Project Blanket – Square #55 – Seed Stitch Boxes

 

Abbreviations 

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BO – bind off
CO – cast on
k – knit
p – purl
rep – repeat
RS – right (front) side
sl 1 – slip 1 st, knitwise
st(s) – stitch(es)
* Rep instructions after asterisk as indicated.

Pattern Instructions
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Multiples of 8

Border
Row 1: Knit to last st, p1.
Row 2: Sl 1, k to last st, p1.
Rows 3 & 4: Rep Row 2 twice.

Seed Stitch Boxes pattern
Row 1: (RS) Sl 1, k4, *(k1, p1) 3 times, k2; rep from * to last 3 sts, k2, p1.
Row 2: Sl 1, k3, p1, *(p1, k1) 3 times,** p2; rep from * across, ending last rep at ** with 5 sts remaining, p1, k3, p1.
Rows 3-6: Rep Rows 1-2 twice.
Row 7: Sl 1, k to last st, p1.
Row 8: Sl 1, k3, p to last 4 sts, k3, p1.

Rep Rows 1-8 until square measures approximately 5.5 in (14 cm), ending after Row 6.

Border
Rows 1-4: Rep Border Row 2, 4 times. BO in pattern for Border Row 2. Fasten off with a long yarn tail (approximately 3 times the width of the square).