Stitch On Sunday Blanket – Week Twenty-three

Hello lovely!

Welcome to week 23 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 23’s square is another personal favourite. I love being able to see all the little paper dolls standing in a row.

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 TWENTY-THREE – PAPER DOLLS

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
• cdd – slip the next two stitches as if to knit them together, knit the next stitch, 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 49sts (or 50 sts if joining as you go).
Or a multiple of 6 sts, plus 1 st.

Row 1: p2, *k3, p3; rep from * to last 5 sts, k3, p2.
Row 2: k2, *p3, k3; rep from * to last 5 sts, p3, k2.
Row 3: work as for row 1.
Row 4: work as for row 2.
Row 5: p1, *k2tog, yo, k1, yo, ssk, p1; rep from * to end.
Row 6: k1, *p5, k1; rep from * to end.
Row 7: k2tog, *(k1, yo) twice, k1, cdd; rep from * to last 5 sts, (k1, yo) twice, k1, ssk.
Row 8: p.
Row 9: k2tog, *yo, k3, yo, cdd; rep from * to last 5 sts, yo k3, yo ssk.
Row 10: p.
Row 11: k.
Row 12: p.
Row 13: k2, *p3, k3; rep from * to last 5 sts, p3, k2.
Row 14: p2, *k3, p3; rep from * to last 5 sts, k3, p2.
Row 15: work as for row 13.
Row 16: work as for row 14.
Row 17: k1, *yo, ssk, p1, k2tog, yo, k1; rep from * to end.
Row 18: p3, *k1, p5; rep from * to last 4 sts, k1, p3.
Row 19: k1, yo, *k1, cdd, (k1 yo) twice; rep from * to 6 sts, k1, cdd, k1, yo, k1.
Row 20: p.
Row 21: k2, yo, *cdd, yo, k3, yo; rep from * to last 5 sts, cdd, yo k2.
Row 22: p.
Row 23: k.
Row 24: p.

Rep rows 1 – 24 one more, then rows 1 – 4.
Cast off.

See you next week for week 24!

Happy Knitting!

Kelly x