Tournament of Stitches 2020 || Knitting Section 1
Time for the first ever Tournament of Stitches 2020 with Marly Bird. This Section 1 for the knitting version.
If you missed any of the sections, go back to the original blog post and get all the details you need. You must complete each previous part of the mystery project before you can move on to the next.
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MEASUREMENTS
FINISHED MEASUREMENTS: 9.5” wide, 90” tall
GAUGE: 18 sts x 22 rows = 4” [10 cm] in garter stitch (knit on every row). Use any size needle to obtain the gauge. Exact gauge is not critical to this project.
MATERIALS
Yarn: Sample was made with Red Heart Chic Sheep by Marly Bird™ (100% wool, 3.5 oz / 100 g, 186 yd / 170 m)
- Color A: Dragon Fruit (1 ball)
- Color B: Linen (3 balls)
- Color C: Platinum (3 balls)
It is possible to choose any worsted weight yarn but I highly recommend that a solid color be used for color A and C, a long color changing or ombre yarn could be used for B if you wish.
Needles: Size 8 (5 mm) and 9 (5.5 mm) needles
Notions: Stitch markers, tapestry needle
SPECIAL STITCHES
Slip- Insert the tip of the right knitting needle in the next stitch on the left knitting needle from back to front as if to purl. Slide the stitch off the left knitting needle onto the right knitting needle. Make sure you are holding the yarn to the wrong side of the work when slipping. This means it needs to be held to the back when on a right side row and the yarn needs to be held to the front on a wrong side row.
NOTES
Mosaic Knitting is created by a combination knit and slip stitches. You use one color at a time for 2 rows then switch colors. In mosaic knit charts, there are two colors shown. For our project the white squares are color B and the gray squares are color C.
When reading a color B row (meaning you are currently using color B), you will knit when the square is white and you will slip the stitch purlwise when the square is gray. On a color C row, you will do the reverse and knit gray squares and slip white squares.
The first stitch helps to tell you if it is a color B or C row. Each line on the chart represents 2 rows in your work. So you read the chart from right to left for odd rows and left to right for even rows. When working an even row, you will knit all the stitches in the color you are currently using and slip the other color stitches. Just make sure on even rows that you move your yarn to the front before you slip your stitch.
To help alleviate tangles in your balls of yarn; always bring up your new color behind the previous color. When working the mosaic section, you will carry the yarn up the side of your work. When you get to the strip of 10 rows of garter stitch in color A, you will cut the yarn and join fresh for the next mosaic section.
SECTION 1
With A, smaller needles, and Long Tail Cast on, cast on 42 sts.
See chart for assistance with the pattern.
Row 1 (RS): Knit
Rows 2-10: Knit, cut A.
Rows 11-12: With B, knit
Rows 13-14: With larger needles and C, k5, slip 1, k3, slip 6, k3, slip 1, k4, slip 1, k3, slip 6, k3, slip 1, k5.
Rows 15-16: With B, k1, slip 1, k2, slip 1, k3, slip 1, k6, slip 1, k3, slip 1, k2, slip 1, k3, slip 1, k6, slip 1, k3, slip 1, k2, slip 1, k1.
Rows 17-18: With C, k2, *slip 2, k3, slip 1, k3; repeat from * across to last 4 sts, slip 2, k2.
Rows 19-20: With B, k6, *slip 1, k3, slip 1, k2, slip 1, k3, slip 1, k6; repeat from * across.
Rows 21-22: With C, k5, *slip 1, k3, slip 1, k4; repeat from * across to last 10 sts, slip 1, k3, slip 1, k5.
Rows 23-24: With B, k1, *slip 1, k2, slip 1, k3, slip 1, k6, slip 1, k3; repeat from * to last 5 sts, slip 1, k2, slip 1, k1.
Rows 25-26: With C, k2, *slip 2, k3, slip 1, k3; repeat from * across to last 4 sts, slip 2, k2.
Rows 27-28: With B, k6, *slip 1, k3, slip 1, k2, slip 1, k3, slip 1, k6; repeat from * across.
Rows 29-30: With C, k1, slip 5, k3, slip 1, k4, slip 1, k3, slip 6, k3, slip 1, k4, slip 1, k3, slip 5, k1.
Rows 31-32: With B, k6, *slip 1, k3, slip 1, k2, slip 1, k3, slip 1, k6; repeat from * across.
Rows 33-34: With C, k2, *slip 2, k3, slip 1, k3; repeat from * across to last 4 sts, slip 2, k2.
Rows 35-36: With B, k1, *slip 1, k2, slip 1, k3, slip 1, k6, slip 1, k3; repeat from * to last 5 sts, slip 1, k2, slip 1, k1.
Rows 37-38: With C, k5, *slip 1, k3, slip 1, k4; repeat from * across to last 10 sts, slip 1, k3, slip 1, k5.
Rows 39-40: With B, k6, *slip 1, k3, slip 1, k2, slip 1, k3, slip 1, k6; repeat from * across.
Rows 41-42: With C, k2, *slip 2, k3, slip 1, k3; repeat from * across to last 4 sts, slip 2, k2.
Rows 43-44: With B, k1, slip 1, k2, slip 1, k3, slip 1, k6, slip 1, k3, slip 1, k2, slip 1, k3, slip 1, k6, slip 1, k3, slip 1, k2, slip 1, k1.
Rows 45-46: With C, k5, slip 1, k3, slip 6, k3, slip 1, k4, slip 1, k3, slip 6, k3, slip 1, k5. Cut C.
Rows 47-48: With smaller needles and B, knit. Cut B.
????Highly recommend taking the time to weave in ends now using the burry ends technique. Here is a video to help you out!
SPECIAL STITCHES OR TECHNIQUES VIDEO HELP
Video specific for Section 1 Mosaic Knit Stitches:
