Knit Short Row Circle & Square Motif
Short Row Circle & Square Motif
It’s Day Two of my End-of-Summer re-run series in which for a whole month I share new, daily knitting or crochet stitch patterns on Instagram. Today’s swatch is a circle within a square motif. It’s created with garter short rows forming a circle, bordered by picked-up stitches knit into a square. Go, geometric!โฃ
NOTE: The entire pattern was too long to post on the grams, but here it’s posted in full.
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MATERIALS
Plymouth Yarn Select Worsted Merino Superwash, in colors: (A) Lagoon and (B) Naturalโฃ
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Size 8/5 mm dpnsโฃ
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H/5mmโฃ
Stitch Markers
DIRECTIONS
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With A, crochet hook, straight needles, and using the provisional cast-on method, CO 12 sts.โฃ
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Knit 1 row.โฃ
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*๐ฆ๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ ๐ญ (๐ฅ๐ฆ): K11, sl 1, bring yarn in front, return sl st to LH needle, turn (sl st is wrapped), k to end on WS.โฃ
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๐ฆ๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ ๐ญ (๐ฅ๐ฆ): K8, sl 1, bring yarn to front, return sl st to LH needle, turn, k to end on WS.โฃ
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๐ฆ๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ ๐ฏ (๐ฅ๐ฆ): K6, sl 1, bring yarn to front, return sl st to LH needle, turn, k to end on WS.โฃ
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๐ฆ๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ (๐ฅ๐ฆ): K4, sl 1, bring yarn to front, return sl st to LH needle, turn, k to end on WS.โฃ
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๐ฆ๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ (๐ฅ๐ฆ): K2, sl1, bring yarn to front, return sl st to LH needle, turn, k to end on WS. Rep from * 16 times to complete the circle.โฃ
Carefully remove scrap yarn chain from provisional CO and place sts on a spare needle. Join CO row to final row using Purl 3-needle bind-off method.
Corners Edging:
Note: The corners “edging” is worked in four parts using a series of short rows. Each corner is formed where 2 dpns meet, and the markers denote the centers of the flat edges of the square. The entire edging is worked in rounds, but each corner is worked in rows.
*With B, and 1 dpn, using purl bumps as a guide, pick up and k 20 sts evenly (placing a stitch marker after 10 sts) over 1 quarter of the circle, rep from * for rem 3 quarters with 3 separate dpns — 80 sts
Corner 1 (dpns 1 and 2)
Note: Corner is worked on sts between 2 markers at a time.
Row 1 (RS): K to 1 st before marker; sl 1, bring yarn to front, return sl st to LH needle, turn.
Row 2 (WS): K to 1 st before marker; sl 1, bring yarn to front, return sl st to LH needle, turn.
Rows 3-4: K to 2 sts before marker; sl 1, bring yarn to front, return sl st to LH needle, turn.
Rows 5-6: K to 3 sts before marker; sl 1, bring yarn to front, return sl st to LH needle, turn.
Rows 7-8: K to 4 sts before marker; sl 1, bring yarn to front, return sl st to LH needle, turn.
Rows 9-10: K to 5 sts before marker; sl 1, bring yarn to front, return sl st to LH needle, turn.
Rows 11-12: K to 6 sts before marker; sl 1, bring yarn to front, return sl st to LH needle, turn.
Rows 13-14: K to 7 sts before marker; sl 1, bring yarn to front, return sl st to LH needle, turn.
Rows 15-16: K to 8 sts before marker; sl 1, bring yarn to front, return sl st to LH needle, turn.
Rows 17-18: K to 9 sts before marker; sl 1, bring yarn to front, return sl st to LH needle, turn.
One corner complete.
Corner 2
Next Row (RS): K to 1 st before next marker and rep rows 1-18.
Cont in this manner until all 4 corners are complete. K to end of rnd (next marker).
BO as follows:
K2, insert LH needle into front legs of 2 sts on RH needle and k2tog through the back loops; *k1, insert LH needle into front legs of 2 sts on RH needle and k2tog through the back loops; rep from * until all sts are bound off.
FINISHING
Weave in ends. Heavily block piece
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