Knit a Block a Week 2

This week I chose Block No. 4 "Threaded Ribbons".  I was curious about the way the vertical stripes were created with the slipped stitch, so thought I'd give it a try.  Since I don't have that much left in my stash suitable for these squares, I was left with the pink/green/white variegated yarn, black, grey, gold and brown.  Hmmm ... sort of a dog's breakfast when put together, so I just went with the variegated yarn and brown. 

 

 

The slipped stitch continues for as many as four rows in places on the same stitch, which tends to curl the square a bit as you work, but not too badly when it's finished.  The slipped stitch forms a loose loop on the front of the work, which creates the nice vertical stripe which you can see in this close-up:

The sides curled towards the back, and maybe if there was one knit stitch on each end that would alleviate that problem. 

 

The actual knitting was quite easy, but keeping track of the row you're on was the only challenge for me, so I kept a handy little tick sheet to keep track ... I use these on the simplest of projects, so maybe that's just my own muddled brain ;)

The colours remind me of chocolate-covered peppermints!  Or maybe the stained-glass windows of a gingerbread cottage?  Whichever ... I swear I could smell mint as I knit this.  Here's the block before blocking:




front

back

With a bit of blocking:

 

And after blocking:

still curling top/bottom and sides :[

 

back

Once this is knit into a blanket, the curling won't show.  Again this block turned out to be 7-inches square.

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Wendy