More Afghan Squares

Once all the scarf knitting was done (and quite a lot was done in the car - while Karyn was driving, I hasten to add!), I was able to get some more Afghan squares done.

Firstly comes Square 16: Double Scroll. This particular set of squares (9-16) all use the same basic technique. Ms. Walker calls them "Mosaics". Essentially, you use slip stitches to pull the previous colour up through two rows to create the pattern. A particularly useful thing I've noticed when doing these was that if I slip with the yarn on the incorrect side, I don't have to tink all the way back to the mistake (which can be a pain if it was near the beginning of the row and I'm now halfway through the next). When I get to the same place in the next row, I can slide the slipped stitch(es) off the needle, carefully adjust the running yarn to the other side of them, then return the slipped stitch(es) back again before working it (them).

Next to complete was Square 45: Bobble and Leaf. This does a multiple increase in a single stitch, followed by short rows to decrease again over a few rows to make the bobble. A Bobble just takes a single stitch, so you can add one anywhere in your knitting to decorate it. The leaves just use increases and decreases to shape the stitches.

I actually had to rip it all out when I looked at it after having it on hold for the scarves - I noticed I'd pushed the bobbles onto the wrong side of the work, and they were too big to easily push through to the right side.

Thirdly we have Square 47: Inchworm. This also has a multiple increase in a single stitch, but instead of doing short rows to create the bobble, the centre stitch of the increase is slipped over several rows, while the background either side of the slipped stitch is decreased over those rows. This pulls the multiple increase up over the rows and the worm shape results.