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| Sample knit with Cascade 220 on US Size 8 needles |
This is easier to do than it looks, I promise. It might feel awkward at first, but with practice you will be able to do this in no time. Practice and patience.
Multiple of 8 stitches
Rows 1-4: Knit
Rows 5 and 11: K1 *Insert needle into next stitch, wrapping yarn 4 times before pulling the yarn through* Knit last stitch
Row 6: *Slip 8 stitches, dropping the extra wraps as you do so. Be sure the yarn is held to the back of the work when slipping. Insert left needle into the first four slipped stitches, and pass them over the last four stitches and onto the left needle. Now, slip the other four stitches to the left needle. Knit these eight stitches. *
Rows 7-10: Knit
Row 12: (To be worked as in Row 6 ) Slip 4 stitches to right needle, dropping extra wraps. Cross first two stitches over the last two, placing them on the left needle; place last two stitches on left needle and knit all four stitches. *Slip eight, cross four, placing all stitches back on left needle and knit* Slip 4, cross two, knit last four stitches.
Repeat these 12 rows for the pattern. Here is the video.
Happy Knitting!
16 comments:
niceeee!!!
I think I can do this & one day soon I will :-)
I think this is wonderful. Thank - you, for showing me how to do this stitch. This is going to be my scarf stitch. I love it.
Thanks for the great video and instructions. It is most definitely awkward and you make it look so easy!
I'm new to knitting. Does the cast on stitch count as one of the first four rows in the pattern?
Well not to confuse you, but yes and no. I personally never count the cast on as a row when I design, but some do. The pattern should tell you if it does. If you use the long tail cast on, it does create a row of knitting. I say it is up to you whether or not you want to count the cast on as a first row, but for me the cast on is just that. I don't start counting rows until I begin knitting the first row of the pattern.
Oh and check out the tech knitter blog there is some good info on this topic there.
I tried this tonight and your instructions were so easy to follow! Thank you so much for sharing this and I'm having a lot of fun making my first Indian cross stitch scarf!
Very clear instructions. Will this work with thicker yarns?
Hi Mary! I don't see why not. Just work up a little swatch first to see if you like how it looks and go from there.
Thank you for replying so quickly.
How many stitches do you cast on? Also, if you are knitting on circular needles, but not "in the round" would it rows 1-4 not be knit row 1, purl row 2? Sorry... New to all of this but I loved that pattern and your video makes it look super easy!
Hi Allyson! You'll want to cast on any multiple of 8. If you alternate knit and purl on rows 1-4 you will have stocking stitch rather than garter stitch. There is no rule that says you can't do it that way if you want to, but the pattern as written is for garter stitch. So you should knit the four rows. If you were to work this in the round however, then you'd want to alternate knit/purl rows in order to achieve garter stitch. Hope I didn't confuse you there :-)
Tzivia you can make anything with it. A shawl, hat, bat, and even a vest: http://www.ilgaleja.com/collection_city_portside.php. You might also want to peruse Ravelry and see if there are any patterns there with this stitch.
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