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FLAT KNIT CIRCLE
US 7 knitting needles and worsted weight cotton
cast on 16 stitches
knit one row
Begin Shaping: (to help keep your place, notice that the odd rows in which you leave stitches happen when the beginning tail is on your left side so that you’re knitting toward it)
row 1: knit to last stitch, (leave stitch unworked), turn
row 2 and all even rows: knit
row 3: knit to last 2 stitches, turn
row 5: knit to last 3 stitches, turn
row 7: knit to last 4 stitches, turn
row 9: knit to last 5 stitches, turn
row 11: knit to last 6 stitches, turn
row 13: knit to last 7 stitches, turn
row 15: knit to last 8 stitches, turn
row 17: knit
row 18: knit (except on row 18 of the final (8th) wedge, which you’ll bind off instead)
repeat rows 1 – 18 seven more times. 
join with mattress stitch from outside of circle to inside. Cinch up inner circle and knot. Weave in ends.

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