Knit • Episode 1002ANV

Nubby Afghan
With 3 Borders
Design by Melissa Leapman

EASY

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Approx 47 x 53 inches, excluding border

MATERIALS
•  Lion Brand Touch of Alpaca (worsted weight; 90% acrylic/
10% alpaca; 207 yds/100g per ball): 12 balls purple aster
#146 (A) and 1 ball blush #104 (B) for afghan shown in photo
with Border Option 1; 12 balls purple aster #146 (A), and
1 ball each blush #104 (B) and cream #098 (C) for Border
Option 2; 12 balls purple aster #146 (A) and 1 ball
blush #104 (B) for Border Option 3
•  Size 7 (4.5mm) 29-inch circular needle or size needed to
obtain gauge

GAUGE
19 sts and 26 rows = 4 inches/10cm in Nubby pat, blocked.
To save time, take time to check gauge.

SPECIAL ABBREVIATIONS
Make 1 (M1): Insert LH needle from front to back under
horizontal strand between last st worked and next st on LH
needle; knit through back of resulting loop.
Make 1 Purlwise (M1-P): Insert LH needle from front to back
under horizontal strand between last st worked and next st
on LH needle; purl through back of resulting loop.
Right Twist (RT): K2tog, keeping both sts on LH needle; knit
Rep Rows 1–4 for pat.
first st, then slip both sts off LH needle.
AFGHAN
PATTERN STITCH
Body
Nubby (odd number of sts)
With A, cast on 229 sts.
Rows 1 and 3 (RS): P1, *k1, p1; rep from * to end.
Work in Nubby pat until piece measures approx 56 inches,
Row 2: K1, *p1, k1; rep from * to end. ending with Row 3.
Row 4: P1, *k1, p1; rep from * to end. Bind off in pat.

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Border Option 1 (Striped Garter Border)
Note: Shown on sample.
With RS facing and using B, pick up and knit at a rate of 2 sts
for every 3 rows along long side of afghan.
Row 1 (WS): Knit.
Row 2 (RS): Change to A; k1, kfb, knit to last 3 sts, kfb,
k2—2 sts inc.
Row 3: Knit.
Row 4: With B, knit and inc as for Row 2—2 sts inc.
Row 5: Knit. Cut B.
Rows 6 and 7: With A, rep Rows 2 and 3—2 sts inc.
Loosely bind off kwise.
Rep along other long side.
With RS facing and using B, pick up and knit at a rate of 3 sts
for every 4 cast-on sts along cast-on edge.
Work as for borders along long sides, alternating A and B
every 2 rows and inc at each end on RS rows.
Rep along bound-off edge.
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Border Option 2 (3-Color Slip St Border)
Note: When slipping sts, slip st pwise with yarn held to WS.
With RS facing and using A, pick up and knit at a rate of
2 sts for every 3 rows along long side of afghan, adjusting as
necessary to end with a st count that’s a multiple of 4 sts + 3.
Row 1 (WS): Knit.
Row 2 (RS): With B, k1, M1, k2, *sl 1, k3; rep from * to last 4 sts,
sl 1, k2, M1, k1—2 sts inc.
Row 3 and all WS rows: Knit the knit and inc sts from
previous row and slip the slipped sts.
Row 4: With C, k1, M1, k1, *sl 1, k3; rep from * to last 3 sts, sl 1,
k1, M1, k1—2 sts inc.
Row 6: With A, k1, M1, *sl 1, k3; rep from * to last 2 sts, sl 1, M1,
k1—2 sts inc.
Row 8: With B, k1, M1, k3, *sl 1, k3; rep from * to last 5 sts, sl 1,
k3, M1, k1—2 sts inc.
Row 10: With C, k1, M1, k2, *sl 1, k3; rep from * to last 4 sts, sl 1,
k2, M1, k1—2 sts inc.
Row 12: With A, k1, M1, k1, *sl 1, k3; rep from * to last 3 sts, sl 1,
k1, M1, k1—2 sts inc.
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Row 13: Rep Row 3.
Rep Rows 2-13.
Cut B and C.
With A, loosely bind off kwise on RS.
Rep on other long side.
With the RS facing and using A, pick up and knit at a rate of
3 sts for every 4 cast-on sts along cast-on edge, adjusting as
necessary to end with a st count that’s a multiple of 4 sts + 3.
Work as for borders along long sides, rotating A, B and C
every 2 rows and inc at each end on RS rows.
Rep along bound-off edge.
Border Option 3 (Faux Cable Ribbed Border)
With RS facing and using B, pick up and knit at a rate of 2 sts
for every 3 rows along long side of afghan, adjusting as
necessary to end with a st count that’s a multiple of 4 sts + 2.
Row 1 (WS): *K2, p2; rep from * to last 2 sts, k2.
Row 2 (RS): *P2, RT; rep from * to last 2 sts, p2.
Row 3: K2, M1, *p2, k2; rep from * to last 4 sts, p2, M1,
k2—2 sts inc.
Row 4: P3, *RT, p2; rep from * to last 5 sts, RT, p3.
Row 5: K2, M1, *k1, p2, k1; rep from * to last 2 sts, M1,
k2—2 sts inc.
Row 6: P4, *RT, p2; rep from * to last 6 sts, RT, p4.
Row 7: K2, M1-P, *k2, p2; rep from * to last 4 sts, k2, M1-P,
k2—2 sts inc.
Row 8: P2, k1, *p2, RT; rep from * to last 5 sts, p2, k1, p2.
Row 9: K2, M1-P, p1, *k2, p2; rep from * to last 5 sts, k2, p1,
M1-P, k2—2 sts inc.
Row 10: *P2, RT; rep from * to last 2 sts, p2.
Loosely bind off in pat, knitting the knit sts and purling the
purl sts.
Rep along other long side.
With RS facing and using B, pick up and knit at a rate of
3 sts for every 4 cast-on sts along cast-on edge, adjusting as
necessary to end with a st count that’s a multiple of 4 sts + 2.
Work as for borders along long sides, inc 1 st at each end
on WS rows.
Rep along bound-off edge.
FINISHING
Sew edges of borders tog to create corners.
Weave in ends.
Block as desired. l

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Knit Standard Abbreviations

approx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . approximately
beg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . begin/begins/beginning
CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . contrasting color
ch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . chain stitch
cm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . centimeter(s)
cn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . cable needle
dec(s) . . . . . . decrease/decreases/decreasing
dpn(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . double-point needle(s)
g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . gram(s)
inc(s) . . . . . . . . . increase/increases/increasing
k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . knit
k2tog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . knit 2 stitches together
kfb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . knit in front and back
kwise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . knitwise
LH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . left hand
m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . meter(s)
MC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . main color
mm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . millimeter(s)
oz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ounce(s)
p . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . purl
p2tog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . purl 2 stitches together
pat(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pattern(s)
pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . place marker
psso . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pass slipped stitch over
pwise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . purlwise
rem . . . . . . . . . . . . remain/remains/remaining
rep(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . repeat(s)
rev St st . . . . . . . . . . reverse stockinette stitch
RH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . right hand
rnd(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . round(s)
RS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . right side
skp . slip 1 knitwise, knit 1, pass slipped stitch
over—a left-leaning decrease
sk2p . . . . . . . slip 1 knitwise, knit 2 together,
pass slipped stitch over the stitch
from the knit-2-together decrease—
a left-leaning double decrease
sl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . slip
sl 1 kwise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . slip 1 knitwise
sl 1 pwise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . slip 1 purlwise
sl st(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . slip stitch(es)
sm . . . . . . . slip marker from LH to RH needle
ssk . . . . . . . . . . . . slip 2 stitches, 1 at a time,
knitwise; knit these stitches
together through the back
loops—a left-leaning decrease
st(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . stitch(es)
St st . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . stockinette stitch
tbl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . through the back loop
tog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . together
WS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . wrong side
wyib . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . with yarn in back
wyif . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . with yarn in front
yd(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . yard(s)
yfwd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . yarn forward
yo (yo’s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . yarn over(s)

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