​Relief Squares Plaid

You’ll need:

300g of mixed yarn content;

Circle knitting needles 4.

Size: 82 х 82 cm.

Stitches control: 22 sts х 30 rows = 10 х 10 cm.

Relief element:

Cast on 9 sts.

1^st-4^th rows: knit;

5^th row: 2 knit sts, *knit2tog, 1 yarn over* x twice, 3 knit sts;

6^th-8^th rows: knit;

9^th row: 1 knit st, *knit2tog, 1 yarn over* x 3 times, 2 knit sts;

10^th-12^th rows: knit;

13^th-16^th rows: repeat 5^th-8^th rows.

Instructions

Start with 11 sts. The first and last sts – selvedge sts. Make relief element on 9 sts with 16 rows height. Then, don’t slip the sts from the knitting needle, cast on 9 sts for the next relief element.

17^th row: 1 selvedge st, 9 sts of relief element, 9 knit sts, 1 selvedge st. Totally, 29 sts;

Cast on 9 more sts.

18^th row: 1 selvedge st, 9 sts of relief ornament, 9 purls, 9 sts of relief ornament, 1 selvedge st. Totally, 29 sts;

15^th-29^th rows: relief elements and wrong-side.

Cast on 9 more sts.

30rd row: 1 selvedge st, * 9 purls, 9 sts of relief element* x twice, 9 purls, 1 selvedge st. Totally, 47 sts;

31^st-45^th rows: relief elements and wrong side.

Then, continue working due to the previously described scheme until you’ll have 23 x 9 sts = 209 sts on your knitting needles. Bind off the areas in reversed order, as you increased sts.