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Contents 1 Chair Cover 6 - Pretty Feather Pattern 1.1 Original Pattern 1.2 Updated Version 1.2.1 Colour pattern 1.2.2 Pattern Begins 1.3 Abbreviations

[edit] Chair Cover 6 - Pretty Feather Pattern

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

[edit] Original Pattern

Pins No. 11; 25 stitches to a pattern. Six shades each of scarlet, drab, and blue. Cast on 108 stitches. Commence with the darkest blue and knit 4 plain rows.

First row:—Knit 2 together four times, bring the wool forward and knit 1 eight times, knit 2 together four times, knit 1, and repeat.

Second row:—Seamed.

Third row:—Knit.

Fourth row:—Seamed.

The shade is changed after the completion of these 4 rows. The 6 shades of blue are knit from dark to light; then the 6 shades of scarlet; and then the shades of drab: each set of shades is knit twice, and you will finish with the lightest drab. Knit 4 plain rows of that colour besides the 4 pattern rows.

[edit] Updated Version

(This version includes the edge stitches in the row by row instructions)

Needle size: US 2 or 3 / 3mm

[edit] Colour pattern

The shade is changed after the completion of these 4 rows. The 6 shades of blue are knit from dark to light; then the 6 shades of scarlet; and then the shades of beige: each set of shades is knit twice, and you will finish with the lightest beige. Knit 4 plain rows of that colour besides the 4 pattern rows.

Cast on any number of stitches divisible by 25, plus 8 more for the edges.

Row 1 - 4: k across

[edit] Pattern Begins

Row 5: k4, *(k2tog) 4 times, (yo, k1) 8 times, (k2tog) 4 times, k1, repeat from * to last four stitches, k4

Row 6: k4, purl across to last four stitches, k4

Row 7: knit across

Row 8: k4, purl across to last four stitches, k4

Repeat knitted and colour pattern to desired length.

Last 4 Rows: Knit across

Cast off.

[edit] Abbreviations

K = Knit

K2tog = Knit 2 stitches together

yo = yarn over