©Pat Ashforth & Steve Plummer 2021

©Pat Ashforth & Steve Plummer 2021

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THREE COLOUR STRIPES

A simple striped design, where you see two-colour stripes from directly in front but stripes in three colours when you look from an angle even though you only use two colours of yarn.. The stripes change position halfway up the square but you could make them continuous.

To knit this design

Section 1

Using Dark cast on 48 stitches. This counts as the first row of the first ridge.

Ridge 1 - Second Row : Knit the coloured stitches and purl the white stitches.

The chart shows all knit.
Ridge 2 (Light) : Knit the first row. On the second row knit the coloured stitches and purl the white stitches.

The chart shows k16, p8, k16, p8
Ridge 3 (Dark) : Knit the first row. On the second row knit the coloured stitches and purl the white stitches.

The chart shows p8, k16, p8, k16
Ridge 4 (Light) : Knit the first row. On the second row knit the coloured stitches and purl the white stitches.

The chart shows k16, p8, k16, p8
Ridges 5 - 24 : Repeat ridges 3 and 4 ten times.

Section 2
Ridge 25 (Dark) : Knit the first row. On the second row knit the coloured stitches and purl the white stitches.

The chart shows k16, p8, k16, p8
Ridge 26 (Light) : Knit the first row. On the second row knit the coloured stitches and purl the white stitches.

The chart shows p8, k16, p8, k16
Ridges 27 - 46 : Repeat ridges 25 and 26 ten times.
Ridge 47 (Dark) : Knit the first row. Cast off on the second row.

The square is shown with no border.

To neaten the edges
Turn the work sideways and pick up one stitch from the end of each ridge. Cast off loosely on the next row.

If you would like wider borders, work a few ridges of garter stitch before you begin the chart and end with garter stitch to match. Add the same number of ridges of garter stitch on the sides before casting off.

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