Have finished Clue 5.

Decided I wasn’t keen on the provided border, so found another I liked.

Below is the instructions for the border, modified to allow for a slip-stitch edge and connecting to the throw as I go.

Alternate Saroyan Edging – Just the repeat segment for a full surround border.

Did a provisional Cast On of 16 stitches, and with the provisional yarn knit 2 full repeats, starting and ending with Row 2. Switched to working yarn on Row 3. Final knit row will be Row 1, and will Kitchener Row 2 to graft the ends together.

Odd number rows are the ‘front’ of the pattern – they start with a K2Tog that knits the live stitch of the blanket with the first stitch of the edging.

Row 1: K2Tog, P1, M1R, K1, M1L, YO, K1, YO, SSK, K5, K2Tog, K1 (16 sts).

Row 2: Slip 1st stitch purl-wise, P7, K3, P3, K2.

Row 3: K2Tog, P1, K1, YO, K1, YO, SSK, YO, K2, YO, SSK, K3, K2Tog, K1 (17 sts).

Row 4: Slip 1st stitch purl-wise, P5, K4, P5, K2.

Row 5: K2Tog, M1, P1, K1, slip 1 as if to knit, transfer back to left needle, knit through front leg, YO, K1, YO, KtBl, SSK, YO, K3, YO, SSK, K1, K2Tog, K1 (19 sts).

Row 6: Slip 1st stitch purl-wise, P3, K5, P7, K1, PtBl, K1.

Row 7: K2Tog, M1, KtBl, P1, K2, slip 1 as if to knit, transfer back to left needle, knit through front leg, YO, K1, YO, KtBl, K1, SSK, YO, K4, YO, CDD, K1 (21 sts).

Row 8: Slip 1st stitch purl-wise, bind off 7 sts purl-wise, (there should be 1 st on your right needle and 13 sts on your left at this point in the row), P9, K1, PtBl, K2 (14 sts).

M1 – Bring a loop up through the bar between stitches below, with no twisting.

CDD - Centered Double Decrease: Slip two stitches as if to K2Tog, then slip the third stitch the same way. Knit them all together through the back, like you would with an SSK stitch.