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Knitting materials and tools:
<> DPN 4.5 mm (US 7/ UK7)
<> Bernat, Maker Home Dec (5) – 72% cotton, 28% nylon.
Common abbreviations of knit stitches:
k – knit
p – purl
sel s – selvage stitch: always slip the first stitch knitwise, work to the last stitch, purl the last stitch
Farfalle (butterfly) stitch knitting pattern:
Cast on the number multiple of 10 stitches, plus 5 extra stitches and plus 2 selvage stitches. For example 37 sts.
Row 1: sel s, knit all stitches, sel s.
Row 2: sel s, repeat [k5, slip next 5 sts holding working yarn in back] across, k5, sel s.
Row 3: sel s, knit all stitches, sel s.
Row 4: sel s, repeat [k5, slip next 5 sts holding working yarn in back] across, k5, sel s.
Row 5: sel s, knit all stitches, sel s.
Row 6: sel s, repeat [k5, slip next 5 sts holding working yarn in back] across, k5, sel s.
Row 7: sel s, knit all stitches, sel s.
Row 8: sel s, repeat [k5, slip next 5 sts holding working yarn in back] across, k5, sel s.
Row 9: sel s, repeat [k7, using the right-hand needle, lift the four loose strands from underneath , then insert the needle into the next stitch on the left needle and knit all the strands together with that stitch as one, k2] across, k5, sel s.
Row 10: sel s, repeat [slip next 5 sts holding working yarn in back, k5] across, slip next 5 sts holding working yarn in back, sel s.
Row 11: sel s, knit all stitches, sel s.
Row 12: Repeat Row 10.
Row 13: Repeat Row 11.
Row 14: Repeat Row 10.
Row 15: Repeat Row 11.
Row 16: Repeat Row 10.
Row 17: sel s, repeat [k2, using the right-hand needle, lift the four loose strands from underneath , then insert the needle into the next stitch on the left needle and knit all the strands together with that stitch as one, k7 ] across, k2, using the right-hand needle, lift the four loose strands from underneath , then insert the needle into the next stitch on the left needle and knit all the strands together with that stitch as one, k2 sel s
Repeat Rows 2-17 to form the pattern.
Bind off all stitches on the wrong side using the Scandinavian Bind-Off method (also known as the Icelandic Bind-Off) for a stretchy, neat edge.