Hello and Welcome to the BERNAT STITCH ALONG.
It's Week 1 and this video is all about the bonus project of the PILLOW.
Now, of course, the entire 6 weeks, we are knitting up a Blanket Afghan, so you'll definitely
want to get involved in that.
But today, it's all about the bonus pillow.
I am your Knitting Host KRISTEN from STUDIO KNIT.
It's so great to get to know all of you throughout this STITCH ALONG.
We're going to have a lot of fun.
And this Pillow is in a brand new product that I'm really excited to share with you,
it is BERNAT VELVET.
So, if you haven't gotten it yet, the link is going to take you to exactly where you
can purchase it at JOANN.com.
You also can head on over to your local JOANN Store, right now, and get your really cozy,
touchable, so soft and I just love this new yarn, BERNAT VELVET.
Now, the color I've selected, it's called INDIGO VELVET and this shade is available
exclusively at JOANN.
You'll want to get 2 Balls of the BERNAT VELVET YARN, and mine here is called Indigo Velvet,
then one circular needle, size 7 US that is 24 inches in length or longer, as well as
a Pillow Form that is 20 inches square.
So, Textured and Tasseled Pillow, that is your Mystery Clue revealed.
You can go ahead and get the pattern right now at JOANN.com and the link right here in
this video will have that for you, you can print it out, you can save it, and that is
going to be Week 1.
It is the front of the Pillow and we're knitting it up in SEED STITCH.
And let me show you how mine is knitting up.
So, I have my circular needle and my beautiful BERNAT VELVET YARN, we're going to use a little
bit of cardboard that's actually in Week 3, sharp scissors are really helpful for this
pillow, and of course a little tapestry needle.
And I am going to do a GAUGE SWATCH.
It really is helpful for this project to make sure that it fits the pillow form, so you'll
be doing 12 stitches by 20 rows to make a little 4 by 4 swatch.
You'll see that it's really, really stretchy.
And we're doing it in the SEED STITCH.
Because we're casting on an Even number of stitches, the SEED STITCH here is K1, P1 on
the Right side and then P1, K1 on the Wrong.
So, let's knit it up.
We begin with our beloved Slip Knot.
And using our circular needle, we are going to be casting on and I'm just doing the long-tail
cast on method.
Of course, if you guys are finding that other techniques are working for you, let us know
down in the comments below.
And we're casting on a total of 57 Stitches.
It is an ODD number of stitches to make this Seed Stitch a No Brainer.
So, every single row is going to be K1, P1, and you'll see the asterisks right there.
That means that we are repeating the pattern within those asterisks.
So, that's K1, knit 1, we bring our yarn to the front.
And that is our P1, our Purl 1.
And we bring our yarn back to the back to repeat this pattern of K1, P1.
And you are going to become very familiar with this Seed Stitch, creating this pillow.
And you will just continue this pattern all the way down the row.
And then you'll see there's an extra little K1 there in the instructions.
And that just means Knit 1, and that will be your last little stitch at the very end
of your row right here.
And flipping to the wrong side of our work, we are doing the exact same pattern.
So, on every single row, this is the reason I wanted us to cast on an ODD NUMBER of Stitches,
so that you can easily do this project while you are watching television, in the waiting
room, and you don't have to really pay attention to where you are in the pattern because every
single row is exactly the same.
K1, P1, and then your last little stitch will be a K1, knitting one.
And you just keep knitting up the front of your pillow here until it is 20 inches in
height.
Such pretty, pretty little SEED STITCHES there.
And with this BERNAT VELVET YARN, it feels so good, let's just take a moment to luxuriate
in how pretty it is and how good it feels.
Alright, so Casting Off, really simple.
I am just using a very basic Cast Off method here.
I'm just knitting two stitches and then I am passing that stitch right on over.
And I'm not worried about it being knits and purls for Casting Off, because this edge here
is going to be into a seam into our pillow.
So just Cast Off to the very end, then you can break your yarn, get that tapestry needle
and thread your little yarn tail through it.
That last little loop, go ahead thread your tapestry needle and then you can just do some
light weaving in.
And here's how the edge of our pillow looks.
And this is, oh my gosh, it's so big, our 20 by 20 pillow when we're done, this is the
front of our pillow and this the pattern for Week 1 of this really beautiful Textured and
Tasseled Pillow.
So, I hope you are inspired to knit up this really cool Textured and Tasseled Pillow.
Week 1 it's the front of the pillow, we're going to have Weeks 2 and Week 3, where it
all comes together.
So, go get your BERNAT VELVET yarn right now, if you haven't already, and have fun with
that K1, P1 SEED STITCH.
If it's a new one to you, you will definitely have this knit stitch pattern memorized by
the end of making this pillow, I promise you that.
So, have fun, you guys.
Let us know in the comments how everything is going for you and make sure to hop on over
and get started on that BLANKET AFGHAN this week, as well.
Okay, you guys, I'll see you next week.
BYE!