Easy
Designed by Grace Alexander.
Directions are for size Small; changes for sizes Medium and Large are in parentheses.
MODA DEA™ "Eclipse™": 2 (2, 3) Balls No. 2561 Mauve.
Circular Knitting Needle: 5.5mm [US 9] - 24".
Knitting Needle: 6.5mm [US 10.5] for binding off.
Stitch marker, yarn needle.
GAUGE: 16 sts = 4"; 26 rows = 4" in pat with smaller needle. CHECK YOUR GAUGE. Use any size needles to obtain the gauge.
Finished Circumference: 33 (36, 39)".
With smaller circular needle, cast on 132 (144, 156) sts. Purl one row before joining. Ensure that work is twisted once before forming into a circle; join. Now work in rnds of pat as follows placing marker between first and last sts and slipping marker every rnd:
Rnd 1: * Yo, K3, sl 1, K1, psso, K1, K2tog, K3, yo, K1; rep from * around.
Rnd 2 AND EVERY EVEN RND: Purl.
Rnd 3: K1, yo, K2, sl 1, K1, psso, K1, K2tog, K2, yo, * K3, yo, K2, sl 1, K1, psso, K1, K2tog, K2, yo; rep from * to last 2 sts; K2.
Rnd 5: K2, yo, K1, sl 1, K1, psso, K1, K2tog, K1, yo, * K5, yo, K1, sl 1, K1, psso, K1, K2tog, K1, yo; rep from * to last 3 sts; K3.
Rnd 7: K3, yo, sl 1, K1, psso, K1, K2tog, yo, * K7, yo, sl 1, K1, psso, K1, K2tog, yo; rep from * to last 4 sts; K4.
Rnd 9: K4, yo, sl 1, K2tog, psso, yo, * K9, yo, sl 1, K2tog, psso, yo; rep from * to last 5 sts; K5.
Rnd 11: * K2tog, K3, yo, K1, yo, K3, sl 1, K1, psso, K1; rep from * around.
Rnd 13: * K2tog, K2, yo, K3, yo, K2, sl 1, K1, psso, K1; rep from * around.
Rnd 15: * K2tog, K1, yo, K5, yo, K1, sl 1, K1, psso, K1; rep from * around.
Rnd 17: * K2tog, yo, K7, yo, sl 1, K1, psso, K1; rep from * around.
Rnd 19: K1, yo, K9, * yo, sl 1, K2tog, psso, yo, K9; rep from * to last 2 sts; yo, sl 1, slip next stitch to right needle, remove marker, place stitch back on left needle, K2tog, psso, place marker on right needle.
Rnd 20: Purl.
Rep Rnds 1-20 twice more. Bind off in K with larger needle.
Weave in all loose ends. Sew ends of cast-on and first rows together.
ABBREVIATIONS: K = knit; mm = millimeters; P = purl; pat = pattern; psso = pass the slipped stitch over; rep = repeat; rnd = round; sl = slip; st(s) = stitch (es); tog = together; yo = yarn over; * = repeat whatever follows the * as indicated.
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