Cable Owl squares blanket
Materials
300-400g dk woolI used Robin DK 17 purple Robin DK 41 cream 4mm/ US 6 needles
Abbreviations.
C4F Slip next 2 stitches onto cable needle and leave at front of work. K2, then K2 from cable needle C4B Slip next 2 stitches onto cable needle and leave at back of work. K2, then K2 fromcableneedle T8b slip 4 stitches to a cable needle and hold to the back of the work. Knit 4 stitches from the left needle. Purl 4 stitches from the cable needle. T8F slip 4 stitches to a cable need, and hold to the front of the work. Purl 4 stitches from the left needle. Knit 4 stitches from the cable needle. C8FP\* Slip 4 stitches to a cable needle, and hold to the front of work. Purl 4 stitches from the left needle. Purl 4 stitches from the cable needle Slip 4 stitches to a cable needle, and hold to the back of the work. Purl 4 stitches from the left needle. Purl 4 stitches from the left needle C8FKP\* Slip 4 stitches to a cable needle, hold to front of work. K2, k1, p1 stitches from the left needle. Then k1, p1, k1, p1 stitches from the cable needle. Slip 4 stitches onto a cable needle, and hold to the back of the work. K1, p1, k1, p1 stitches from the left needle. Then k1, p1, k2 stitches from the cable needles \*since there was no such combination of this cable from what I could see I have made up this abbreviation.
Notes.
I knitted 10 of both the purple and cream squares with the edging. This pattern, when finished should 'ruche' at the top...as I stitched the squares together- it worked itself out. Also, as I was knitting for a baby, I noticed that there were 'holes' where I'd been cabling at the top of the head, the neck and the feet of the owl. At the end, I sewed a few stitches in these places. I also added some of the contrasting colour (purple) where the eyes are meant to be, using simple some embroidery techniques. You can add buttons if you prefer.
Square one.
Using cream CO 28
Rows
1 (ws) K28 2 (rs) p28 3 k28 4 p6 c4f p8 c4b p6 5 k6 c8bp, c8fp, k6
Rows 6-14
The last row is a ws. 15 p6 c8fkp\* c8bkp\* p6 16 (ws) k6, p2 (next 12 sts are k1 p1) p2, k6 17-29 (rs) p6, k2 [ p1, k1- opposite to previous row so it creates a moss stitch finish] 6 times, k2, p6 (ws) k6, p2, (next 12 stitches are k1, p1- but opposite to previous row s0 creates a moss stitch finish) p2, k6 (Finish on a rs row) 30 (ws) k6, T8b, T8F, k6 31 p10, k8, p10 32 k28 33 p28 34 (ws) co knitwise
Square two. Moss stitch rib.
CO 27 Row 1: (rs) k3, p1, [k1, p1, k1] p1, k3, p1, [k1, p1, k1] p1, k3, p1, [k1, p1, k1] p1, k3 Row 2: (ws) p3, k1, [k1, p1, k1] k1, p3, k1, [k1, p1, k1] k1, p3, k1, [k1, p1, k1], k1, p3 Row 3 k3, p1, [p1, k1, p1] p1, k3, p1, [p1, k1, p1] p1, k3, p1, [p1, k1, p1] p1, k3 Row 4 p3, k1, [p1, k1, p1], k1, p3, k1, [p1, k1, p1], k1, p3, k1, [p1, k1, p1], k1, p3 Repeat these rows until you have 28 rows.
Edging.
CO8 1 (rs) k5, yo, k1, yo, k2 2 (ws) p6, (k1, k1-b) in next stitch, k3 3 k4, p1, k2, yo, k1, yo, k3 4 p8, (k1, k1-b) in next stitch, k4 5 k4, p2, k3, yo, k1, yo, k4 6 p10, (k1, k1-b) in next stitch, k5 7 k4, p3, k4, yo, k1, yo, k5 8 p12, (k1, k1-b) in next stitch, k6 9 k4, p4, ssk, k7, k2-tog, k1 10 p10, (k1, k1-b) in next stitch, k7 11 k4, p5, ssk, k5, k2-tog, k1 12 p8, (k1, k1-b) in next stitch, k2, p1, k5 13 k4, p1, k1, p4, ssk, k3, k2-tog, k1 14 p6, (k1, k1-b) in next stitch, k3, p1, k5 15 k4, p1, k1, p5, ssk, k1, k2-tog, k1 16 p4, (k1, k1-b) in next stitch, k4, p1, k5 17 k4, p1, k1, p6, sl 1-k2-tog-psso, k1 18 p2-tog, bind off next 5 stitches using p And repeat these 18 rows until the length
