TRELLIS: The Hato byDeborah Tomasello
www.PatchworksByDebi.com
Size: Adult and Teen 21'- 23" Materials: 1 ball each of KnitPicks Palette: Bark and Sky (or any 2 KP Palette highly contrasting colors). One 16”′ #2 circular needle, four #2 DPNs (or size needed to obtain gauge), stitch marker, and tapestry needle Gauge: 36 stitches and 36 rounds = 4" using #2 needles. Abbreviations: K2TOG = Knit two stitches together. SSK = Slip one stitch, then slip the next. Insert left needle into the front loops of the slipped stitches and knit them together from this position. Instructions: With circular needle, CO 144 sts using Bark. Join to work in round, placing stitch marker and being careful not to twist stitches. Knit six rounds corrugated rib (see CHART A) using Sky for knit sts and Bark for purl sts. Increase round: Using Bark, inc 36 sts evenly around to 180 sts.(k4, m1 around). Follow CHART B (6 repeats per round) for 76 rounds, decreasing as indicated and switching to DPNs when necessary. (Each dec round has 2 decreases next to each other; k2tog for first dec, and ssk for second each time.) After round 76, with 12 sts. on the needles, k2tog around. 6 sts remain. Knit last six sts for 5 rounds; cut yarn leaving a tail several inches long. Move all sts from needles to tapestry needle, and pull tightly. Secure from the inside. Finishing: Tie and weave in or trim all color change ends. Wash and block to fit.
CHART A
Use Sky for knit sts and Bark for purl sts. Dash in st means purl. CHART B
