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  1. The Blanket Club - Ladder Stitch

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    blanket club - ladder stitchYou will need;

    1 strand of double knitting to be worked on 4mm knitting needles – about 12g

    Or 2 strands of double knitting (equal to chunky weight yarn) to be worked on 6mm knitting needles – about 20g

    • If you are using the double knitting weight of yarn, then use 2 strands together throughout.
    • If you are using the chunky weight of yarn, then use 1 strand throughout.
    • Remember to count all the rows as you work up the square.

    1 Technique is used in this pattern – knit 1 below.  Put the point of the needle into the loop of the stitch below the next one – knit into it – drop both loops.

    Cast on 29 stitches.

    Row 1: *(knit 1, purl 1) – repeat from * to last stitch, knit 1.

    Row 2: *(purl 1, knit 1) – repeat from * to last stitch, purl 1.

    Row 3: *(knit 1, purl 1) – repeat from * to last stitch, knit 1.

    Row 4: *(purl 1, knit 1) – repeat from * to last stitch, purl 1.

    Row 5: knit 1, purl 1, knit 1, purl 1, *k1, purl 3, repeat from * to last 5 stitches, knit 1, purl 1, knit 1, purl 1, knit 1.

    Row 6: purl 1, knit 1, purl 1, knit to last 3 stitches, purl 1, knit 1, purl 1.

    Row 7: knit 1, purl 1, knit 1, purl 1, *knit 1 into the loop below, purl 3– repeat from * to last 4 stitches, knit 1 into the loop below, purl 1, knit 1, purl 1, knit 1.

    Row 8: purl 1, knit 1, purl 1, knit to last 3 stitches, purl 1, knit 1, purl 1.

    Row 9: knit 1, purl 1, knit 1, purl 1, *knit 1 into the loop below, bring the yarn to the front of the work, slip 3 purl wise, take the yarn to the back of the work, knit 1 into the loop below – repeat from * to last 4 stitches, knit 1 into the loop below, purl 1, knit 1, purl 1, knit 1. (Do not pull the yarn loops at the front of the work too tight – aim for the work to sit flat with the loop running round the stitches).

    Row 10: purl 1, knit 1, purl 1, knit to last 3 stitches, purl 1, knit 1, purl 1.

    Rows 7: - 8: - 9: - 10: form the pattern.  Repeat just these rows until you have completed row 28:

    Row 29: *(knit 1, purl 1) – repeat from * to last stitch, knit 1.

    Row 30: *(purl 1, knit 1) – repeat from * to last stitch, purl 1.

    Row 31: *(knit 1, purl 1) – repeat from * to last stitch, knit 1.

    Row 32: *(purl 1, knit 1) – repeat from * to last stitch, purl 1.

    Cast off.