Knitting Beginner Throw YR-K07

Hill Throw

Rows 1 and 3 (RS): K4, *p4, k4; rep from * to end.
Rows 2 and 4 (WS): P4, *k4, p4; rep from * to end.
Rows 5 and 7: P4, *k4, p4; rep from * to end.
Rows 6 and 8: K4, *p4, k4; rep from * to end.

The grown-up sibling of the Hill Baby Blanket: worsted yarn, a generous size and a garter border knitted as you go.

Finished size: 47½ × 60 in (121 × 152 cm)
Yarn: About 2,800 yd / 2,550 m of worsted weight (category 4) wool, wool blend or acrylic yarn. Buy 16 skeins of 200 yd (this includes 10% extra).
Needles: US 8 (5 mm) circular needle, 40 in / 100 cm long (worked back and forth)
Notions: Tapestry needle
Gauge: 18 sts and 26 rows = 4 in / 10 cm in basket texture. Swatch first and change needle size if needed: more stitches than this means go up a size, fewer means go down.

Notes

The circular needle only holds the many stitches: turn at the end of every row as with straight needles.
The first and last 5 stitches of every row, and 8 rows at each end, are garter stitch so the edges lie flat.
A throw is heavy on the needles. Rest the work in your lap as it grows.
Blocks of knit and purl that swap every 4 rows, like a woven basket.

Worked over a multiple of 8 sts plus 4.

Cast on 214 sts.
Rows 1–8: Knit (garter border).
Every following row: K5, work the next row of the stitch pattern over the centre 204 sts, k5. Start with Row 1 of the stitch pattern on the first right-side row.
Continue until the piece measures 59 in / 150 cm from the cast-on edge, ending after a wrong-side row.
Next 8 rows: Knit (garter border).
Bind off loosely knitwise.