Rainbow Placemats by Barbara Albright

Rainbow Placemats

Knitting
DK (11 wpi) ?
21 stitches and 44 rows = 4 inches
in Garter
US 6 - 4.0 mm
English

EACH ROW OF THESE PLACEMATS, knitted in garter stitch with a moss-stitch border, is worked in one of six colors, and at the end of each row the yarn is cut. When the placemats are finished, the cut ends are knotted and trimmed to make fringe. Because colors interact in each garter ridge, they meld together rather than maintain separate and distinct stripe identities.

Finished Size 17” (43 cm) wide and13” (33 cm) long, excluding fringe.

Yarn S. R. Kertzer Butterfly Mercerized Cotton–Super 10 (100% mercerized cotton; 251 yd 230 m/125 g):
#3923 purple (A),
#3568 gold (B),
#3459 pink (C),
#3728 green (D),
#3824 blue (E), and
#3606 chartreuse(F), 1 ball each.
This is enough yarn to make four placemats.

Needles Size 6 (4 mm). Adjust needle size if necessary to obtain the correct gauge.

Gauge 21 sts and 44 rows = 4” (10 cm)
in garter st.