How to Knit with 100% Cotton Yarn
You’ll Need:
100% cotton yarn;
Knitting needles 7.
Instructions
Cast on 16 stitches.
Knit one row.
Begin Shaping: (to help keep your place, notice that the odd rows in which you leave stitches happen when the beginning tail is on your left side so that you’re knitting toward it)
Shaping Rows
Row 1: knit to last stitch, (leave stitch unworked), turn;
Row 2 and all even rows: knit;
Row 3: knit to last 2 stitches, turn;
Row 5: knit to last 3 stitches, turn;
Row 7: knit to last 4 stitches, turn;
Row 9: knit to last 5 stitches, turn;
Row 11: knit to last 6 stitches, turn;
Row 13: knit to last 7 stitches, turn;
Row 15: knit to last 8 stitches, turn;
Row 17: knit;
Row 18: knit (except on row 18 of the final (8th) wedge, which you’ll bind off instead).
Final Steps
Repeat rows 1 – 18 seven more times.
Join with mattress stitch from outside of the circle to inside.
Cinch up inner circle and knot.
Weave in ends.