Stitch On Sunday Blanket – Week Forty

Hello lovely!

Welcome to week 40 of the Stitch on Sunday Blanket and our final square!

If you don’t know what I’m talking about you can head here for the full explanation and start with week one.

Week 40’s square is one that looks complicated but isn’t. It’s a very pretty one too.

The YouTube video for the swatch is now online so you can see exactly how to knit a full repeat, and there is also a video to teach you how to connect your knitting to the previous square as you work.

I send a weekly email to my mailing list, so if you would like an email once a week to remind you to work on your blanket, you can sign up here.

Please note, since the blanket squares started in January 2021, the emails you receive will start from week one. So you may see what is ahead long before you receive them. They will arrive weekly from the first Sunday after you sign up.

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For the entire blanket, I will be using James C Brett DK with Merino since I have lots leftover from when I was selling baby knits. It’s a warm and soft yarn which is machine washable and, frankly, I won’t use it for much else now.

I’m also using 3.5mm (US 4) needles as I like the tight-knit look that this gives the James C Brett.

Please feel free to use whichever weight, type, and style yarn you prefer. There are no rules on this blanket. I am really looking forward to seeing all the wonderful versions you create. The only reason I am telling you the yarn and needles I’m using is in case you do want it exactly like mine.

WEEK FORTY – FANCY DIAMONDS

ABBREVIATIONS

• k – knit
• p – purl
• yo – yarn over
• ssk – slip the next stitch knitwise, the following stitch purlwise, place back onto the LH needle, and knit them both together through the back loop
• k2tog – knit two stitches together cdd – slip the next two stitches as if to knit them together, knit the 3rd stitch then pass the slipped stitches over.
• ( ) – work the instructions inside the parentheses the number of times stated immediately afterward.
• RH – right hand
• LH – left hand
• st(s) – stitch(es)
• rep – repeat

PATTERN

Cast on 48sts (49 sts if joining as you go)
Or a multiple of 12 sts plus 1 st.

Row 1: p1, k2, k2tog, k1, *yo, p1, yo, k1, ssk, k2, p1, k2, k2tog, k1; rep from * to last 7 sts, yo, p1, yo, k1, ssk, k2, p1.
Row 2: *k1, p5, rep from * to last st, k1.
Row 3: p1, k1, k2tog, k1, yo, *k1, p1, k1, yo, k1, ssk, k1, p1, k1, k2tog, k1, yo; rep from * to last 8 sts, k1, p1, k1, yo, k1, ssk, k1, p1.
Row 4: work as for row 2
Row 5: p1, k2tog, k1, yo, k1, *k1, p1, k2, yo, k1, ssk, p1, k2tog, k1, yo, k1; rep from * to last 8 sts k1, p1, k2, yo, k1, ssk, p1.
Row 6: work as for row 2
Row 7: k2tog, k1, yo, k2, *k1, p1, k3, yo, k1, cdd, k1, yo, k2; rep from * to last 8 sts k1, p1, k3, yo, k1, ssk.
Row 8: *p6, k1, p5; rep from * to last st, p1.
Rep rows 1 – 8 once more.

Row 17: p1, yo, k1, ssk, k1, *k1, p1, k2, k2tog, k1, yo, p1, yo, k1, ssk, k1; rep from * to last 8 sts, k1, p1, k2, k2tog, k1, yo, p1.
Row 18: work as for row 2.
Row 19: p1, k1, yo, k1, ssk, *k1, p1, k1, k2tog, k1, yo, k1, p1, k1, yo, k1, ssk, rep from * to last 8 sts, k1, p1, k1, k2tog, k1, yo, k1, p1.
Row 20: work as for row 2
Row 21: p1, k2, yo, k1, *ssk, p1, k2tog, k1, yo, k2, p1, k2, yo, k1; rep from * to last 9 sts ssk, p1, k2tog, k1, yo, k2, p1.
Row 22: work as for row 2
Row 23: p1, k3, yo, *k1, cdd, k1, yo, k3, p1, k3, yo, rep from * to last 9 sts, k1, cdd, k1, yo, k3, p1.
Row 24: *k1, p11; rep from * to last st, k1.
Rep rows 17 – 24 once more.

Work rows 1 – 26 once more.
Cast off.

See you next week for sewing up!

Happy Knitting!

Kelly x