I am in love with this little pattern.I think I will be using it in a design eventually. A few abbreviations for this square -
sl1 - slip the stitch from the left needle onto the right needle without knitting
psso - pass the slipped stitched over the two stitches you have just knit
yrn - yarn round needle - in this pattern you purl the stitch taking the yarn around the needle and back into the purl position
ARAN WEIGHT YARN 5mm needles
cast on 22 stitches
Row 1 - k1,*sl1,k2,psso,p2* repeat *-* until last stitch,k1 (You have 16 stitches on your needle)
Row 2 - k1,*k2,p1,yrn,p1* repeat *-* until last stitch k1
Row 3 - k1,* k3,p2* repeat *-* until last stitch,k1
Row 4 - k1,*k2,p3* repeat *-* until last stitch,k1
work rows 1 - 4 until work measures 4" - cast off on row 3 or 4.
DOUBLE KNITTING YARN 4mm needles
cast on 24 stitches
Row 1 - k2,*sl1,k2,psso,p2* repeat *-* until 2 stitches,k2 (You have 18 stitches on your needle)
Row 2 - k2,*k2,p1,yrn,p1* repeat *-* until last 2 stitches k2
Row 3 - k1,* k3,p2* repeat *-* until last 2 stitches,k2
Row 4 - k2,*k2,p3* repeat *-* until last 2 stitches,k2
work rows 1 - 4 until work measures 4" - cast off on row 3 or 4.