This traveling diagonal stitch pattern combines with horizontal garter “stripes” to create an interesting texture. This pattern is the thirty-eighth square in the Harmony Blanket Knit Along, featuring 48 free knitting patterns for 6” (15 cm) squares by 13 designers. Chat with other knitters here on Ravelry.

Skills Used
Basic knitting skills: cast on, knit, purl, slip stitch, bind off
Knitting flat in rows

Skill Level
Easy

Finished Size
6″ (15 cm) square.

Materials
Lion Brand Vanna’s Choice yarn (100% acrylic, 3.5 oz/100 g/170 yd/156 m) – 1 skein in 124 Toffee, or approximately 41 yd (37.5 m) in any medium weight yarn.

US Size 7/4.5 mm knitting needles, or any size needed to obtain gauge.

Yarn needle.

Gauge
Completed square = 6″ (15 cm) in pattern. Exact gauge is not critical for this project.