About
knitting cast on garter stitch shawls
great cast on for starting any shawl that uses a garter stitch border. it makes a seamless start to the border.
i first used this border on the coleus shawl by kirsten kapur. i have since used it in many of my own shawls including my newest shawl, dark horse and an older one named hojas (that's a free shawl pattern attached to this post).
Downloads
- 103933_2F2014-08-24-122958-hojas_shawl+_281_29.pdf 1.29 MB [ Download ]
-
Diana S. commented on How To Make A Garter Tab Cast On
05 Jul 19:19
-
Diana S. favorited How To Make A Garter Tab Cast On
05 Jul 19:19
-
sneezerville published her project How To Make A Garter Tab Cast On
14 Aug 18:44
You Will Need
-
Step 1cast on 3 sts in what every way you wish (but keep them loose)
-
Step 2knit 6 rows. you will then have 3 garter stitch ridges. you are going to pick up a stitch along the edge of each of these rows.
-
Step 3you can pick up and knit the edge stitches one at a time or place them all on the left hand needle first and then knit them. i do it one at a time.
-
Step 4you now have 6 stitches on the needle and are ready to pick up the edge stitches. again you can do this one at a time or put all 3 on at once and then knit them.
-
Step 5you now have 9 sts on the needle and are ready to begin knitting the meat of your shawl. see how nicely the garter ridges are laying (all the same direction).
-
Step 6use this cast on for my hojas shawl pattern.
Comments
