SUPPLIES & TOOLS:
- Caron® Simply Soft® (6 oz/170.1 g; 315 yds/288 m) Orchid 6 balls
- Size U.S. 8 (5 mm) circular knitting needle 29" [74 cm] long or size needed to obtain gauge
- Cable needle
MEASUREMENTS
Approx 36" x 72" [91.5 cm x 183 cm]
GAUGE
18 sts and 24 rows = 4" [10 cm] in pat
DIRECTIONS:
Note: Pat rep is multiple of 40 sts plus 8.Cast on 155 sts. Do not join. Working back and forth across needle in rows, proceed as follows:
Knit 6 rows (garter st), noting 1st row is WS.
Next row: (WS). *K11. M1. Rep from * to last 12 sts. K12. 168 sts.
Proceed in pat as follows (see Chart on page 3):
1st row: (RS). K4. *P28. (K2. P2) 3 times. Rep from * to last 4 sts. K4.
2nd row: K4. *K2. (P2. K2) 3 times. K26. Rep from * to last 4 sts. K4.
3rd row: K4. *K2. (Sl1P. K1) 12 times. P2. (C2B. P2) 3 times. Rep from * to last 4 sts. K4.
4th row: K4. *K2. (P2. K2) 3 times. (K1. yf. Sl1P. yb) 12 times. K2. Rep from * to last 4 sts. K4.
5th row: K4. *K1. (yo. K2tog) 12 times. K1. P2. (K2. P2) 3 times. Rep from * to last 4 sts. K4.
6th row: K4. *K2. (P2. K2) 3 times. P26. Rep from * to last 4 sts. K4.
7th row: K4. *P26. (P2. C2B) 3 times. P2. Rep from * to last 4 sts. K4.
8th row: As 2nd row.
9th row: K4. *K2. (Sl1P. K1) 12 times. P2. (K2. P2) 3 times. Rep from * to last 4 sts. K4.
10th row: As 4th row.
11th row: K4. *K1. (yo. K2tog) 12 times. K1. P2. (C2B. P2) 3 times. Rep from * to last 4 sts. K4.
12th row: As 6th row.
13th to 18th rows: As 1st to 6th rows.
19th row: K4. *(K1. P1) 13 times. P2. (C2B. P2) 3 times. Rep from * to last 4 sts. K4.
20th row: K4. *K2. (P2. K2) 3 times. (P1. K1) 13 times. Rep from * to last 4 sts. K4.
21st row: K4. *(K1. P1.) 13 times. P2. (K2. P2) 3 times. Rep from * to last 4 sts. K4.
22nd row: As 20th row.
23rd to 34th rows: As 19th to 22nd rows 3 times more.
35th and 36th rows: As 19th and 20th rows.
37th row: K4. *P2. (K2. P2) 3 times. P26. Rep from * to last 4 sts. K4.
38th row: K4. *K26. (K2. P2) 3 times. K2. Rep from * to last 4 sts. K4.
39th row: K4. *P2. (C2B. P2) 3 times. K2. (Sl1P. K1) 12 times. Rep from * to last 4 sts. K4.
40th row: K4. *(K1. yf. Sl1P. yb) 12 times. K2. (K2. P2) 3 times. K2. Rep from * to last 4 sts. K4.
41st row: K4. *P2. (K2. P2) 3 times. K1. (yo. K2tog) 12 times. K1. Rep from * to last 4 sts. K4.
42nd row: K4. *P26. K2. (P2. K2) 3 times. Rep from * to last 4 sts. K4.
43rd row: K4. *P2. (C2B. P2) 3 times. P26. Rep from * to last 4 sts. K4.
44th row: As 38th row.
45th row: K4. *P2. (K2. P2) 3 times. K2. (Sl1P. K1) 12 times. Rep from * to last 4 sts. K4.
46th row: As 40th row.
47th row: K4. *P2. (C2B. P2) 3 times. K1. (yo. K2tog) 12 times. K1. Rep from * to last 4 sts. K4.
48th row: As 42nd row.
49th to 54th rows: As 37st to 42nd rows.
55th row: K4. *P2. (C2B. P2) 3 times. (K1. P1) 13 times. Rep from * to last 4 sts. K4.
56th row: K4. *(P1. K1) 13 times. K2. (P2. K2) 3 times. Rep from * to last 4 sts. K4.
57th row: K4. *P2. (K2. P2) 3 times. (K1. P1) 13 times. Rep from * to last 4 sts. K4.
58th row: As 56th row.
59th to 70th rows: As 55th to
58th rows.
71st and 72nd rows: As 55th and 56th rows.
Rep 1st to 72nd rows 5 times more.
Next row: (WS). *K10. K2tog. Rep from * to last 12 sts. K12. 155 sts.
Knit 5 rows (garter st).
Cast off knitwise (WS).
ABBREVIATIONS
Approx = Approximate(ly)
C2B = Slip next stitch onto cable needle and leave at back of work. K1, then K1 from cable needle
K = Knit
K2tog = Knit next 2 stitches together
M1 = Make 1 stitch by picking up horizontal loop lying before next stitch and knitting into back of loop
P = Purl
Pat = Pattern
Rep = Repeat
RS = Right side
Sl1P = Slip next stitch purlwise
St(s) = Stitch(es)
WS = Wrong side
Yb = Bring yarn to back of work
Yf = Bring yarn to front of work
Yo = Yarn over