Daisy Star

By Corrina Ferguson

Instagram handle: @craftstarstudios

Corrina Ferguson is an author, designer, and teacher who never met a craft she didn’t like. She has been designing her knitted life since 2007, with hundreds of designs to her credit, and she knows that life is better with yarn!

Inspiration: I am completely obsessed with stars nowadays, so this was my first choice of a great stitch pattern for the planner. The stitch is fun to work and is perfect for crazy variegated yarns. Just remember to leave the stitches on the needles the first time you work the p3tog and your knitted stars will be shining in no time!

Tip: Always keep track of where you are in your knitting project – you think you will remember, but you won’t! I like to jot down a note in my planner about my status on all my knits so I can pick them back up without having to be a knitting detective. 

Finished Stitch Block Measurements

8 x 8 inch/20 x 20cm stitch block square, blocked (including garter stitch borders) 

Materials

Worsted weight yarn

Size 8 US (5mm) needles

Gauge 

18½ sts and 27½ rows = 4 inches/10cm in Daisy Star Pattern

Daisy Star Pattern (multiple of 6 sts + 1)

Row 1: Knit.

Row 2: *P3tog (leaving 3 sts on needles), yo, p3tog again, k1; rep from * to last 3 sts, p3tog (leaving 3 sts on needles), yo, p3tog again.

Row 3: Knit.

Row 4: *P1, k1, p3tog (leaving 3 sts on needles), yo, p3tog again, k1; rep from * to last st, p1.

Stitch Block Instructions

Bottom Garter Stitch Edging

CO 37 sts.

Knit 6 rows.

Square Body

Row 1 (RS): K3, work Daisy Star pattern to last 3 sts, k3.

Row 2 (WS): K3, work Daisy Star pattern to last 3 sts, k3.

Rep Rows 1 and 2 until square measures 7½ inches/19cm.

Top Garter Stitch Edging

Knit 6 rows.

BO all sts loosely.