Prayer Square (garter stitch cross and border on stockinette background)
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Materials:
-- Loops & Threads Woolike sock yarn (size 1), or any yarn of your choice
-- two dpns or straights, US #1 (2.25mm) or size appropriate for your yarn
-- two additional needles (optional): one slightly larger, one slightly smaller
-- tapestry needle

CO 21 st, using long-tail cast-on (9" tail for Woolike yarn) and larger needle

The edge stitches are treated specially to create a chained edge, and are not
counted in the row-by-row pattern below.  For every row (both RS and WS), slip
the first st knitwise, and purl the last st.  But on the final row, instead of
purling the very last st, slip it purlwise (with yarn in back) to make a nicer
corner.

All even rows 2-34:  knit across

Odd rows:
   1:  knit (WS)
   3:  knit
   5:  k3, p13, k3
   7:  k3, p5, k3, p5, k3
   9:  k3, p5, k3, p5, k3
  11:  k3, p5, k3, p5, k3
  13:  k3, p5, k3, p5, k3
  15:  k3, p5, k3, p5, k3
  17:  k3, p2, k9, p2, k3
  19:  k3, p2, k9, p2, k3
  21:  k3, p2, k9, p2, k3
  23:  k3, p5, k3, p5, k3
  25:  k3, p5, k3, p5, k3
  27:  k3, p5, k3, p5, k3
  29:  k3, p13, k3
  31:  knit
  33:  knit

Transfer all sts to smaller needle and bind off using Elizabeth Zimmermann's
sewn bind-off (with 11" tail for Woolike yarn).

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(Original designer unknown)