Wigan Pod
BFS
Still useing 4mm needles and double knit wool .
The Strip
Cast on x amount of stitches that gives you 6inch width. When you have a square don’t cast off, change to another colour and keep going until you have a long strip. 1 meter would be ideal. These strips can be sewn together.
Inside Out
With 5 double pointed needles (DPN)
Cast on 8 stitches 2 on each DPN
Round 1:
Knit into each stitch with the 5th needle
Round 2:
Knit into the front and back of each stitch (you will have a total of 16 stitches 4 on each
Round 3:
Knit into each stitch
Round 4:
Knit into the front and back of the first and last stitch on each needle
Round 5-8:
Repeat rounds 3&4 until the square is 6 x 6 inches
The Spiral Square
This can be knitted with separate yarns for each triangle or use the same yarn for the whole square. This method can give an interesting effect when using variated yarn.
(k) Knit ~ working at the back
(p) Purl ~ working at the front
(s) Slip ~ moving a stitch from one needle to the other without working it
(t) Turn ~ Flip your work and go back the way you came in the middle of your row
(ds) Double stitch ~ Slip 1 stitch from the left-hand needle to the right-hand needle purl wise with the yarn at the front of the work. Pull the working yarn up and over the right needle creating a 'double stitch'. You then continue to work the next stitch
Triangle 1
Cast on 20 stitches and knit them
Row 1 - k20
Row 2 - s1, k19
Row 3 - ds, k to end
Row 4 - s1, k17 (leave ds on needle) t
Row 5 - ds, k to end
Row 6 - s1, k to ds t
Repeat Rows 5 & 6 until all ds are on one needle
Triangle 2
When knitting the ds treat it as a single stitch (you will be creating a ds out of a ds from a previous row this will be a bit chunky but will smooth out as you go along.
Row 1 - s1 k1 t
Row 2 - ds k1
Row 3 - s1 k2 t
Row 4 - ds k to end
Row 5 - s1 k3 t
Repeat rows 4 & 5 until each ds have been knitted
Triangle 3 - 8
Repeat triangles 1 & 2, x3