Sectional Knit Plaid
You'll need:
400g of yarn (50% wool, 50% acryl; 55m/50g);
Knitting needles 4 and 4,5.
Size: 60 x 67 cm.
Used Patterns
Garter stitch: all knit sts;
Stockinette stitch: in right-side rows - knit sts, in wrong-side rows - purls;
1 x 1 rib;
"Grain" pattern: due to the scheme.
Stitches control: on "grain"pattern with knitting needles 4,5: 18 sts x 23 rows = 10 x 10 cm.
Instructions
The center of plaid is made as one-piece work. Cast on 105 sts with knitting needles 4,5 and knit 42 rows: 35 sts - "grain" pattern, 35 sts in alternation of 6 sts of rib, 6 sts of stockinette stitch, 35 sts - "grain" pattern. Knit 42 rows, chainging squares, then 42 rows, as first.
After the last 3rd row square for the edge, continue with knitting needles 4, i.e., increase 1 st x 3 from both sides in every 4th row and knit: * 4 rows of garter stitch, 2 rows of stockinette stitch*; repeat from * to * twice. Bind off the sts.
Cast on 75 sts from each of 3 sides. Knit due to the previously described scheme. Sew the corners.