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Approx. Size 30" x 40"

You Need: Columbia-Minerva Yarn, 5 balls MC, 2 balls CC.
"Boye" knitting needle, 24" circular No. 9 or size to give gauge.

Gauge: 3 sts = 1"; 6 rows = 1"

With MC, cast on 93 sts. Do not join, work back and forth as with single pointed needles. K 11 rows to form 6 ridges for border.

Next Row (wrong side): K 7 for border, K 1, P 1 alternately to last 7 sts, K 7 for border.

Beg Pat - Row 1: K 7 (border), P 1, *K1 in row below (see diagram) P 1; rep from * to last 7 sts, K 7 (border).

Row 2: K 7, K 1 in row below, * P 1, K 1 in row below; rep from * to last 7 sts, K 7. Rep last 2 rows for pat. Work to 8" from beg, end with a wrong-side row.

* First Stripe Row: K 7, drop MC, join CC; with CC work pat to last 7 sts, join 2nd skein MC, K 7.

Note: When changing colors, pick up color to be used under color previously used, twisting yarns to prevent holes in work. Keeping 7 sts at each side in MC and rem sts in CC, work to 12" from beg, end with a wrong-side row. Cut CC and 2nd skein MC *. With MC only work to 15" from beg, end with wrong-side row.

Rep First Stripe Row. Work until 17" from beg. Cut CC and 2nd MC skein. With MC work to 30" from beg. Rep First Stripe Row. Work until 32" from beg. Cut CC and 2nd MC skein.

With MC only, work to 38" from beg, end with a right-side row. K 10 rows, Bind off knitting all sts (6 ridges).

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