Quirky excerpt 2: a charted design for any craft

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When I looked at the charted design I posted last week for Quirky, I immediately saw that it was made up of three separate bands of pattern: two wider vertical bands separated by a narrow border pattern. I’m going to post a separate charted design for each of these. (Only the original charted design counts as an encoded word.)

Links to planned set:

how quirky excerpt 2 might look as stranded knitting. Dark square boxes are laid out on a grid. There are vertical dark lines between them with occasional blips sticking out to each side, framing the boxes.
Chart showing how to work the Quirky excerpt 2 design by means of dark and light squares. Written instructions in blog post.
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  • Quirky excerpt 2 has a repeat of 6 + 1 columns and 6 + 1 rows.
  • In the written instructions, color A is the light squares above, and color B is the dark.
  • The written instructions below are formatted for stranded knitting, but it is my hope that they could be translated into instructions for other crafts. For instance, if working filet crochet, 1A could be one open square and 2B could be two filled-in squares.
  • This pattern is written in rounds, but because each row has mirror symmetry, the colors can be read in flat rows as written. If knitting, just work purl stitches on alternating rows instead of knit.
  • Designers, please feel free to use this in your patterns (no need to ask). I’d like credit but won’t be offended if people don’t give it.
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  • Round 1: work knit as follows; 1 B, *1A, 1 B, 2A, 1 B, 1A, 1 B, 3A, 1 B, 1A, 1 B, 2A, 1 B, 1A, 1 B; work from *. (19 sts)
  • Round 2: work knit as follows; 1A, *1A, 2 B, 2A, 1 B, 5A, 1 B, 2A, 2 B, 2A; work from *.
  • Round 3: work knit as follows; 1 B, *1 B, 2A, (1 B, 1A) × 2, 3 B, (1A, 1 B) × 2, 2A, 2 B; work from *.
  • Round 4: work knit as follows; 1A, *2 B, (1A, 1 B) × 6, 1A, 2 B, 1A; work from *.
  • Round 5: work knit as follows; 1 B, *1 B, 2A, (1 B, 1A) × 2, 3 B, (1A, 1 B) × 2, 2A, 2 B; work from *.
  • Round 6: work knit as follows; 1A, *1A, 2 B, 2A, 1 B, 5A, 1 B, 2A, 2 B, 2A; work from *.
  • Work rounds 1-6 as desired, ending with round 7:
  • Round 7: work knit as follows; 1 B, *1A, 1 B, 2A, 1 B, 1A, 1 B, 3A, 1 B, 1A, 1 B, 2A, 1 B, 1A, 1 B; work from *.