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Materials:
Worsted weight cotton yarn. May
also be made with sport weight cotton yarn and the smaller sized needle. Size US 6 or 7 needles.
Method
1: This cloth is made
with a series of wedges to which the edging is knit as you go. Depending on your taste, the cloth may be
started by casting on 17 stitches with a long-tailed cast on or you may use
waste yarn for an invisible cast on, i.e. crochet 19 to 20-stitch chain and
pick up 17 stitches from loops on back of chain. [When ready to graft together, unzip the crocheted chain while
picking up the first row of stitches.]
Start
knitting
Row
1: Slip the first stitch with yarn in
back, knit 9 stitches, place marker, YO, K2tog, YO, K2tog, YO K3, turn.
Row
2: Knit back 16 stitches (or until
there are 2 stitches remaining on left needle). Slip the next stitch purl-wise
to right hand needle, bring yarn forward between stitches, slide wrapped needle
back to left needle, turn knitting around so you are in position to knit
again. You have wrapped the stitch but
not knitted it.
Row
3: Knit to marker, YO, K2Tog, YO,
K2Tog, YO, K4. Turn.
Row 4:
Knit to one stitch before the previous wrapped stitch (16 stitches). Repeat the wrapping of the next (unwrapped)
stitch. Turn knitting around to
knitting position again, making sure yarn is in back.
Row
5: Knit to marker, YO, K2Tog, YO,
K2Tog, YO, K5. Turn.
Repeat
this procedure until you have YO and Knit 6.
Turn.
Bind
Off 4, Knit back to one stitch before previously wrapped stitch (12 stitches on
right needles) and repeat this process starting with row 4. This time you will knit back 12 stitches
before each turning until you have completed the second bind off 4.
When
you have finished the second "saw tooth", you will knit back picking
up the wraps clear to the end. The last
stitch does not have a wrap.
To pick
up the wraps: There's more than one-way
to do this and the easiest way for you will come after a few trips back. I slip the stitch from the left needle to
the right needle, purl-wise, then pickup the wrap with my left needle, at the
same time I push the left needle into the base of the slipped stitch and knit
them off together. Some people slip the
stitch on the needle and then pick up the wrapped stitch at the same time and
then knit them off together. What ever
works for you.
After
you have knit to the last stitch, turn, slip the first stitch with yarn in back
and then knit back to the marker and repeat above until you have eight pie
shaped wedges. Use the number of wedges
necessary to make the circle lay flat.
I use the tail from doing a long tailed cast on to run through the first
stitches at the center then cut the yarn and weave in tail.
Cut the
yarn from your knitting leaving a 12 to 15 inch tail. Thread this into a weaving needle and weave the free loops to the
stitches from the first row. Have your
chosen right side facing you to do the grafting. You can graft by going through the base of the stitches just
above the cast on and back through the free loops. I have also tried doing an invisible cast on and grafting through
the two sets of loops like kitchenering a sock. The choice is yours.
Using size 6 or 7 needle, CO 15 stitches. Either a long-tailed cast on or you may use
waste yarn for an invisible cast on, i.e. crochet 19 to 20-stitch chain and
pick up 15 stitches from loops on back of chain. See instructions for Method 1 for more information concerning
cast on and grafting.
Row
1: Slip first stitch with yarn in back,
knit 9 stitches, place marker, YO, K2tog, YO, K3, turn.
Row
2: Knit back 14 stitches. Slip the next
stitch purl-wise to right hand needle.
Bring yarn forward between stitches, slide wrapped needle back to left
needle. Turn the knitting around so you
are in position to knit again. You have
wrapped the stitch but not knitted it.
Row 3:
Knit to marker, YO, K2Tog, YO, K4. Turn.
Row 4:
Knit to one stitch before the previous wrapped stitch (14 stitches on right
needle). Repeat the wrapping of the
next (unwrapped) stitch. Turn knitting
around to knitting position again, making sure yarn is in back.
Row
5: Knit to marker, YO, K2Tog, YO,
K5. Turn.
Repeat
this procedure until you have YO and Knit 6.
Turn.
Bind
off 4 stitches. Knit back to one stitch before previously wrapped stitch and
repeat this process starting with row 4.
This time you will knit back 10 stitches on right needle before turning
until the second bind off 4.
When
you have finished the second "saw tooth", you will knit back picking
up the wraps clear to the end. The last
stitch is not wrapped.
To pick
up the wraps: There's more than one-way
to do this and the easiest way for you will come after a few trips back. I slip the stitch from the left needle to
the right needle, purl-wise, then pickup the wrap with my left needle, at the
same time I push the left needle into the base of the slipped stitch and knit
them off together. Some people slip the
stitch on the needle and then pick up the wrapped stitch at the same time and
then knit them off together. What ever
works for you.
After
you have knit to the last stitch, turn, slip the first stitch with yarn in back
and then knit back to the marker and repeat above until you have eight pie
shaped wedges. Use the number of wedges
necessary to make the circle lay flat.
I use the tail from doing a long tailed cast on to run through the first
stitches at the center pulling them together twice into a little star-like
shape then cut the yarn and weave in tail.
Cut the
yarn from your knitting leaving a 12 to 15 inch tail. Thread this into a weaving needle and weave the free loops to the
stitches from the first row. Have your
chosen right side facing you to do the grafting. You can do graft by going through the base of the stitches just
above the cast on and back through the free loops. I have also tried doing an invisible cast on and grafting through
the two sets of loops like kitchenering a sock. The choice is yours.