Knitted Patchwork Recipe by Martine Ellis of Martinemakes.Com

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Knitted Patchwork Recipe by Martine Ellis of martinemakes.com

This knitting “recipe” is for a mitered square project. What you do with your lovely mitered squares is completely up to you. You could make a blanket, a scarf, a cushion cover… the possibilities are endless.

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A note on yarn This pattern was originally written to use up leftover sock yarn, but it will work with any weight yarn. Just adjust your needle size accordingly and use the same weight yarn (or thereabouts) for each square.

You will need ● A pair of size 2.75mm straight knitting needles (US size 2) or equivalent circular needle. ● Lots of leftover sock yarn. If you are using sock yarn you will need approximately 3g to complete a square. ● A stitch marker. ● Tapestry/yarn needle. ● Optional: locked stitch marker to indicate rs of work.

You can purchase a starter kit containing everything you need to start this project (including 10 mini skeins of sock yarn) here: w ww.etsy.com/uk/shop/MartineMakes.

Gauge While gauge is not important for this recipe, it’s recommended that you use the same weight yarn for all your squares.

Pattern notes Slip the first stitch of each row as if to purl. Knit the last stitch of each row through the back loop. Your decreases only happen on the right side (rs) of the work. Consider marking the right side of your work with a locking stitch marker. Use the cable cast on.

Abbreviations k knit k2tog knit 2 together k2tog tbl knit 2 together through the back loops rs right side ws wrong side

Making your first square Row 1 (rs): cast on 16 stitches, place stitch marker, cast on a further 16 stitches (32 stitches in total).

Row 2 (ws): k all stitches.

Row 3 (rs): (decrease row) k until 2 stitches before the marker, k2tog, slip marker, k2tog tbl, k to end of row.

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Row 4 (ws): k all stitches.

Repeat rows 3 and 4 until you are left with just 2 stitches on the needle (ws), pass the left stitch over the right stitch so you have just one stitch left and then fasten off.

Joining up squares You can make squares separately following the instructions above and sew them together.

Alternatively, join the squares as you go. Here’s how:

Rotate your first square so it is a diamond with the top point being where you finished knitting and fastened off. You then knit a square (actually a diamond) to the right-hand side, the left-hand side, and then knit a diamond between those 2 new diamonds:

The orange diamond at the bottom (1) was knitted first, then the green one to the right (2), then the blue one to the left (3) and then the multi-coloured one between them (4).

When starting diamonds that are on the r ight-hand edge of the blanket (see diamond 2), cast on 16 stitches, place marker, then pick up 16 stitches along the top, right-hand edge of diamond 1.

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For diamonds that are on the l eft-hand edge of the blanket (see diamond 3), pick up 16 stitches along the top, left-hand edge of diamond 1, place marker, then cast on 16 stitches.

For diamonds that are not on the edges (see diamond 4), pick up 16 stitches from the side of the diamond on the right (2), place marker, pick up centre stitch from the tip of the diamond below, then pick up 15 stitches on the side of the diamond to the left (3).

Note that stitches are picked up with the right side of the work facing you, so the first row you knit when joining squares in this way is row 2 (ws).

Finishing It’s recommended that you weave in your ends every couple of squares. If you are making a blanket, perhaps consider adding a knitted or crocheted edge.

Starter kit You can purchase a starter kit containing everything you need to start this project (including 10 mini skeins of sock yarn) here: w ww.etsy.com/uk/shop/MartineMakes.