April 16th 2015 Day 1 & 2 and photo

Here are the first 2 days of our KAL:

 Materials:  2 skeins cotton yarn, One light color, one dark color. You can also use a variegated color and a contrast color.  I am using Pink (Color 2)  and Purple (Color 1)  

This is a stitch cloth

Notes:
PW=Purl Wise
W/YIF=With yarn in front
W/YIB=With yarn in back
Sl=Slip

Using two colors is very easy, the 2nd color just runs along side the item.  You don't to cut the yarn it just progresses up the cloth.

Cast On:  35 Stitches

Border:

Knit 2 rows (Color 2)

Row 1: (Color 1) K5, *Sl 1 (PW), K5*; Repeat between *'s, end Sl 1, K5
Row 2: (Color 1) K3, Purl across row, slipping the previous Slip Stitches on to the right needle (PW), K3
Start row 3 with Color 2, dropping color 1 and let it run along the side of the row.
Row 3: (Color 2) K3, *K5, Sl 1 (PW) *; Repeat between *'s, end K8
Row 4: (Color 2) K3, *K5, W/YIF, Sl 1 (PW), W/YIB *; Repeat between *'s, end K8
 
Pick up Color 1 and drop Color 2, letting the other color follow along the side of the row. Follow this process when changing colors.

Row 5: (Color 1) K5, *Sl 1 (PW), K5*; Repeat between *'s, end Sl 1, K5

Row 6: (Color 1) K3, Purl across row, slipping the previous Slip Stitches on to the right needle (PW), K3
Row 7: (Color 2) K3, *K5, Sl 1 (PW) *; Repeat between *'s, end K8
Row 8: (Color 2) K3, *K5, W/YIF, Sl 1 (PW), W/YIB *; Repeat between *'s, end K8

Day 2
Row 9: (Color 1) K5, *Sl 1 (PW), K5*; Repeat between *'s, end Sl 1, K5
Row 10: (Color 1) K3, Purl across row, slipping the previous Slip Stitches on to the right needle (PW), K3
Row 11: (Color 2) K3, *K5, Sl 1 (PW) *; Repeat between *'s, end K8
Row 12: (Color 2) K3, *K5, W/YIF, Sl 1 (PW), W/YIB *; Repeat between *'s, end K8
Row 13: (Color 1) K5, *Sl 1 (PW), K5*; Repeat between *'s, end Sl 1, K5
Row 14: (Color 1) K3, Purl across row, slipping the previous Slip Stitches on to the right needle (PW), K3
Row 15: (Color 2) K3, *K5, Sl 1 (PW) *; Repeat between *'s, end K8
Row 16: (Color 2) K3, *K5, W/YIF, Sl 1 (PW), W/YIB *; Repeat between *'s, end K8
Row 17: (Color 1) K5, *Sl 1 (PW), K5*; Repeat between *'s, end Sl 1, K5
Row 18: (Color 1) K3, Purl across row, slipping the previous Slip Stitches on to the right needle (PW), K3

Janet Nogle
jcnogle@gmail.com