Letting myself start something new

Aiming for 9” wide, casting on 37

3 stitch garter - berry in a box 5 times, K1 - 3 stitch garter

Row # maintain 3 stitch garter border throughout
1 R p3 * k1, p5 * k1, p3
2 W k3-tog * yo, (k1, yo, k1), yo, Decrease5 * yo, (k1, yo, k1), yo, k3-tog-b
3 R k1 * p5, k1 *
4 W p1 * k5, p1 *
5 R k1 * p5, k1 *
6 W (k1, k1-b) * yo, Decrease5, yo, (k1, yo, k1) * yo, Decrease5, yo, (k1, k1-b) in last stitch
7 R p3 * k1, p5 * k1, p3
8 W k3 * p1, k5 * p1, k3

Decrease5: k2-tog-b, k3 tog, pass the k2-tog-b stitch over the k3-tog stitch

Another shawl with this stitch has been in my queue for years….

http://www.knittingfool.com/StitchIndex/StitchDetail.aspx...

Cast on 79 stitches
Knit 3 rows garter
Knit Berry-in-a-Box Stitch with 3 stitch garter border for 43” (unstretched)
Bound off with stretchy bind off
Blocked 56” X 18”
Seamed moebius style with a kitchener stitch

Notes from the last time I knit this