Bonding Squares are knitted in pairs.
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| Bonding Squares Ben Simple Square Nevis |
One square is placed with a premature baby and another is worn against the mum's skin, then the squares are swapped round every 12 hours or every time mum visits.
Many Neonatal Units are now using them. They help with the bonding of a premature baby in an incubator and the baby’s mum. The baby can smell mum’s scent even when she isn't there or wasn’t able to get him out of his incubator, and then when she goes home she can still smell the baby’s scent on the square, which is a big comfort.
Not only this, but many mums find that it really helps with expressing breast milk. Keeping the scent of the baby close by triggers the hormones needed to produce and express milk, which is very important as breastfeeding can be difficult for mothers with premature babies.
Simple 5" Bonding Squares (knit 2)
Requirements:
DK yarn ~ around 16g
4mm needles
Tension:
22sts = 4” (10cm)
Cast on 28 stitches
Start with a garter stitch border - knit 6 rows
7th Row: S1, knit across row
8th Row: S1, k4, purl to last 5sts, k5
Repeat the last 2 rows 11 times more
Complete with a garter stitch border – knit 7 rows
Cast off knit wise
Darn away ends
BEN Bonding Squares (knit 2) 5½“
Requirements:
DK yarn ~ around 16g
4mm needles
22sts = 4” (10cm)
Cast on 31 stitches
Start with a garter stitch border - knit 6 rows
8th Row: S1, k4, *p3, k3, rep from * to last 2sts, k2
Complete with a garter stitch border – knit 7 rows
Cast off knit wise
Darn away ends
NEVIS Bonding Squares (knit 2) 5½“
Requirements:
DK yarn ~ around 16g
4mm needles
Tension:
22sts = 4” (10cm)
Instructions:
Cast on 30 stitches
Start with a garter stitch border - knit 6 rows
7th Row: S1, knit across row
8th Row: S1, k3, *p4, k2, repeat from * to last 2sts, k2
9th Row: S1, knit across row
10th Row: S1, k3, p1, k2, *p4, k2, repeat from * to last 5sts, p1, k4
Repeat the last 4 rows five times more
31st Row: S1, knit across row
32nd Row: S1, k3, *p4, k2, repeat from * to last 2sts, k2
Complete with a garter stitch border – knit 7 rows
Cast off knit wise
Darn away ends
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