AN ATTIC WINDOW BLOCK!
Hi guys I'm Kristen and welcome to STUDIO KNIT
today I want to show you how to knit up this metered square it's called an attic
window block where we're using three yarn colors so if creating a mitered
squares new do you're going to love it how it knits up the construction is
really easy and super cool and if you haven't gotten your yarn yet please make
sure it click the link that's where you get the printable pattern for this
design as well as links to all of the yarn that you will be using BERNAT BLANKET YARN
so cozy you can see the colors that I selected and you can also
come up with your own color choices as well okay so let's go ahead and knit it
up let's look at the construction we're doing four separate little squares for
this entire block and this is how it it's up a mitered square it's a really
cool way to create a square and you can see how our three yarn colors let me
twist this over here and then you can see how this block knits all the way
together and won't be making four of these with our main color B and C I'm
using country blue for my main color I have aubergine and dark teal here
those are two shades available exclusively at JOANN we'll have our
circular needle scissors and a tapestry needle with our main color we begin with
our beloved slip knot and we're casting on 18 stitches and then we are going to
take color C make another slip knot and then cast on 19 stitches and we'll have
a total of 37 stitches to start out and here are the knit techniques we'll be
using in this little block the first one is slipping one knitwise
so that is just slipping one as if you were knitting and then the next is k2
together that's knitting two stitches together so you just take those two
stitches and knit them together let me get back into frame here okay and then I
like to kind of pull it down the next is passing that slipped stitch over I'll
demonstrate it one more time this is after we have added our third yarn color
we are slipping one knit wise and then we're knitting two stitches together and
then you'll pass that slip stitch right on over on the wrong side of the work
you're instructed to bring your main color to the front and I like to put it
over there to the left so that it sort of twists in the back and then you bring
your color C to the back and you go ahead and just keep on knitting and that
twists those two yarn colors just like we did in week one
on our flying geese block and once we're done the back side of the work this is
what it looks like and then if we flip it over to the right side we can see
just how pretty this attic window is and we are going to make four of these for
this one individual block and this is totally optional but you may wish to
block your pieces before attaching and I'm just using cold water just spraying
it on and then I'm taking wet rag and laying it over the piece to really let
that water soak in so now for seaming our pieces here they are on the front
we're going to turn them a back on to the wrong side and then it's
thread your yarn through the tapestry needle and start seaming you know this
yarn is very forgiving so I just started seeming back and forth on the wrong side
there it seems to work really well if any of you guys are sewers and have
recommendations on the best way to attach your pieces please let us know in
the comments below and once it's all seamed it just this yarn is great again
it's super forgiving and it seemed together really well it's holding
together nicely and I'm going to go ahead and then just weave in my ends
after I've seemed all four blocks together cut my yarn tails and we are
done so here's the wrong side where I did all my seaming let's flip it over
and admire the beauty of the front the right side of our work of our
ATTIC WINDOW BLOCK and now it's time for me to proudly show off my attic windows
block so I hope you guys are having a lot of fun that you enjoy creating these
four individual little metered squares that we're putting together in to one
beautiful square for our attic window block this week so have fun you guys let
me know how it's going help each other out
and I will see you here next week for your next mystery. Alright you, guys.
BYE!