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side on each K round. End round 38 with
336 sts and 10 CCA garter ridges. Cut yarn
at the end of round 48.
Four CCA Ribbon Extensions:
Work back and forth as short rows.
CCA Extension 1:
Row 1
(see Figure 6
for how this extension
looks): Rem EOR marker, Sl 7 sts, * with
a new strand of CCA, CO 1 (yes, CO 1;
using the backwards loop technique
works well), K to 5 sts before the center st
of the next corner (74 sts worked, includ-
ing the CO), turn *.
Row 2:
YO
(see Special Techniques Section
for how to do a YO at the beg of row),
K 74, turn. 75 sts.
Row 3:
Sl 1 wyif, yarn back, K 74, turn.
Rows 4-12:
Rpt row 3. At the end of row
12 there are 6 CCA garter ridges complet-
ed; cut yarn and turn to front side of work.
CCA Extension 2:
Row 1
(see Figure 7):
Sl the 75 sts of the
extension you just completed, Sl 11 sts
from round 48 (5 sts are from the end of
this side of the square, 1 is the corner st,
and 5 sts are from the next side of the
square), rpt * to * of row 1 of extension 1.
Rows 2-12:
Rpt rows 2-12 of CCA exten-
sion 1.
CCA EXTENSION 3:
Rpt extension 2.
CCA EXTENSION 4:
Rpt extension 2.
MC BACKGROUND:
Work circ.
Round 49
(setup round,
see Figure 8
for
how the sts are distributed): Sl the 75 sts
of extension 4, ins EOR marker, with MC
beg by first working sts from round 48,
that is * K 5 sts, work OC5, K 5 (all of
the round 48 sts in this corner have been
worked); then PU&K 6 sts in the R edge
of the next extension as you did on the
center square; work 1 OC1 in the first 2
sts of the top of the extension, K to 2 sts
before the end of the top of the extension
Special Techniques Section
Backwards Loop CO:
Put a simple twist
over the ndl and snug it up next to the
prev CO sts, as shown in
Figure 1.
Use
also as the CO at the beg of a row.
IC (Inside Corner):
Sl 2 as if to K tog,
K 1, P2SSO.
OC1 (Outside Corner, version 1):
Working
in the first 2 sts as if to K2tog, work (K 1,
YO, K 1)—that is, turn 2 sts into 3 sts.
OC2 (Outside Corner, version 2):
Sl 1 as
if to K, (K 1, YO, K 1) in next st, pass Sl st
over all 3 of the sts just made (that is,
pass the Sl st over the K 1, YO, K 1).
OC3 (Outside Corner, version 3):
In the
base of the first st of the CO row, work
(K 1, YO, K 1).
OC4 (Outside Corner, version 4):
Work
(K 1, YO, K 1) in the base of the last CO st.
OC5 (Outside Corner, version 5):
Work
(K 1, YO, K 1) in next st.
PU&K:
Pick up the new sts from 1 full stitch-
width in from the edge of the work. To do
this, ins the R ndl under the Sl st edging,
wrap yarn around ndl and then draw the
yarn through.
See Figure 2.
YO at Beg of Row:
Wrap YO as shown
in
Figure 3.
Figure 1:
Backwards Loop Cast-On (CO)
Figure 3:
Yarnover
at the beginning
of a row. (YO)
Figure 2:
Pick up and knit (PU&K) stitches on
the side edges of the center square.
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