Most household things were made in the household in the middle to late 1800s. Lucille Bond is a whiz at all things domestic. She teaches Beth, her daughter, how to make the following pattern.
MATERIALS NEEDED
Size 10 or 11 knitting needles
two skeins of yarn (3 oz or more, this is a loose measurement you may have more than needed)
CAST ON 120 STITCHES.
FIRST ROW: knit 1st 6 stitches, purl six stitches, knit 6 stitches, purl 6 stitches (alternate knit and purl for 20 segments)
SECOND THROUGH SIXTH ROWS: Repeat the above pattern
SEVENTH ROW: purl 1st 6 stitches, knit six stitches, purl 6 stitches, knit six stitches, (alternate purl and knit for a total of 20 sections)
EIGHTH ROW THROUGH TWELTH ROW: Repeat seventh row.
FOR THE REST OF THE PATTERN: Alternate knit and purl every six rows to make a checkerboard pattern. Make a total of 6 rows x 20...ending with a total of 120 rows
CAST OFF
Fold knitted piece in half. With a needle and thread (matching color to yarn), sew the right sides together of the hot pad. Leave one inch undone to turn the hotpad right side out, then blind stitch the last unstitched segment.
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