pattern stitch on 4mm needles
[edit] Pattern
Cast on 100 stitches
Setup row: P1, p the remainder of the stitches, passing the wool twice round the needle for each stitch.
1st row: Knit half the 1st stitch, knit the other half of the first stitch with the first half of the 2nd stitch, passing the wool twice round the needle, knit the other half of the 2nd stitch with the 1st half of the 3rd stitch, passing the wool twice round the needle, and so on, to the end of the row.
2nd row: Purl half the 1st stitch, p the other half of the 1st stitch with the 1st half of the 2nd stitch, passing the wool twice round the needle, p the other half of the 2nd stitch with the 1st half of the 3rd stitch, passing the wool twice round; repeat to the end of the row.
Continue working in stripes of 6 rows of scarlet and 4 rows of white until the chair cover is long enough. Cast off.
Knit an appropriate length of fringe No. 2; using scarlet for the head, and scarlet and white for the fringe and stitch around all four edges.
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