Stitch On Sunday Blanket – Week Twenty-Four

Hello lovely!

Welcome to week 24 of the Stitch on Sunday Blanket.

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

Week 24’s square is a cute take on regular diamonds, with a little eyelet in the center.

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 TWENTY-FOUR- DOTTED DIAMONDS

ABBREVIATIONS

• k – knit
• p – purl
• yo – yarn over
• ssk – slip the next stitch knitwise, and the following stitch purlwise, slip back to the LH needle and knit them both through the back loop.
• k2tog – knit two stitches together
• sssk – slip the next two stitches knitwise, one at a time, slip the third stitch purlwise, slip all three stitches back to the LH needle and knit them together through the back loop
• RH – right hand
• LH – left hand
• st(s) – stitch(es)
• rep – repeat

PATTERN

Cast on 41sts (or 42 sts if joining as you go).
Or a multiple of 8 sts, plus 1 st.

Row 1: k1, yo, ssk, k1, *k2, k2tog, yo, k1, yo, ssk, k1; rep from * to last 5 sts k2, k2tog, yo, k1
Row 2 and all alt rows: p
Row 3: k2, yo, ssk, *k1, k2tog, yo, k3, yo, ssk; rep from * to last 5 sts, k1, k2tog, yo, k2
Row 5: k3, yo, *sssk, yo, k2, yo, ssk, k1, yo; rep from * to last 6 sts sssk, yo, k3
Row 7: k2, k2tog, yo, *k1, yo, ssk, k3, k2tog, yo; rep from * to last 5 sts, k1, yo, ssk, k2
Row 9: k1, k2tog, yo, k1, *k2, yo, ssk, k1, k2tog, yo, k1; rep from * to last 5 sts, k2, yo, ssk, k1
Row 11: k2tog, yo, k2, *yo, ssk, k1, yo, sssk, yo k2; rep from * to last 5 sts, yo, ssk, k1, yo, ssk
Row 12: p

Rep rows 1 – 12 a further four times.
Cast off.

See you next week for week 25!

Happy Knitting!

Kelly x