SPOT SAVER THROW

Spot Saver Throw Project

Level: Intermediate

Project Name: Spot Saver Throw

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

  • Spotsaver' 200g: 1 ball Main Colour (M) Black, 2 balls 1st Contrast (C1) Royal, 3 balls 2nd Contrast (C2) White, 1 ball 3rd Contrast (C3) Navy
  • A circular 5.50mm knitting needles or size required to give correct tension
  • Cable needle, 5.50mm crochet hook,
  • Scissors, yarn needle, tape measure

 

MEASUREMENTS

Width

cm

110

Length (approx)

cm

150

 

TENSION

16 sts x 22 rows to 10cm over stocking st,

using 5.50mm needles.

 

ABBREVIATIONS

wyib = with yarn in back of work, wyif =with yarn in front of work.

SPECIAL ABBREVIATIONS

Picot = 5ch, sl st in first of these chains.

C8F = Slip next 4 sts onto a cable needle and leave at front of work, K4, then K4 from cable needle.

INSTRUCTIONS

THROW

Using 5.50mm needle and M, cast on 187 sts.

Working backward and forward in rows not rounds, cont as folls -

1st row WS - Purl.

BEG PATT 1

Using C1.

1st row - K1, * sl 1 wyib, K1, rep from * to end.

2nd row - Purl.

Change to M.

3rd row - K1, * sl 1 wyif, K1, rep from * to end.

4th row - Purl.

Using C1.

5th row - K2, * sl 1 wyib, K1, rep from * to last st, K1.

6th row - Purl.

Using M.

7th row - K2, * sl 1 wyif, K1, rep from * to last st, K1.

8th row - Purl.

Last 8 rows form patt 1.

Cont in patt 1, until work measures approx. 15cm from beg, ending with an 8th patt row, inc one st in centre of last row ...188 sts.

BEG PATT 2

Using C2.

1st row - K3, * wyib sl 1, K5, (wyib sl 1, K3) twice, rep from * to last 3 sts, K3.

2nd row - K3, * (P3, wyif sl 1) twice, K5, wyif sl 1, rep from * to last 3 sts, P3.

Using C3.

3rd row - K2, * (K3, wyib sl 1) twice, K5, wyib sl 1, rep from * to last 4 sts, K4.

4th row - P4, * wyif sl 1, K5, (wyif sl 1, P3) twice, rep from * to last 2 sts, * K2.

Last 4 rows form patt 2.

Cont in patt 2, until work measures approx. 15 cm from beg of patt 2, ending with a 4th patt row, inc 1 sts in centre of last row ...189 sts.

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BEG PATT 3

Using M.

1st row - K1, * sl 1 wyib, K5, rep from * to last 2 sts, sl 1 wyib, K1.

2nd row - K1, * sl 1 wyif, P5, rep from * to last 2 sts, sl 1 wyif, K1.

Change to C2.

3rd row - K3, * sl 3 wyib, K3, rep from * to end.

4th row - K1, P2, * sl 3 wyif, P3, rep from * to last 6 sts, sl 3 wyif, P2, K1.

Using M.

5th row - K1, sl 2 wyib, * K3, sl 3 wyib, rep from * to last 6 sts, K3, sl 2 wyib, K1.

6th row - K1, sl 2 wyif, * P3, sl 3 wyif, rep from * to last 6 sts, P3, sl 2 wyif, K1.

Using C2.

7th row - K4, * sl 1 wyib, K5, rep from * to last 5 sts, sl 1 wyib, K4.

8th row - K1, P3 * sl 1 wyif, P5, rep from * to last 5 sts, sl 1 wyif, P3, K1.

Last 8 rows form patt 3.

Cont in patt 3, until work measures approx. 15cm from beg of patt 3, ending with an 8th patt row, dec 1 st in centre of last row ...188 sts.

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BEG PATT 4

Using C1.

1st row - K1, * sl 2 wyib, K2, rep from * to last 3 sts, sl 2 wyib, K1.

2nd row - K1, * sl 1 wyif, P3, rep from * to last 3 sts, sl 1 wyif, P1, K1.

Change to C2.

3rd row - K1, sl 1 wyib, * K2, sl 2 wyib, rep from * to last 2 sts, K2.

4th row - K1, P1, * sl 1 wyif, P3, rep from * to last 2 sts, sl 1 wyif, K1.

Using C1.

5th row - K1, * K2, sl 2 wyib, rep from * to last 3 sts, K3.

6th row - K1, P2, * sl 1, wyif, P3, rep from * to last st, K1.

Using C2.

7th row - * K2, sl 2 wyib, rep from * to last 4 sts, K2, sl 1 wyib, K1.

8th row - K1, * P3, sl 1 wyif, rep from * to last 3 sts, P2, K1.

Last 8 rows form patt 4.

Cont in patt 4, until work measures approx. 15cm from beg of patt 4, ending with an 8th patt row, dec 1 st evenly across last row ...187 sts.

BEG PATT 5

Using M.

1st row - K1, * sl 1 wyib, P3, rep from * to last 2 sts, sl 1 wyib, K1.

2nd row - K1, * sl 1 wyif, K3, rep from * to last 2 sts, sl 1 wyif, K1.

Change to C2.

3rd row - P3, * sl 1 wyib, P3, rep from * to end.

4th row - K3, * sl 1 wyif, K3, rep from * to end.

Last 4 rows form patt 5.

Cont in patt 5, until work measures approx. 15cm from beg of patt 5, ending with an 4th patt row, dec 1 st evenly across last row ...186 sts.

BEG PATT 6

Using C2, work 4 rows stocking st.

Work rows 1 to 22 incl from graph.

Using C2, work 5 rows stocking st, inc 3 sts evenly across ...189 sts.

BEG PATT 7

Using C2.

1st row - WS - K1, P1, * sl 5 wyib, P1, rep from * to last st, K1.

Using C1.

2nd row - RS - Knit.

3rd row - K1, purl to last st, K1.

Using C2.

4th row - K1, sl 3 wyib, * insert needle under the loose strand of 1st row and knit the next st briniging st out under strand to catch strand behind st, sl 5 wyib, rep from * to last 5 sts, knit the next st under loose strand of 1st row, sl 3 wyib, K1.

5th row - K1, sl 3 wyib, * P1, sl 5 wyib, rep from * to last 5 sts, P1, sl 3 wyib, K1.

Using C1.

6th row - As 2nd row.

7th row - As 3rd row.

Using C2.

8th row - K1, * knit next st under the loose strand of 5th row, sl 5 wyib, rep from * to last 2 sts, knit the next st under loose strand of 5th row, K1.

Last 8 rows form patt 7.

Cont in patt 7, until work measures approx. 15cm from beg of patt 7, ending with an 8th patt row, dec 7 st evenly across last row ...182 sts.

BEG PATT 8

Using C3, with right side facing, beg with a knit row, work 6 rows stocking st.

Using C2 cont as folls -

1st row - RS - P2, * K8, P2, rep from * to end.

2nd row - K2, * P8, K2, rep from * to end.

Rep last 2 rows once.

5th row - P2, * C8F, P2, rep from * to end.

6th row - K2, * P8, K2, rep from * to end.

Rep 1st and 2nd rows 3 times.

13th row - P2, * C8F, P2, rep from * to end.

14th row - K2, * P8, K2, rep from * to end.

Rep 1st and 2nd rows twice, then 1st row once.

Using C3, work 5 rows stocking st, beg with a purl row, inc 5 sts evenly across last row ...187 sts.

BEG PATT 9

Using C2.

1st row - Knit.

2nd row - K1, * K1 wrapping yarn twice around needle, K3, rep from * to last 2 sts, K1 wrapping yarn twice around needle, K1.

Using  ,M.

3rd row - K1, * sl 1 wyib dropping extra wrap, K3, rep from * to last 2 sts, sl 1 wyib dropping extra wrap, K1.

4th row - K1, * sl 1 wyif, K3, rep from * to last 2 sts, sl 1 wyif, K1.

Using C3.

5th row - K1, * sl 2 wyib, K2, rep from * to last 2 sts, sl 1 wyib, K1.

6th row - K1, sl 1 wyif, * P2, sl 2 wyif, rep from * to last st, K1.

Last 6 rows form patt 9.

Cont in patt 9, until work measures approx. 15cm from beg of patt 9, ending with an 1st patt row.

Knit 1 row, inc 7 st evenly across ...194 sts.

BEG PATT 10

Using C3.

1st row - K1, * sl 1 wyib, K2, rep from * to last st, K1.

2nd row - K1, * P2, sl 1 wyif, rep from * to last st, K1.

Using C1.

3rd row - K1, * K1, sl 1 wyib, (K2, sl 1 wyib) 3 times, K3, (sl 1 wyib, K2) 3 times, sl 1 wyib, rep from * to last st, K1.

4th row - K1, * sl 1 wyif, (P2, sl 1 wyif) 3 times, P3, (sl 1 wyif, P2) 3 times, sl 1 wyif, P1, rep from * to last st, K1.

Using C3.

5th row - K1, * K2, (sl 1 wyib, K2) 3 times, sl 1 wyib, K1, sl 1 wyib, (K2, sl 1 wyib) 3 times, K1, rep from * to last st, K1.

6th row - K1, * P1, (sl 1 wyif, P2) 3 times, sl 1 wyif, P1, sl 1 wyif, (P2, sl 1 wyif) 3 times, P2, rep from * to last st, K1.

Using C1, rep rows 1 and 2.

Using C3, rep rows 3 and 4.

Using C1, rep rows 5 and 6.

Last 12 rows form patt 10.

Cont in patt 10, until work measures approx. 15cm from beg of patt 10, ending with an 12th patt row, dec 7 st evenly across last row ...187 sts.

Cast off loosely knitways, using C3.

EDGING

With right side facing, using 5.50mm crochet hook and C2, work 1 round dc evenly along all edges of throw, taking care to keep work flat, sl st into first dc.

Using C1, work 1 round dc evenly along all edges of throw, taking care to keep work flat, sl st into first dc.

Using C3, work 1 round dc evenly along all edges of throw, taking care to keep work flat and working a picot every 4 dc and at each corner, sl st into first dc. Fasten off.

FINISHING

DO NOT PRESS. Sew in ends

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