Block 8: Windmills
Hello!! Today I’m in a rush. I have so many Yaguareté orders to finish! 🙂 I leave you below the pattern for Block 8 of our “12 blocks of Xmas” blanket, featuring Windmills stitch.
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Cecilia
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BLOCK 8: WINDMILLS
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, Windmills Stitch over 41 sts, 3 garter sts (see the stitch glossary below) until you have a total length of 9.25’’ (23.5 cm).
I knitted 4 times the Windmills pattern complete + rows 1 to 11.
– 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.
Windmills Stitch
(Over a multiple of 12 sts. I added 5 more st to adjust for our needed 41.)
Repeat instructions between brackets as many times as needed. For this block, make them a total of 3 times, horizontally.
Row 1) (RS) [p6, k6], p5
Row 2) k5, [p5, k1, p1, k5]
Row 3) [p4, k2, p2, k4], p4, k1
Row 4) p2, k3, [p3, k3, p3, k3]
Row 5) [p2, k4, p4, k2], p2, k3
Row 6) p4, k1, [p1, k5, p5, k1]
Row 7) [k6, p6], k5
Row 8) k5, [p6, k6]
Row 9) [k1, p5, k5, p1], k1, p4
Row 10) k3, p2, [k2, p4, k4, p2]
Row 11) [k3, p3, k3, p3], k3, p2
Row 12) k1, p4, [k4, p2, k2, p4]
Row 13) [k5, p1, k1, p5], k5
Row 14) p5, [k6, p6]
Windmills 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 (3 times horizontally in the case of this block).
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