The Gambit: Travel Chess Set is a portable chess set with a board that doubles as a bag for your pieces!

The board/bag is knit modularly in stockinette, one square at a time. The back is added once the board is done and the zipper is sewn in last. The pieces are knit in stockinette, shapes added with duplicate stitch, and then seamed together to maintain shape and to double as a checkers set! Lastly, the strap is knit in garter stitch.

Sizes:
One Size

Finished board measurement: 16”/41 cm

Finished piece measurement: 1.4x1.4”/3.5x3.5 cm.

Finished strap length: 18”/46 cm

Suggested Yarn:
Fingering weight yarn.

Color A: Kenya’s Knits Snowdrift Select in Plankton
Color B: Kenya’s Knits Snowdrift Select in Selesnya

Yardage:
Total Yardage: 817 yds/747 m

Board Yardage:
Color A: 136 yds/124 m
Color B: 136 yds/124 m

Back Board Yardage: 272 yds/249 m

Piece Yardage:
Color A: 91 yds/83 m
Color B: 91 yds/83 m

Strap Yardage:
91 yds/83 m

Gauge:
Board Gauge: 22 sts x 30 rows = 4” in stockinette, knit flat and blocked

Piece Gauge: 28 sts x 44 sts = 4” in stockinette, knit flat and blocked

Strap Gauge: 27 sts x 20 rows - 4” in garter, knit flat and blocked

Suggested Needles:
Board and strap needle: US 5/3.75 mm

Piece needle: US 1/2.25 mm

Materials:
Stitch markers, spare circular needle or scrap yarn, tapestry needle, 16”/41 cm zipper.

Techniques:
You will need to know how to knit, purl, slip slip knit, knit 2 together, work duplicate stitch, and sew in a zipper.