Thursday, July 30, 2015

CLUE ONE

Mystery Knit A Long
CLUE ONE


YARN: 1 skein each in 3 colourways of Peppino (merino fingering) by The Yarns of Rhichard Devrieze
NEEDLES: Pair of 3.75 mm or 3.75-80 cm circular
TENSION: 24 sts and 40 rows = 10 cm/4 ins over garter st.


TIP: Choose your boldest colour as C.
Cast on 4 sts in A.
Row 1: K1, kfb, k2 = 5 sts.
Row 2: K1, k2tog, k to last 2 sts, kfb, k1 = 5 sts.
Do not cut A.


Continue working in Ticking Stripe Pattern as follows-
DO NOT carry yarn too tightly along edge of work. 


Row 1 (RS): With C, k1, kfb, k to last 3 sts, k2tog, k1.
Row 2 (WS): With C, k to last 2 sts, kfb, k1.
Row 3 (RS): With A, k1, kfb, k to last 3 sts, k2tog, k1.
Row 4 (WS) With A, k to last 2 sts, kfb, k1.
Rep these 4 rows until there are 91 sts on needle, ending with a Row 4.
Cut C.


A nostalgic nod to the ticking stripes of summers past.  Do you remember this cool refreshing look on linens and upholstery?
To be continued.........


Yours truly,
Summer

P.S. Check out the official Ravelry MKAL thread here and feel free to post your progress pics here in our SPOILER thread.

8 comments:

  1. Hi Michele: Just found your MKAL and will give it a whirl. Saw you were in Bracebridge! My parents from there and their family still there. So it was a nice serendipity to find you.

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    1. That is wonderful! Stop in sometime if you are ever back in BB!

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  2. Hi Michele: Just found your MKAL and will give it a whirl. Saw you were in Bracebridge! My parents from there and their family still there. So it was a nice serendipity to find you.

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  4. Hi Michelle. I have clue 1 and 4 but not the rest. I just got my yarn and am ready to start. Can you direct me to where to find the ones I am missing?

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    1. All four clues are posted here on the blog! Happy Knitting!

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  5. Olá! Poderia participar do KAL?
    Como consigo, todas as pistas?
    Aguardo sua resposta, por e-mail.
    Obrigada.

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    1. https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/yours-truly-summer

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