Picture of swatch courtesy Anne Theodore Briggs
Materials:
Red Heart “Pounder” 4-ply worsted weight yarn – 4 skeins
Size 13 circular needles- 40” long
Gauge:
About 2 ¼ stitches/inch (not critical)
Finished measurements: 58” x 80”
Knit with 2 strands held together.
Pattern stitch- “Windmill Pattern”
Multiple of 20 sts.
1st row: k5; *p1, k9 p9, k1*; repeat from * to * 6 times; k5
2nd row: k5; *p2, k8, p8, k2*; repeat from * to * 6 times; k5
3rd row: k5; *p3, k7, p7, k3*; repeat from * to * 6 times; k5
4th row: k5, *p4, k6, p6, k4*; repeat from * to * 6 times; k5
5th row: k5; *p5, k5, p5, k5*; repeat from * to end 6 times; k5
6th row: k5; *p6, k4, p4, k6*; repeat from * to * 6 times; k5
7th row: k5; *p7, k3, p3, k7*; repeat from * to * 6 times; k5
8th row: k5; *p8, k2, p2, k8*; repeat from * to * 6 times; k5
9th row: k5; *p9, k1, p1, k9 *; repeat from * to * 6 times; k5
10th row: k5; *p10, k10, p10, k10*; repeat from * to * 6 times; k5
11th row: k5; *k10, p10, k10, p10*; repeat from * to * 6 times; k5
12th row: k5; *k9, p1, k1, p9*; repeat from * to * 6 times; k5
13th row: k5; *k8, p2, k2, p8*; repeat from * to * 6 times; k5
14th row: k5; *k7, p3, k3, p7*; repeat from * to * 6 times; k5
15th row: k5; *k6, p4, k4, p6*; repeat from * to * 6 times; k5
16th row: k5; *k5, p5, k5, p5*; repeat from * to * 6 times; k5
17th row: k5; *k4, p6, k6, p4*; repeat from * to * 6 times; k5
18th row: k5; *k3, p7, k7, p3*; repeat from * to * 6 times; k5
19th row: k5; *k2, p8, k8, p2*; repeat from * to * 6 times; k5
20th row: k5; *k1, p9, k9, p1*; repeat from * to * 6 times; k5
21st row: k5; *p10, k10, p10, k10*; repeat from * to * 6 times; k5
22nd row: k5; *k10, p10, k10, p10*; repeat from * to * 6 times; k5
Cast on 130 stitches (using 2 strands of yarn held together). Knit in garter stitch until there are 5 ridges on each side.
Begin windmill pattern, placing markers between repeats.
Knit the windmill pattern 13 times or until desired length. After using up the first 2 skeins of yarn, I had knitted 6 ½ repeats. ( I wanted to make the afghan as long as possible and use up the yarn, so I completed 13 repeats and then knitted the garter stitch edging.)
Then knit in garter stitch for nine rows, and bind- off in knit.