Knitting Instructions for Raspberry Stitch Design

Materials Needed

You'll need:

• 55% wool, 35% polyacryl, 10% Alpaca (550m/100g);
• Knitting needles 5, 6, and 7;
• 8 buttons.

Size

About 60 x 128 cm.

Used Techniques

Rib Technique

1 knit stitch, 1 purl stitch;

“Raspberry” Stitch Technique

The quantity of stitches is multiplied by 4 plus 2 selvedge stitches;

1st and 3rd rows: purl;

2nd row: 1 selvedge stitch, * make 3 stitches from 1 stitch (= 1 knit stitch, 1 purl stitch, 1 knit stitch), 1 purl out of 3 stitches*; repeat from * to *, 1 selvedge stitch;

4th row: 1 selvedge stitch, * 1 purl from 3 stitches, make 3 stitches from 1 stitch (= 1 knit stitch, 1 purl stitch, 1 knit stitch)*; repeat * to *, 1 selvedge stitch.

Repeat from the 1st to the 4th row.

Stitches Control

16 stitches x 15 rows = 10 x 10 cm for “Raspberry” stitch.

Knitting Instructions

Cast on 48 stitches with knitting needles 5 in Italian manner, yielding 95 stitches. In 4 rows, turn to making rib with knitting needles 6. After knitting 2 cm of rib, continue with "raspberry" stitch, decreasing 1 stitch in the 1st row. There are 94 stitches left.

At 5 cm height (from the beginning of work), make a button-hole on the left side in 3 cm from the edge. For this, bind off 2 stitches, and cast on new 2 stitches above them. Make 3 more button-holes with a 10 cm interval.

At 93 cm height (from the beginning of work), make 1 stitch for a button on the right side in 3 cm from the edge. Then, make 3 stitches for buttons with a 10 cm interval.

Beginning with 126 cm height from the initial row, start to knit with rib. Cast on 1 more stitch in the 1st row (= 95 stitches).

Bind off the stitches once the total size reaches 128 cm in Italian manner.

Sew the buttons in front of the button-holes.