This is a wonderful exercise for teaching Zen in knitting. You knit (or purl) in the long skinny two-colour strips you see (13 of them), increasing on one side of the fabric, and decreasing on the other. The decreases are P3tog tbl, but that’s a good thing to learn if you don’t know how, and it’s good for self-discipline. This is excellent travel knitting-- just roll up your strip and go. The finished product is a marvel, exquisite in hand-dyed colourways, and stunning on both sides. Instructions are provided for crocheting the strips together, if you prefer that to mattress stitch.

SKILL LEVEL: Advanced
SIZE: 56” x 58” in pattern stitch after blocking

MATERIALS
Yarn: about 32 oz of dk weight yarn Model is shown with 8 oz and about 600 yards of black (MC) and 16 oz and about 1200 yards total of (CC). Two different colors may be used with the MC if desired. Model is show with MC and 8 oz CC in jewels and 8 oz CC in blues/greens.

Needles: Size 7 needles

Notions: tapestry needle or size G crochet hook

Gauge: : 20 Rows and 23 stitches to 4” x 4” test swatch in pattern stitch after blocking

Note: Strips are worked separately and then sewn or crocheted together. Finishing instructions for each method provided