Stitch On Sunday Blanket – Week Thirty-Nine

Hello lovely!

Welcome to the Stitch on Sunday Blanket week 39!

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

Week 39’s square is the most complicated square of them all. You know all the moves, but this one makes them awkward. There are a few tricks in this video to help you accomplish the task, plus, when I make a mistake in the pattern, I show you how to fix it without ripping the whole square out.

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.

PIN NOW AND KNIT IT LATER!

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 THIRTY-NINE – SÉVIGNAC LACE

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
• sssk – slip the next two stitches knitwise, the following stitch purlwise, place back onto the LH needle and knit them together through the back loop
• k2tog – knit two stitches together
• ssp – slip the next two stitches knitwise, slip them back to the LH needle, purl them both together through the back loop
• sssp – slip the next three stitches knitwise, slip them back to the LH needle, purl them together through the back loop
• p2tog – purl two stitches together
• ( ) – 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 46 sts, 47 sts if joining as you go.
Or a multiple of 10 sts plus 6 sts

Row 1: k4, yo, *sssk, yo, k7, yo; rep from * to last 2 sts, ssk
Row 2: p1, *ssp, yo, p5, yo, p2tog, p1; rep from * to last 5 sts, ssp, yo, p3
Row 3: k2, yo, ssk, yo, *sssk, yo, k2tog, yo, k3, yo, ssk, yo; rep from * to last 2 sts, ssk
Row 4: p1, *(ssp, yo) twice, p1, (yo, p2tog) twice, p1; rep from * to last 5 sts, (ssp, yo) twice, p1
Row 5: work as for row 3
Row 6: work as for row 2
Row 7: work as for row 1
Row 8: *p4, yo, sssp, yo, p3; rep from * to last 6 sts, p4, yo, ssp
Row 9: k1, k2tog, yo, k2, *k3, yo, ssk, k1, k2tog, yo, k2; rep from * to last st, k1
Row 10: *p2, yo, p2tog, yo, sssp, yo, ssp, yo, p1; rep from * to last 6 sts, p2, yo, p2tog, yo, ssp
Row 11: *k1, (k2tog, yo) twice, k1, (yo, ssk) twice; rep from * to last 6 sts k1, (k2tog, yo) twice, k1
Row: 12: work as for row 10
Row 13: work as for row 9
Row 14: work as for row 8

Rep rows 1-14 three more, then rows 1 & 2
Cast off

See you next week for our final square, week 40!

Happy Knitting!

Kelly x