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Knitting Friday
Finally, all knitting, all the blog.
First a fast shawl pattern. I was lying in bed on night thinking about a poncho/cape I had made eons ago and never wore. What a jerk!, I'm thinking so as my New Year's resolution, I decide to rip out the poncho and remake it as a shawl because as you all know, this place is freezing. So here's the pattern for a fast shawl from recycled wool. (You will have more possibilities in stitch patterns if your yarn is not an crinkly as mine was.)
Fast, warm, working shawl:
Equipment: US 13 needles; DK weight yarn (larger needles if you use bulky/smaller needles if you go the other way.)
Abbreviations: Kfb - K in the front and back loop of stitch (1 increase)
Sl1P - Slip stitch with yarn in front (as to purl); if next stitch is knit, move yarn to back of needle
CO - Cast on
CO 2 sts.
Row 1: K1FB, K1FB (4 sts)
Row 2: Sl1P, K1FB, K1FB, K1 (6)
Row 3: Sl1P, K1FB *K* K1FB, K1 (8)
Continue working Row 3. Remember to slip the first stitch as purl and increase the second stitch and the second to last stitch each row for a 2-stitch increase every row. This gives you a very curved and slightly triangle shape.
Now there are various ways you can knit this shawl. First, you can:
1. Just continue Row 3 until you run out of yarn for a modified curved triangle. Or:
2) Take your stitch count per inch and multiply to get the number needed for a length which will tie in the back. (For example: at 2.5 sts = 1", I need about 160 stitches for 65" - Take a tape measure over your shoulders and under your arms to "tie" in the back. Whatever the inches are for this, that's the gauge you need for a tie shawl.) When you get to that length, you can stop increasing and just knit straight (always with a beginning Sl1P) until you run out of yarn. If you keep increasing past the length for a simple back tie, you may wind up with an annoying back tied lump. Or:
3) Once you're close to your tie-in-the-back length, you can start decreasing NOT increasing every row for tapered ties. (Sl1P, K2tog, *K* K2tog, K1)
Finishing: because you slipped the first stitch as purl, you have a nice edge for any type of border. Or not, this edging looks good, as is.
And now, for a picture. Not of the above shawl but of the Lace Advent Scarf which is only on Day 11 (Advent has 24 days) and is one big momma. Now, I have to decide if I'm going to make this a 120" shawl (it's 27" width unblocked) or quit at scarf length (80"?) and finish up the patterns on a second shawl.
I would definitely recommend this pattern to anyone who loves lace but gets bored with the same repeats. You definitely get variety here. Plus, if you are not a chart reader, this is the pattern for you to make the change. These charts are sooooo well- written. And finally, be sure to goggle "How To Make Nupps With a Crochet Hook." By using this method after you make the nupp on the K side, you only P one stitch for the nupp on the wrong side instead of the regular P7 stitches together. The link again:
First a fast shawl pattern. I was lying in bed on night thinking about a poncho/cape I had made eons ago and never wore. What a jerk!, I'm thinking so as my New Year's resolution, I decide to rip out the poncho and remake it as a shawl because as you all know, this place is freezing. So here's the pattern for a fast shawl from recycled wool. (You will have more possibilities in stitch patterns if your yarn is not an crinkly as mine was.)
Fast, warm, working shawl:
Equipment: US 13 needles; DK weight yarn (larger needles if you use bulky/smaller needles if you go the other way.)
Abbreviations: Kfb - K in the front and back loop of stitch (1 increase)
Sl1P - Slip stitch with yarn in front (as to purl); if next stitch is knit, move yarn to back of needle
CO - Cast on
CO 2 sts.
Row 1: K1FB, K1FB (4 sts)
Row 2: Sl1P, K1FB, K1FB, K1 (6)
Row 3: Sl1P, K1FB *K* K1FB, K1 (8)
Continue working Row 3. Remember to slip the first stitch as purl and increase the second stitch and the second to last stitch each row for a 2-stitch increase every row. This gives you a very curved and slightly triangle shape.
Now there are various ways you can knit this shawl. First, you can:
1. Just continue Row 3 until you run out of yarn for a modified curved triangle. Or:
2) Take your stitch count per inch and multiply to get the number needed for a length which will tie in the back. (For example: at 2.5 sts = 1", I need about 160 stitches for 65" - Take a tape measure over your shoulders and under your arms to "tie" in the back. Whatever the inches are for this, that's the gauge you need for a tie shawl.) When you get to that length, you can stop increasing and just knit straight (always with a beginning Sl1P) until you run out of yarn. If you keep increasing past the length for a simple back tie, you may wind up with an annoying back tied lump. Or:
3) Once you're close to your tie-in-the-back length, you can start decreasing NOT increasing every row for tapered ties. (Sl1P, K2tog, *K* K2tog, K1)
Finishing: because you slipped the first stitch as purl, you have a nice edge for any type of border. Or not, this edging looks good, as is.
And now, for a picture. Not of the above shawl but of the Lace Advent Scarf which is only on Day 11 (Advent has 24 days) and is one big momma. Now, I have to decide if I'm going to make this a 120" shawl (it's 27" width unblocked) or quit at scarf length (80"?) and finish up the patterns on a second shawl.
I would definitely recommend this pattern to anyone who loves lace but gets bored with the same repeats. You definitely get variety here. Plus, if you are not a chart reader, this is the pattern for you to make the change. These charts are sooooo well- written. And finally, be sure to goggle "How To Make Nupps With a Crochet Hook." By using this method after you make the nupp on the K side, you only P one stitch for the nupp on the wrong side instead of the regular P7 stitches together. The link again:
http://www.von-stroh-zu-gold.de/muster/?p
Also if you're a member of Ravelry, there's a great forum there, with errata listed.
Gotta go and start knitting. Looks like snow in my neck of NJ.
Happy knitting.
Also if you're a member of Ravelry, there's a great forum there, with errata listed.
Gotta go and start knitting. Looks like snow in my neck of NJ.
Happy knitting.
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