Valentine's Day
by Ophelia in Hamlet (1600–1601):
To-morrow is Saint Valentine's day,
All in the morning betime,
And I a maid at your window,
To be your Valentine.
Then up he rose, and donn'd his clothes,
And dupp'd the chamber-door;
Let in the maid, that out a maid
Never departed more.
—William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act IV, Scene 5
Anti-stress ball
Knitting pattern:
Using knitting needles 3.00 mm CO 9 sts.
On every KNIT row SLIP the first stitch.
Row 1: p
Row 2: (k1, m1) to the end of the row (18 sts)
Row 3: p
Row 4: (k2, m1) to the end of the row (27 sts)
Row 5: p
Row 6: (k3, m1) to the end of the row (36 sts)
Row 7: p
Row 8: (k4, m1) to the end of the row (45 sts)
Row 9: p
Row 10: (k5, m1) to the end of the row (54 sts)
Row 11: p
Tie a
marker. St st 2 inches from the stitch marker.
Decrease:
Row 1: (k4, k2tog) to the end of the row (45 sts)
Row 2: p
Row 3: (k3, k2tog) to the end of the row (36 sts)
Row 4: p
Row 5: (k2, k2tog) to the ent of the row (27 sts)
Row 6: p
Row 7: (k1, k2tog) to the end of the row (18 sts)
Row 8: p
Row 9: (k2tog) to the end of the row (9 sts)
Row 10: p
Thread through sts.
Close with mattress stitch.
