Slip Stitch Game CushionDesign & pattern by Ute Rehner

Slip Stitch Game CushionDesign & pattern by Ute Rehner

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YarnPure Wool WorstedA Mustard 131 1 * 100gB Bottle 140 1 * 100gC Oxygen 137 1 * 100g Material1 pair 4 1/2mm (UK 7) (US 7) needlesYarn Needle4 Buttons

Gauge18 sts and 40 rows = 10 cm in pattern20 sts and 25 rows = 10cm in st st

Finished sizeCushion measures approx 40cm square

AbbreviationsCO – cast onBO – bind off / cast offK – knitP – purlRS – right sideWS – wrong sidest/sts – stitch/stitchesst st - stocking stitch (1 row K, 1 row P)sl – slip stitch from left needle to right needle, thread is always on the back side. If sl is done on RS, the thread is behind the stitch, if sl is done on WS, then the thread is in front of the stitch.yrn - yarn round needle

MethodBack and front are knitted in one piece. Start is the buttonhole band, end is the button band.CO 74 sts using yarn A.Row 1 (WS): K1, *K2, P2, rep from * to last st, K1Row 2: K1, *K2, P2, rep from * to last st, K1These 2 rows form rib.Continue in rib for further 3 rows, ending with RS facing for next row.Row 6 (RS): rib 11, *yrn, work 2 tog (to make a buttonhole), rib 14, rep from * 2 times more, yrn, work 2 tog, rib 13.Work in Rib for a further 5 rows, ending with RS facing for next row.Break off yarn A and join in yarn C.Beg with K row, continue in st st for 19 rows more. Ending with RS facing for next row.Break off yarn C and join in yarn A.Start slip stich patternRow 1: KRow 2: P1, *sl1, K1, rep from * 17 times more, P37Row 3: join in yarn B, K1, *K1, sl1, rep from * 17 times more, K37Row 4: P37, *sl1, K1, rep from * 17 times more, P1Row 5: join in yarn A, K37, *K1, sl1, rep from * 17 times more, K1Row 6: P1, *sl1, K1, rep from * 17 times more, P37Row 7 (equal to Row 3): join in yarn B, K1, *K1, sl1, rep from * 17 times more, K37Row 8 (equal to Row 4): P37, *sl1, K1, rep from * 17 times moreRepeat Row 5 to Row 8 18 times more. You have now 80 rows. Break off yarn B. Now half of the front side of the pillow is completed.

Row 81: join in yarn C, K37. You need now a little bit of yarn A for two half rows. Continue with yarn A: *K1, sl1, rep from * 17 times more, K1Row 82: Use yarn A, P1, *sl1, K1, rep from * 17 times more, break off yarn A. Continue with yarn C: P37Row 83: join in yarn A, K1, *K1, sl1, rep from * 17 times more, K37Row 84: P37, *sl1, K1, rep from * 17 times moreRow 85: join in yarn C, K37, *K1, sl1, rep from * 17 times more, K1Row 86: P1, *sl1, K1, rep from * 17 times more, P37Row 87: join in yarn A, K1, *K1, sl1, rep from * 17 times more, K37Row 88: P37, *sl1, K1, rep from * 17 times moreRepeat Row 85 to Row 88 18 times more. You have now 160 rows. Break off yarn B. Now the front side of the pillow is completed. Break off yarn A. Continue with yarn C with

RS facing for next row.Cont in st st for 76 rows beginning with K.Break off yarn C.Join in yarn B. Work in rib as described for the buttonhole band for 12 rows. BO in rib.

Making upWeave in all yarn ends using yarn needle. Join front and back seems using mattress stitch.Attach buttons using photograph as a guide.

TipsRemaining yarn can be used for a place mat or a vase cover. For the photograph the place mat is made out of yarn A and B in size 11 cm 11 cm, the vase cover is made out of yarn A and B in size 26 cm 20 cm.In similar technique also a blanket or a throw can be made.

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