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The basic knit fabric (usually called a stocking or stockinette pattern) has a definite right side and wrong side. Because the yarn holding rows together is all on the front, and the yarn holding side-by-side stitches together is all on the back, stockinette stitch has a
strong tendency to curl toward the front on the top and bottom, and toward the back on the left and right side. |
1 First you knit your knitting swatch, if you want to knit in a
cable stitch pattern, knit your swatch with 1 or more cables,
2 then determine your gauge, now you can choose a knitting pattern with the right gauge, this way it will always fit,
3 no need for special yarns or needles size, you decide which yarn you use and which gauge you use, so
easy.
The length and quality of the fiber in a knitting yarn determines its texture, luster, strength and hand.
Knitting yarn made from long fibers will pill less, be smoother, stronger, more lustrous and more elastic.
Knitting Yarns containing a mixture of fiber lengths are softer, fuzzier and less strong.
Tightly twisted knitting yarns display the texture of a knitted pattern to its best advantage. |
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Medium Half Circle Shawl with a Marathon Border
constructed Sideways in 8 wedges
Free knitting pattern: half circle shawl
STITCH OR KNITTING GAUGE, AND TENSION: depends on the pattern of stitches in the fabric and the tension of the
individual knitter or crocheter ( or how tightly one knits or crochets, and thick or thin yarns produce different stitches ).
Gauge (Stocking Stitch over 4 in = 10 cm): 27,0 stitches by 36,0 rows.
Body knit by hand on 2 mm needles
Ribbing knit by hand on 1.5 mm needles
FINISHED DIMENSIONS: (cms)
SHAWL WIDTHS SHAWL LENGTHS
Main Panel 112,0 56,0
Border 9,0
Total 130,0 65,0
Note: Read ALL these instructions thoroughly BEFORE starting to knit.
SHORT ROWING:
1. Sideways Circular Shawls are knitted using short row shaping. You may find using a marker helpful to reduce the
amount of counting. The instructions below are fairly brief and are of the form: [short row n1 stitches every other row
x1 times]. This means:
1A. Wrong side facing. knit the given number (n1) of stitches less one. Yarn at back. Slip the next st and wrap the yarn
around the st to the front. Return the slipped st to the LH needle without knitting it. (Wrapping the last stitch is
optional - not wrapping makes lacey holes that may look good on a shawl).
1B. Turn the piece and knit to the end of the row.
1C. Repeat steps 1A and 1B as required (x1 times), knitting n1 more stitches each time.
MAIN PANEL:
1. Cast on 151 stitches on size 2 needles. Start knit in Stocking Stitch.
2. First wedge. knit 1 row even across all stitches. Short row 4 stitches every other row 31 times, then 3 stitches every other row 8
times. Total 79 rows. knit 1 row even across all stitches (optionally slip centre st to keep centre hole small).
3. Repeat first wedge 7 more times. (Each wedge is 80 rows, total for all wedges is 1280 rows).
4. Cast off all stitches.
BORDER PANEL:
1. Using size 1.5 circular needle and starting at the cast-on edge with right side of knit facing, pick up and knit 472 stitches around the shawl, approximately 59 stitches at the bottom of each wedge.
2. knit in chosen border pattern around the shawl for 32 rows, shaping at points between each wedge as follows:
... Inc 1 st at each of the 8 points in the next row, then every 4 rows 4 times, then every 3 rows 5 times.
3. Cast off very loosely, carefully checking tension.
FINISHING:
1. knit a small edging (2-4 rows) along the top edge to prevent curl.
2. Darn/weave/sew in all loose ends.
3. BLOCK. Really, it makes all the difference.
REQUIRED AMOUNT OF YARN: ( APPROX. ):
9,1 for main shawl panel
3,5 for borders
12,6 Ounces TOTAL
NOTES:
Free knitting pattern © Jessica Tromp with KNITWARE DESIGN
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straight or flat
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