I knew I was going to be out of my home yesterday all day. For that reason, I wrote the post on Wednesday and I had left it programmed so that it would be published on Thursday at 10 am. Clearly, I did something wrong… I’m sorry!!

Block 11: Diagonal

Hello!! I leave you below the pattern for our 11th block. Just one more to go!!! Next week, after our last Monday’s block, we’ll discuss 3 different ways to join the squares. 

Happy knitting!

❤

Cecilia

PS: look carefully at the instructions for side sts, they are a bit different than the previous ones.

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BLOCK 11: DIAGONAL

ABBREVIATIONS

• CO: cast on
• RS: right side
• WS: wrong side
• st: stitch
• k: knit
• p: purl

INSTRUCTIONS

– CO 47 sts with US 8 (5 mm) needles.

– With US 7 (4.5 mm) needles, knit 4 rows.

– Continue working as follows:

3 garter sts, Diagonal Stitch over 42 sts, 2 garter sts (see the stitch glossary below)​ until you have a total length of 9.25’’ (23.5 cm).

I knitted 7 times the Diagonal stitch pattern complete + rows 1 to 3.

– Knit 4 rows.

– Bind off with US 8 (5 mm) needle. Cut yarn and weave in ends.

STITCH GLOSSARY  

Garter Stitch  

k all sts, all rows.

Diagonal Stitch

(Over a multiple of 6 sts.)

Repeat instructions between brackets as many times as needed. For this block, make them a total of 7 times, horizontally.

Row 1) (RS) [p2, k4]

Row 2) [p4, k2]

Row 3) [p2, k4]

Row 4) [p4, k2]

Row 5) [k2, p2, k2]

Row 6) [p2, k2, p2]

Row 7) [k2, p2, k2]

Row 8) [p2, k2, p2]

Row 9) [k4, p2]

Row 10) [k2, p4]

Row 11) [k4, p2]

Row 12) [k2, p4]

Diagonal Stitch – CHART

• Read all odd rows from right to left, and all even rows from left to right.
• Repeat the grey painted part as many times as the pattern calls for (7 times horizontally in the case of this block).

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