Project Note:The number of Skeins needed to complete this project is

·         2 - Loops & Threads® Charisma™ Big! Yarn – Multi Twilight
·         1 - Loops & Threads® Charisma™ Big! Yarn – Solid Steel
·         1 - Loops & Threads® Charisma™ Big! Yarn – Solid Teal

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS: 38” x 56”

GAUGE: 9 sts x 18 rows = 4" in garter stitch; save time, check your gauge

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SPECIAL STITCHES

Mitered Square (Starts with 36 sts)

Row 1 (WS): K18, place marker, k18.

Row 2 (RS): Knit 2 sts before m, ssk, sl m, k2tog, knit to end – 2 sts decreased.

Row 3 (WS): Knit.

Rep last 2 rows 15 more times – 4 sts rem.

Row 34: Ssk, remove m, k2tog – 2 sts rem.

Row 35: knit.

Cut yarn and thread through 2 remaining sts to fasten off.

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DIRECTIONS

Note: When sts are picked up along a previous square they are always picked up 1 st per bump along the edges of the row, not the cast on edge.

Square 1: With A, CO 36 sts. Work Square.

Square 2: With B, CO 18 sts, pick up and knit 18 sts along top edge of square 1. Work Square.

Square 3: With B, pick up and knit 18 sts along left edge of square 1. Work Square.

Square 4: With C, CO 18 sts, pick up and knit 18 sts along top edge of square 2. Work Square.

Square 5: With C, pick up and knit 18 sts along left edge of square 2 and 18 sts along top edge of square 3. Work Square.

Square 6: With C, pick up and knit 18 sts along left edge of square 3. Work Square.

Continue to add squares, using Diagram as a guide for order and color of each square, until 35 squares have been worked.

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FINISHING

Edging

With A, pick up and knit 90 sts along top edge of throw. Knit 1 row. Bind off.

With A, pick up and knit 127 sts along left edge of throw. Knit 1 row. Bind off.

With A, pick up and knit 91 sts along bottom edge of throw. Knit 1 row. Bind off.

With A, pick up and knit 128 sts along right edge of throw. Knit 1 row. Bind off.

Weave in ends.

ABBREVIATIONS:

A = Twilight

B = Steel

C = Teal

CO = Cast On

K = Knit

K2tog = Knit 2 sts together

M = Marker

Rem = Remain(ing)

Rep = Repeat(ing)

RS = Right Side

Sl = Slip

Ssk = Slip Slip Knit

St(s) = Stitch(es)

WS = Wrong Side

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Loops & Threads® Charisma™ Big! Mitered Knit Throw

Instructions

ADDITIONAL MATERIALS