This pattern follows on from the original breaking waves pattern, but the waves are just at an earlier stage of breaking - so they are a bit smaller... I knitted this square first on South Beach in Tenby.
I made the patterns in a spreadsheet before knitting up a test swatch. The bottom left photo in the collage above shows the trial patterns I went through before deciding which I liked.
General principles for square patterns:
Repeat pattern horizontally and vertically & simple to knit pattern.
36 stitches x 48 rows (ish, 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.
*Note* this one is not symmetrical - purl rows read from the left!
Written pattern:
See blanket pattern for required needles & yarn.
(k = knit, p=purl)
Cast on 36 stitches
Rows 1-3: st stitch
Row 4: p15, k6, p15
Row 5: k13, p10, k13
Row 6: p11, k14, p11
Row 7: k10, p16, k10
Row 8: p9, k18, p9
Row 9: k8, p2, k16, p2, k8
Row 10: k9, p18, k9
Rows 11-15: st stitch
Row 16: p24, k6, p6
Row 17: k4, p10, k22
Row 18: p20, k14, p2
Row 19: k1, p16, k19
Row 20: p18, k18
Row 21: p1, k16, p2, k16, p1
Row 22: k18, p18
Row 23-27: st stitch
Row 28: p6, k6, p24
Row 29: k22, p10, k4
Row 30: p2, k14, p20
Row 31: k19, p16, k1
Row 32: k18, p18
Row 33: p1, k16, p2, k16, p1
Row 34: p18, k18
Rows 35-39: st stitch
Row 40: k3, p30, k3
Row 41: p5, k26, p5
Row 42: k7, p22, k7
Row 43: p8, k20, p8
Row 44: k9, p18, k9
Row 45: k8, p2, k16, p2, k8
Row 46: p9, k18, p9
Rows 47-49: st stitch
Cast off
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