How To Make A Garter Tab Cast On

knitting cast on garter stitch shawls

Posted by sneezerville

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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).

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You Will Need (2 things)

  • Knitting Needle
  • Yarn

Steps (6 steps, 6 minutes)

  1. 1

    cast on 3 sts in what every way you wish (but keep them loose)

  2. 2

    knit 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.

  3. 3

    you 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.

  4. 4

    you 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.

  5. 5

    you 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).

  6. 6

    use this cast on for my hojas shawl pattern.