Applied Border: Summer Stitch Sampler Knit Along 13

The technique for Week 13 of the Summer Stitch Sampler Knit Along is the Applied Border.

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Instructions are provided for this section of the afghan only. The Summer Stitch Sampler Knit Along overview information can be found here.

The Facebook group for the SSS KAL can be found here.

Applied Border

Directions for small (36″ x 40″) and large (48″ x 65″) afghans are provided as S (L).

Materials

Materials are provided for this section of the afghan only. For a comprehensive list of materials needed, return to the Summer Stitch Sampler Knit Along overview.

Yarn:
100 (215) yards of worsted weight yarn
Pictured: Caron Simply Soft in Off-White (Color E)

Abbreviations

BO – bind off
CO – cast on
k – knit
LHN – left hand needle
RHN – right hand needle
RS – right side
ssk – slip 2 stitches knitwise, knit these 2 stitches together through back loops; single left-leaning decrease
st(s) – stitch(es)
w&t – wrap and turn

Pattern

You will need yarn in Color E for this section.

Applied Border Types

An applied border is one that is picked up and worked after a project has been completed. Sometimes a live border includes some live stitches, like the last row of a completed afghan, but most stitches must be picked up.

Applied borders can be worked in the round or back and forth.

They are worked in the round by picking up stitches around the perimeter of a project with multiple cable needles.

They are worked back and forth by either working one side at a time or one stitch at a time.

If working one side of a project at a time, the entire row of stitches is picked up and worked down the edge.

When working one stitch at a time, the stitches are worked perpendicularly to the edge of the project. This is the method we will be using!

Overview

If you have significant differences in gauge from one section to another, you may wish to block your project before you work the border.

The applied border will be worked back and forth in garter stitch.

Stitches are cast on, then worked onto the project one row at a time.

Separate instructions are provided for corners.

Once the border is complete, the last row is bound off and the tail is used to close the open seam. Advanced knitters may choose to cast on provisionally and graft the stitches together at the end.

Wrap & Turn

We will be using the wrap and turn technique for the corner short rows.

1. Bring yarn to front between your needles.

2. Slip the next stitch from LHN to RHN.

3. Bring yarn to back between your needles.

4. Slip the stitch from the RHN back to the LHN.

Setup

CO 6 sts

Border Technique

On the next row, k5 sts, then ssk.

The second stitch of the ssk must be a stitch picked up along the edge of the project. Do not pick up your first stitch at a corner. Pick up on the RS of your work.

Work the next row even.

Repeat these two rows until you reach the end of the edge.

Row 1 – k5, ssk
Row 2 – k all

Corners

Work the corner as follows:

Row 1 – k5, w&t
Row 2 – k5
Row 3 – k4, w&t
Row 4 – k4
Row 5 – k3, w&t
Row 6 – k3
Row 7 – k2, w&t
Row 8 – k2
Row 9 – k1, w&t
Row 10 – k1

Row 11 – k2, w&t
Row 12 – ks
Row 13 – k3, w&t
Row 14 – k3
Row 15 – k4, w&t
Row 16 – k4
Row 17 – k5, w&t
Row 18 – k5
Row 19 – k5, ssk
Row 20 – k all

Once a corner is complete, resume working Rows 1 and 2 until you reach the end of the cast-on edge.

Finishing

When you have worked entire edge, BO 6 sts on your last Row 2.

Snip yarn, leaving a long tail.

Use the tail to close the seam.

Weave in ends, block lightly if desired.

Applied Border Video

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Thank You!

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