Second of the ‘Grey Mist’ baby blanket squares, this one representing the wet sand patterns - adding a pebbly sand pattern to the sand waves from the Dawlish Warren Stormy blanket.
General principles for square patterns:
Repeat pattern horizontally (but not vertically for this blanket) & simple to knit pattern.
36 stitches x 48 rows (this one is 49) for main pattern as these are very divisible numbers.
An 'x' means purl on a knit row, and knit on a purl row to create the texture.
This lower chart is the format I found to be most useful to me:
White = knit row (right side), grey = purl row (wrong side).
An 'x' = purl on a knit row, and knit on a purl row
The numbers are just a handy guide to the number of stitches in each knit or purl block.
Written pattern:
See blanket pattern for required needles & yarn.
(k = knit, p=purl)
Cast on 36 stitches
Row 1: knit
Row 2: p8, k2, p10, k2, p10, k2, p2
Row 3: k2, p2, k10, p2, k10, p2, k8
Row 4: purl
Row 5: knit
Row 6: purl
Row 7: k8, p2, k10, p2, k10, p2, k2
Row 8: p2, k2, p10, k2, p10, k2, p8
Row 9: knit
Row 10: purl
Rows 11-20: Repeat rows 1-10 once more
Rows 21-25: Repeat rows 1-5 once more
Row 26: k4, p10, k8, p10, k4
Row 27: p6, k6, p12, k6, p6
Row 28: knit
Row 29: k3, p12, k6, p12, k3
Row 30: p5, k8, p10, k8, p5
Row 31: knit
Rows 32-49: Repeat rows 26-31 three times more
Cast off
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