Clean & Colourful
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Knitted cloths in DROPS Paris. Piece is knitted with Fisherman’s rib.
DROPS 198-39
DROPS design: Pattern w-783
Yarn group C or A + A
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SIZE:
Piece measures approx. 27 x 27 cm.
MATERIALS:
DROPS PARIS from Garnstudio (belongs to yarn group C)
100 g colour 13, orange
100 g colour 06, cerise
100 g colour 07, cherry
100 g colour 21, mint green
100 g colour 39, wasabi
KNITTING TENSION:
16 stitches in width and 20 rows (counted in knit stitch) vertically with English rib = 10 x 10 cm.
NEEDLES:
DROPS NEEDLES SIZE 5 mm
Needle size is only a suggestion! If you have too many stitches on 10 cm switch to larger needles. If you have too few stitches on 10 cm switch to smaller needles.
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EXPLANATION FOR THE PATTERN:
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GARTER STITCH (back and forth):
Knit all rows.
1 ridge vertically = knit 2 rows.
FISHERMAN'S RIB back and forth with 2 edge stitch in each side:
ROW 1 (= wrong side): Work 2 edge stitches in garter stitch, purl until 2 stitches remain and work 2 edge stitches in garter stitch.
ROW 2 (= right side): Work 2 edge stitches in garter stitch, * purl 1, knit 1 in stitch below next stitch *, repeat from *-* until 3 stitches remain, purl 1 and 2 edge stitches in garter stitch.
ROW 3 (= wrong side): Work 2 edge stitches in garter stitch, * knit 1 in stitch below next stitch, purl 1 *, repeat from *-* until 3 stitches remain, knit 1 in stitch below next stitch and 2 edge stitches in garter stitch.
Repeat rows 2 and 3.
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START THE PIECE HERE:
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CLOTHS - SHORT OVERVIEW OF THE PIECE:
Worked back and forth. Work 5 cloths in different colours.
CLOTH:
Cast on 46 stitches on needle size 5 mm with Paris. Work 2 ridges in GARTER STITCH - read explanation above. On last row in last ridge decrease 3 stitches evenly = 43 stitches. Then work FISHERMAN’S RIB - read explanation above. REMEMBER THE KNITTING TENSION! Continue pattern until piece measures 26 cm, adjust to finish after a row from wrong side. Then work 2 ridges - AT THE SAME TIME on first row in first ridge increase 3 stitches evenly = 46 stitches. Loosely cast off.
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