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Reversible Mitred Squares
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2024-05-12 washed and wearable!
2024-05-12 washed and wearable!
2024-03-22 finished!
2024-03-22 finished!
2024-03-18 seven squares/90g
2024-03-18 seven squares/90g
2024-03-21 Oops! Previously used yarn is dingy, when compared to never-used.
2024-03-21 Oops! Previously used yarn is dingy, when compared to never-used.
2024-03-12 yarn left: 45 to 50g - maybe 4 more squares?
2024-03-12 yarn left: 45 to 50g - maybe 4 more squares?
2024-03-12 again stopping at 14 stitches each side of the centre marker.
2024-03-12 again stopping at 14 stitches each side of the centre marker.
2024-03-11 second square begun
2024-03-11 second square begun
2024-03-11 one side at 14+14 sts.
2024-03-11 one side at 14+14 sts.
2024-03-11 other side at 14 +14 sts.
2024-03-11 other side at 14 +14 sts.
2024-03-10 first few rows
2024-03-10 first few rows
2024-03-10 slick tip, almost 5.5” long, but with bend, before the nylon (?) cable.
2024-03-10 slick tip, almost 5.5” long, but with bend, before the nylon (?) cable.
2024-03-13 repurposed takeout container as yarn ‘bowl’
2024-03-13 repurposed takeout container as yarn ‘bowl’
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Finished
March 10, 2024
March 22, 2024

Reversible Mitred Squares

Project info
Knitting
Neck / Torso → Scarf
Needles & yarn
US 7 - 4.5 mm
4.5 mm
Notes

Pattern from: https://www.wrapwithlove.org/knitting-patterns/
Scroll down to: FUN AND ADVANCED PATTERN IDEA
Link to pattern PDF: https://www.wrapwithlove.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/f...

My modifications:
slip first stitch purlwise every row.
knit last stitch every row.

First square is thirty stitches on a side; i.e. cast on sixty. Crochet hook cast-on.

Yarn from Goodwill. Acrylic. Somewhat fuzzy; I guess it had been labeled as “Brushed Acrylic”, when manufactured. Mostly frogged; one label-less ball never used.

March 11, 2024

05:30 hrs.
So far, I’m happy with the reversibility of this way of making mitred squares.

0700 hrs
I seem to have goofed. There are only 28 stitches along the two edges.
Hmm … I just recounted the cast-on chain. 58, not 60. So, my base number is 29, not 30. No problem. OR it might be 30 after all. I’ll look again after a sleep.

1930 hrs.
So, I hadn’t miscounted this morning. But fudging works. I now have 30 stitches picked and will cast on another 30.

March 12, 2024

When picking up along an edge, I pull up a stitch through the back loop only.

March 21, 2024

Partway through the never-used ball of yarn, a knot. A granny-knot. Gently teased open, and added as all the previous tiny balls had been.

March 22, 2024

Ten 30-stitch mitred squares long.
Three 10-stitch mitred squares done on each end.
24” leftover yarn! blush
All ends woven in.

Time to launder and see if the old/reused yarn brightens.

May 12, 2024

Well, there’s still a visible difference in the whiteness of the never-before-used yarn and the previously-used yarn. No problem! Anyone studying it that closely hasn’t anything better to do!

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Finished
March 10, 2024
March 22, 2024
 
About this pattern
Personal pattern (not in Ravelry)
  • Project created: March 10, 2024
  • Finished: March 22, 2024
  • Updated: May 12, 2024