Peace

Peace is a buttoned, removable square pillow case cover that is knit-flat and seamed. It features an intarsia dove with an embroidered branch. 

Unlike stranded knitting, the patterning in intarsia knitting is created by using separate small quantities of yarn colours wound into bobbins for easier management. When changing colours in a row, drop the bobbin being used in between the wrong side of the work and the yarn tail of the new colour to twist and connect the old colour to the new one.

Materials:

Peace Fleece Worsted, 75% Navajo Rambouillet & Domestic Fine Wool/25% Mohair, 200y/183m; 113g/4oz:

• MC, Ukrainian Red: 400y/366m
• C1, Antarctic White: 18y/16m
• C2, Kamchatka Sea Moss: 5y/5m

Tools:

US 7 (4.5mm) knitting needles in needle size to obtain gauge; US 6 (4mm) knitting needles or one size smaller than gauge needle; 18” X 18”/45cm X 45cm square pillow form; scrap yarn; three 1”/2.5cm buttons; tapestry needle.

Gauge:

17 sts/25 rows over 4”/10cm in stockinette stitch, blocked.

Sizes:

18” X 18”/45cm X 45cm square.

Abbreviations:

CO – Cast on
ES – Embroidery Stitch
K – Knit
P – Purl
Rep – repeat
Sl – Slip
St(s) – Stitch(es)
WS – Wrong side