Mitered Squares
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December 31, 2015
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Mitered Squares

Project info
Knitted Patchwork Recipe by Martine Ellis
Knitting
Tutorial
Needles & yarn
US 6 - 4.0 mm
6,682 yards
Berroco Maya ™
none left in stash
0.18 skeins = 25.0 yards (22.9 meters)
Purple
Berroco Maya ™
none left in stash
0.33 skeins = 45.0 yards (41.1 meters)
Gray
Berroco Remix®
none left in stash
0.09 skeins = 20.0 yards (18.3 meters)
Green
Berroco Vintage ®
none left in stash
0.25 skeins = 55.0 yards (50.3 meters)
Brown
Blue Sky Fibers Organic Cotton (Worsted)
none left in stash
0.13 skeins = 20.0 yards (18.3 meters)
Purple
Blue Sky Fibers Woolstok Worsted
none left in stash
0.1 skeins = 12.0 yards (11.0 meters)
Black
Blue Sky Fibers Woolstok Worsted
none left in stash
0.1 skeins = 12.0 yards (11.0 meters)
Gray
Blue Sky Fibers Woolstok Worsted
none left in stash
0.1 skeins = 12.0 yards (11.0 meters)
Gray
Blue Sky Fibers Woolstok Worsted
none left in stash
0.1 skeins = 12.0 yards (11.0 meters)
Red-purple
Blue Sky Fibers Woolstok Worsted
none left in stash
0.1 skeins = 12.0 yards (11.0 meters)
Yellow-green
Blue Sky Fibers Woolstok Worsted
none left in stash
0.1 skeins = 12.0 yards (11.0 meters)
Green
Brown Sheep Lamb's Pride Worsted
none left in stash
0.26 skeins = 50.0 yards (45.7 meters)
Purple
Brown Sheep Nature Spun
none left in stash
1 skein = 245.0 yards (224.0 meters), 100 grams
Ash
Natural/Undyed
Brown Sheep Nature Spun
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1 skein = 245.0 yards (224.0 meters), 100 grams
Brown
Brown Sheep Nature Spun
none left in stash
1 skein = 245.0 yards (224.0 meters), 100 grams
Gray
Cascade Yarns ® Alpaca Lace
0 yards in stash
0.46 skeins = 201.0 yards (183.8 meters)
Gray
Jimmy Beans Wool in Reno, Nevada
November 14, 2016
Cascade Yarns ® Alpaca Lana D'Oro
none left in stash
0.09 skeins = 20.0 yards (18.3 meters)
Green
Jimmy Beans Wool in Reno, Nevada
January 8, 2016
Cascade Yarns ® Cloud
none left in stash
0.12 skeins = 20.0 yards (18.3 meters)
Green
Jimmy Beans Wool in Reno, Nevada
January 8, 2016
Cascade Yarns ® El Cielo
none left in stash
0.03 skeins = 20.0 yards (18.3 meters)
Brown
Jimmy Beans Wool in Reno, Nevada
January 8, 2016
Cascade Yarns ® Highland Duo
none left in stash
0.1 skeins = 20.0 yards (18.3 meters)
Green
Jimmy Beans Wool in Reno, Nevada
January 8, 2016
Crystal Palace Yarns Allegro Aran
none left in stash
0.15 skeins = 15.0 yards (13.7 meters)
Purple
Crystal Palace Yarns Allegro Aran
none left in stash
2 skeins = 202.0 yards (184.7 meters)
Purple
Jimmy Beans Wool in Reno, Nevada
July 18, 2016
Crystal Palace Yarns Allegro Aran
none left in stash
0.6 skeins = 61.0 yards (55.8 meters)
Crystal Palace Yarns Allegro Aran
0 yards in stash
0.28 skeins = 28.0 yards (25.6 meters)
Blue-green
Crystal Palace Yarns Allegro Aran
none left in stash
0.6 skeins = 61.0 yards (55.8 meters)
Blue
Jimmy Beans Wool in Reno, Nevada
July 18, 2016
Crystal Palace Yarns Allegro Aran
0 yards in stash
1.4 skeins = 141.0 yards (128.9 meters)
Red-purple
Jimmy Beans Wool in Reno, Nevada
July 18, 2016
Filatura Di Crosa Zara
none left in stash
0.37 skeins = 50.0 yards (45.7 meters)
Pink
HiKoo® by skacel Kenzie
none left in stash
0.3 skeins = 48.0 yards (43.9 meters)
Brown
Juniper Moon Farm Findley Dappled
none left in stash
1 skein = 798.0 yards (729.7 meters), 100 grams
Juniper Moon Farm Moonshine
none left in stash
0.24 skeins = 48.0 yards (43.9 meters)
White
Knit Picks Alpaca Cloud Lace
none left in stash
1 skein = 440.0 yards (402.3 meters), 50 grams
Natural/Undyed
Knit Picks
July 11, 2015
Knit Picks Alpaca Cloud Lace
1320 yards in stash
1 skein = 440.0 yards (402.3 meters), 50 grams
Blue
Knit Picks
January 3, 2017
Knit Picks Luminance Lace
none left in stash
1 skein = 439.0 yards (401.4 meters), 50 grams
Pink
Knit Picks
July 22, 2016
Knit Picks Luminance Lace
none left in stash
1 skein = 439.0 yards (401.4 meters), 50 grams
Blue
Knit Picks
July 22, 2016
Knit Picks Swish Worsted
0 yards in stash
0.44 skeins = 48.0 yards (43.9 meters)
Blue-green
Knit Picks
Knit Picks Swish Worsted
1 yard in stash
0.87 skeins = 96.0 yards (87.8 meters)
Black
Knit Picks
October 15, 2016
Knit Picks Swish Worsted
none left in stash
1 skein = 110.0 yards (100.6 meters), 50 grams
Gray
Knit Picks
October 15, 2016
Knit Picks Swish Worsted
none left in stash
1 skein = 110.0 yards (100.6 meters), 50 grams
Yellow
Knit Picks
October 15, 2016
Lorna's Laces Shepherd Worsted Multi
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0.07 skeins = 15.0 yards (13.7 meters)
Lotus Yarns Tibetan Cloud
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1 skein = 492.1 yards (450.0 meters), 50 grams
04
Natural/Undyed
Louisa Harding Yarns Amitola Grande
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0.09 skeins = 25.0 yards (22.9 meters)
Blue
Mirasol Yarn Pima Kuri
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0.12 skeins = 25.0 yards (22.9 meters)
18
Blue
Mirasol Yarn Sisa
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0.18 skeins = 25.0 yards (22.9 meters)
09
Black
Miss Babs Big Silk
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0.01 skeins = 8.0 yards (7.3 meters)
Gray
Miss Babs Hand Dyed Yarns & Fibers
October 23, 2015
Miss Babs Big Silk
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0.02 skeins = 10.0 yards (9.1 meters)
Pink
Miss Babs Hand Dyed Yarns & Fibers
October 17, 2016
Miss Babs K2
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0.03 skeins = 6.0 yards (5.5 meters)
Natural/Undyed
Miss Babs Hand Dyed Yarns & Fibers
February 16, 2016
Miss Babs Yowza
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0.02 skeins = 10.0 yards (9.1 meters)
Brown
Miss Babs Hand Dyed Yarns & Fibers
Miss Babs Yummy 3-Ply
none left in stash
0.03 skeins = 10.0 yards (9.1 meters)
Pink
Miss Babs Hand Dyed Yarns & Fibers
Miss Babs Yummy 3-Ply
none left in stash
0.03 skeins = 10.0 yards (9.1 meters)
Blue-green
Mrs Crosby Steamer Trunk
1 yard in stash
0.12 skeins = 19.0 yards (17.4 meters)
Green
knitcrate
February 15, 2017
Mrs Crosby Steamer Trunk
1 yard in stash
0.16 skeins = 27.0 yards (24.7 meters)
Blue
knitcrate
February 15, 2017
Noro Kureyon(くれよん)
none left in stash
0.45 skeins = 50.0 yards (45.7 meters)
Blue-purple
Plymouth Yarn Galway Worsted
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0.17 skeins = 35.0 yards (32.0 meters)
Blue
Plymouth Yarn Galway Worsted
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0.17 skeins = 35.0 yards (32.0 meters)
Gray
Plymouth Yarn Galway Worsted
none left in stash
0.17 skeins = 35.0 yards (32.0 meters)
Purple
Plymouth Yarn Galway Worsted
none left in stash
0.17 skeins = 35.0 yards (32.0 meters)
Pink
Plymouth Yarn Galway Worsted
none left in stash
0.17 skeins = 35.0 yards (32.0 meters)
Red-purple
Plymouth Yarn Galway Worsted
none left in stash
0.5 skeins = 105.0 yards (96.0 meters)
Gray
Plymouth Yarn Mushishi
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0.1 skeins = 48.0 yards (43.9 meters)
Natural/Undyed
Plymouth Yarn Worsted Merino Superwash Solids
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1.2 skeins = 261.6 yards (239.2 meters), 120 grams
Natural/Undyed
Rowan Baby Merino Silk DK
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0.1 skeins = 15.0 yards (13.7 meters)
Blue-green
Rowan Colourspun
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0.1 skeins = 15.0 yards (13.7 meters)
Rowan Handknit Cotton
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0.22 skeins = 20.0 yards (18.3 meters)
White
Rowan Pure Wool Superwash Worsted
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0.32 skeins = 70.0 yards (64.0 meters)
Gray
Rowan Pure Wool Superwash Worsted
none left in stash
0.46 skeins = 100.0 yards (91.4 meters)
Purple
Jimmy Beans Wool in Reno, Nevada
October 24, 2016
Rowan Pure Wool Superwash Worsted
none left in stash
0.46 skeins = 100.0 yards (91.4 meters)
Blue-purple
Rowan Pure Wool Superwash Worsted
1 yard in stash
0.14 skeins = 30.0 yards (27.4 meters)
Red-purple
Jimmy Beans Wool in Reno, Nevada
October 24, 2016
Rowan Super Fine Merino DK
none left in stash
0.12 skeins = 15.0 yards (13.7 meters)
Natural/Undyed
Universal Yarn Deluxe Worsted Superwash
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0.2 skeins = 44.0 yards (40.2 meters), 20 grams
Gray
Universal Yarn Universe
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0.24 balls = 60.0 yards (54.9 meters)
Gray
madelinetosh Tosh Vintage
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0.08 skeins = 15.0 yards (13.7 meters)
Green
Notes

December 31, 2015

CO 32 on larger needle.
Placed marker in center.
k2tog, pm, ssk every even row (towards the tail of the cast on)
As soon as two stitches are left on needle, k2tog, and pull loop through.

Getting a 4 inch square out of each one, after blocking. Nice and uniform!

This will continue to be my ongoing project for worsted, dk, and aran weight scraps. :D

February 24, 2016

Dk yarns make holier squares, and I don’t think they’ll look right with the others. Ended up holding lace weight scraps with the thinner worsteds and dks to get consistently gauged squares.

I subscribed to Jimmy Beans Wool Beanie Bags, and the random assortment of yarns every month are really making each square look different!

July 6, 2016

I finally started stitching some squares together into groups of 4. Had to do some research as to how to sew them together as almost every mitered square blanket pattern out there has you “join as you go” but I really wanted a scrap eating project that I didn’t have to plan out to have look cohesive in the end. I wanted to make squares willy nilly and then assemble them later.

I don’t want to mix all the crazy colors into one blanket, so I’m grouping the squares into color families as I sew them together. I realize this means multiple blankets over a much longer period of time, but it also means easier gifts and a truly never ending project for my scraps and other yarns that just don’t work out for other projects. I’m really happy with this idea!

I finally settled on arranging them into groups of 4 with the cast on edges all going around the outside, and then only needing to seam garter to garter on the inside. That way when I stitch the squares of 4 into 16s, I’ll be stitching all the cast on edges together and it will be easier to make it look even and consistent as opposed to some garter edges being seamed to some cast on edges.

So far so good. I really like this video for seaming the garter edges together: https://youtu.be/P1myty2SefE

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  • Project created: December 31, 2015
  • Updated: December 19, 2020
  • Progress updates: 2 updates