Snow Leopard I ina I Beehive?
by Deborah Tomasello (FOURSTRANDEDKNITTINGPATTERN)
www.PatchworksByDebi.com
Size: Adult or Teen 21'- 23" Materials: 1 ball each of KnitPicks Palette: Black, White, Oregon Coast Heather, and Silver. One 16" #4 circular needle, four #4 DPNs (or size needed to obtain gauge), stitch marker, an Gauge: 32 stitches and 32 rounds = 4” using #4 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 136 sts using White. Join to work in round, placing stitch marker and being careful not to twist stitches. Knit six rounds corrugated rib (see CHART A) using Black, Oregon Coast Heather, and Silver. for knit sts and White for purl sts. Increase round: (Round 1 of CHART B) Using White, inc evenly to 168 sts (knit 4 sts, knit 4 make 1 around until last 4 sts knit last 4 sts.) Follow CHART B (7 repeats per round) for 66 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 66, with 14 sts on the needles, k2tog around. 7 sts remain. Knit last seven 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. 'inishing: Tie and weave in or trim all color change ends. Wash and block to fit.
CHART A
Use Black, Oregon Coast Heather, and Silver for knit sts and White for purl sts.
Dash in stitch square means purl.
FOUR -STRANDED KNITTING INSTRUCTIONS
See my YouTube video tutorial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVczfDl18Oo Look at the chart below.
When knitting round 1, you would just stranded knit as normal, knit one color while you float, mindful of keeping even tension, the other strand in back. The same is true for rounds 3,4,5, 8, 9, 11, and 12. Although some of these rounds involve carrying 3 strands rather than the usual 2, the repeats are close together, and as long as you keep your yarn sources from tangling, these rounds don't present a problem. Now notice rounds 2, 6 and 10. The chart shows 4 colors in each of these rounds. To keep from carrying all that yarn around, simply do the following. Knit the rounds once this way: knit the black st, slip the next 2 sts purlwise, knit the gold st, slip the next 2 sts purlwise and so forth all the way around. Now, KNIT THE SAME ROUND A SECOND TIME. Only this time, knit it this way: slip the black st you knitted the first time around, knit the green and cream sts you slipped last time around, slip the gold st previously knit and knit the cream and green sts previously slipped, and so forth. (It doesn't matter which 2 colors you choose to knit each time around...any two will work!) \*\*Remember that stranded knitting puls work in, so you might want to go up one nede size forlooser fit.
