Stitch On Sunday Blanket – Week Thirty

Hello lovely!

This week we’re up to week 30!! That’s 3 quarters of the way through and it means we have 10 squares left!

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

Week 30’s square is one you have probably seen before as it’s used in many designs, but it’s so pretty, I decided it had to be in our blanket.

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 – GRACEFUL LEAVES

ABBREVIATIONS

• k – knit
• p – purl
• yo – yarn over
• k2tog – knit two stitches together
• p2tog – purl two stitches together
• ssk – slip the next st knitwise, slip a second st purlwise, place back onto the LH needle and knit them together through the back
• ssp – slip the next st knitwise, slip back to the LH needle, purl it together through the back loop with the stitch next to it
• RH – right hand
• LH – left hand
• st(s) – stitch(es)
• rep – repeat

PATTERN

Cast on 51 sts (52 sts if joining as you go)
Or a multiple of 17 sts – (I recommend changing your needle size to alter the square width)

Row 1: *p1, k12, k2tog, yo, k1, p1; rep from * to end
Row 2: *k1, yo, p2, p2tog, p11, k1; rep from * to end
Row 3: *p1, k10, k2tog, k1, yo, k2, p1; rep from * to end
Row 4: *k1, p1, yo, p3, p2tog, p9, k1; rep from * to end
Row 5: *p1, k8, k2tog, k2, yo, k3, p1; rep from * to end
Row 6: *k1, p2, yo, p4, p2tog, p7, k1; rep from * to end
Row 7: *p1, k6, k2tog, k3, yo, k4, p1; rep from * to end
Row 8: *k1, p3, yo, p5, p2tog, p5, k1; rep from * to end
Row 9: *p1, k4, k2tog, k4, yo, k5, p1; rep from * to end
Row 10: *k1, p4, yo, p6, p2tog, p3, k1; rep from * to end
Row 11: *p1, k1, yo, ssk, k12, p1; rep from * to end
Row 12: *k1, p11, ssp, p2, yo, k1; rep from * to end
Row 13: *p1, k2, yo, k1, ssk, k10, p1; rep from * to end
Row 14: *k1, p9, ssp, p3, yo, p1, k1; rep from * to end
Row 15: *p1, k3, yo, k2, ssk, k8, p1; rep from * to end
Row 16: *k1, p7, ssp, p4, yo, p2, k1; rep from * to end
Row 17: *p1, k4, yo, k3, ssk, k6, p1; rep from * to end
Row 18: *k1, p5, ssp, p5, yo, p3, k1; rep from * to end
Row 19: *p1, k5, yo, k4, ssk, k4, p1; rep from * to end
Row 20: *k1, p3, ssp, p6, yo, p4, k1; rep from * to end

Rep rows 1 – 20 once more, then rows 1 – 12
Cast off

See you next week for week 31!

Happy Knitting!

Kelly x