Chair Cover 1 - German Pattern of Open Double Knitting

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[edit] German Pattern of Open Double Knitting, Both Sides Alike.

Swatch of the stitch pattern used in this chair cover
Swatch of the stitch pattern used in this chair cover

From Exercises in Knitting by Cornelia Mee. Original text at Project Gutenberg.

[edit] Original Pattern

Large wooden pins are required for this pattern, which is done in double or eight-threaded wool, in 5 colours that contrast well—claret, gold colour, blue, white, scarlet; and 4 rows of each, worked in the order they are here placed. Cast on 71 stitches.

First row:—Seam 1, make 1, slip 1: this row is only to begin with, and is not repeated, the whole of the knitting being done as the

Second row:—Seam 2 together, make 1, by passing the wool round the pin, slip 1, and repeat. At the end of the row, if correctly knitted, there will be 1 stitch, which seam. When the colours have been repeated 6 times, the cover will be the proper size.

To finish it round, work fringe No. 2, work claret for the head, and put in two lengths of each colour in the fringe.

[edit] Updated Pattern

Materials:

DK weight wool in 5 contrasting colours.

Suggested colours are:

claret
gold
blue
white
scarlet

Gauge: 22sts to 10cm/4" in pattern stitch

[edit] Abbreviations

P - purl
P2tog - purl two together
Sl1 - slip one
YO - yarn over - bring the yarn over the top of the right hand needle and wind it around the needle. Your yarn will be at the back of the work again, as if you were going to knit the next stitch.
Yb - yarn back. Take the yarn to the back of the work between the needles (as if you were going to knit the next stitch)

[edit] Pattern

Work in stripes of 4 rows each

Note: when slipping the yarn overs from the previous row, make sure you do not twist them.

Cast on 71 stitches

Setup row: *P1, yo, slip 1 knitways; repeat to last stitch, p1

Now work every row as follows: *P2tog, yb, yo, slip 1 knitwise; repeat from * to last stitch, p1

When you have worked 6 stripes of each colour (a total of 120 rows), cast off in pattern.

Work fringe number 2 in claret, and put in two lengths of each colour in the fringe.

Block the main piece of knitting and sew the fringe around all four edges.


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In case this is not legally possible, I grant any entity the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law.

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