December KAL and Special Christmas Cloth

Here is our December KAL and a special cloth for Christmas.

December 2018 KAL Crest of the Wave Cloth

Christmas Special Cloth

Copyright © Janet Nogle 2018

Materials:

1 skein cotton yarn, I used Peaches N Crème Abby Rose, #6 US Knitting Needles.

Notes: SSK=Slip 1, Slip 1, K2Tog; K2Tog=Knit 2 stitches together; YO=yarn over.

Cast on:   Multiple of 12 +1 (36+1=37+4 border=41)

Border:

Rows 1-2:   Knit across.

Pattern:

Row 1:        (RS) Knit across

Row 2:        (WS) Knit across

Row 3:        Knit across

Row 4:        Knit across

Row 5:        K3, *(K2Tog) x2, (YO, K1)x3, YO, SSK, SSK K1; repeat from

across, end K2.

Row 6:        K2, P37, K2.

Row 7:       K3, *(K2Tog) x2, (YO, K1) x3, YO, SSK, SSK K1; repeat from

across, end K2.

Row 8:       K2, P37, K2.

Row 9:       K3, *(K2Tog) x2, (YO, K1) x3, YO, SSK, SSK K1; repeat from

across, end K2.

Row 10:     K2, P37, K2.

Row 11:     K3, *(K2Tog) x2, (YO, K1) x3, YO, SSK, SSK K1; repeat from

across, end K2.

Row 12:     K2, P37, K2.

Repeat the above 12 rows for pattern. I repeated the 12 rows 3 more times and knitted rows 1-4 once more.

Border:

Rows 1-2:   Knit across.

Bind off, weave in ends.

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December Christmas Cloth - Pine Trees in Lace

http://www.knittingstitchpatterns.com/2016/06/small-pine-trees.html

This isn’t a difficult pattern, but it does require you paying close attention.  By that I mean, you will do Purl stitches and the next direction will be to YO K1.  After the Purl stitch you can just leave the yarn where it is because it is already in the “YO” position.  When doing the S2KP stitch unless it says YO, make sure you have your yarn in the back of your work because this is a knitted stitch.  You should always have 37 stitches at the end of the row, if you have 34 or 35, you probably failed to put the yarn in the back prior to doing a S2KP.   Just pay attention to your instructions. 

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 green yarn.

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

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