Whether you are an experienced knitter that loves to knit shawls or an adventurous beginner looking to try shawl knitting for the first time, this video bundle will give you fun tips and tricks for successful shawl knitting. With over 50 minutes of content, taught by shawl knitting experts, you’ll learn stitch patterns, edgings and bind offs that you can use on any shawl.
Sessions Include:
Cast On a Looped Lace Edging
Knit a Serrated Lace Edging
How to Knit a Leaf Lace Pattern
Bluebell Rib Pattern
A Stretchy Bind Off for Top-Down Shawls
How to Knit a Slipped Stitch and Lace Shawl
Class Sessions
Session 1: Cast On a Looped Lace Edging
6:33
Lace edgings add the perfect bit of pizzazz to any project. In this session, lace knitting expert Corrina Ferguson demonstrates how to work a delicate looped lace edging. It’s the perfect detail to start projects worked from the bottom-up, like shawls and sweaters. Corrina begins by using the long tail cast on, and casts on a multiple of 6 plus 2 stitches.
The looped lace edging is then created by working the following rows:
Row 1 (RS): K2, *bind off 4 stitches, (1 stitch remains on right-hand needle), k1; repeat from * to end.
Row 2 (WS): K2, *yo, k2; repeat from * to end.
Row 3: K2, *(k1, p1) into yo, k2; repeat from * to end.
Row 4: Knit all stitches.
Session 2: Knit a Serrated Lace Edging
7:56
In this session, Corrina Ferguson demonstrates how to work a serrated lace edging. This edging can be used in a variety of ways. One easy way that this edging can be worked into a project is you can knit the entire edging then pick up and knit along one side to work a shawl or garment from the bottom up.
The Serrated Lace Edging is worked as follows:
Cast on 8 sts.
Set-Up Row 1 (RS): Knit to last 2 sts, kfb, k1—9 sts.
Set-Up Row 2 (WS): Sl1, knit to end.
Row 8: Bind off 3 sts (1 st remains on right-hand needle), k2, (yo, k2tog, k1) twice—9 sts.
Repeat Rows 1 – 8 for pattern.
Session 3: How to Knit a Leaf Lace Pattern
15:29
Stitch patterns are often influenced by things found in nature. In this session, Mary Beth Temple demonstrates how to knit a common leaf lace stitch pattern. The stitch pattern is worked over a multiple of 12 plus 4 stitches, and Mary Beth has 29 stitches on her swatch. She discusses how to work the different increases and decreases and how to work a double yarn over when you come to it on a Wrong Side row.
The Leaf Lace pattern is worked as follows:
Note: On Row 8, which is a WS row, when you purl across and come to 2 yarn overs in a row, purl the second one through the back loop.
Rows 1, 3, & 5 (RS): K1, yo, sk2p, yo, *ssk, k2, yo, k1, yo, k2, k2tog, yo, sk2p, yo; rep from * to last st, k1.
Row 2 and all even-numbered rows (WS) [see note above for Row 8]: K1, purl to last st, k1.
Row 7: K1, yo, sk2p, yo, *yo, ssk, k5, k2tog, yo, yo, sk2p, yo; rep from * to last st, k1.
Row 9: K1, yo, sk2p, yo, *k1, yo, ssk, k3, k2tog, yo, k1, yo, sk2p, yo; rep from * to last st, k1.
Row 11: K1, yo, sk2p, yo, *k2, yo, ssk, k1, k2tog, yo, k2, yo, sk2p, yo; rep from * to last st, k1.
Row 13: K1, yo, sk2p, yo, *k3, yo, sk2p, yo; rep from * to last st, k1.
Row 14: K1, purl to the last st, k1.
Rep Rows 1 – 14 for pattern.
Session 4: Bluebell Rib Pattern
9:49
The Bluebell Rib stitch pattern is a ribbed pattern based off a K3, P2 (knit three stitches, purl two stitches) ribbing. One row of lace is worked on the Right Side of the fabric to create a delicate, lace stitch pattern. In this session, lace expert Jen Lucas demonstrates how to work the stitch pattern.
The Bluebell Rib pattern is worked over a multiple of 5 plus 2 stitches as follows:
Row 1 (RS): *P2, k3; repeat from * to last 2 sts, p2.
Row 2 (WS): *K2, p3; repeat from * to last 2 sts, k2.
Row 3: Repeat Row 1.
Row 4: Repeat Row 2.
Row 5: *P2, yo, sk2p, yo; repeat from * to last 2 sts, p2.
Row 6: Repeat Row 2.
Repeat Rows 1 – 6 for pattern.
Session 5: A Stretchy Bind Off for Top-Down Shawls
4:23
When knitting lace, it’s important to have a bind off that is loose enough that the stitches can be stretched out and blocked properly. There are many ways to create a stretchy bind off edge. In this session, Jen Lucas demonstrates how to work a Knit Two Together Through the Back Loop (k2tog tbl) Bind Off, which is the perfect bind off to finish top-down lace projects.
The bind off is worked as follows:
Knit the first two stitches through the back loops. *Slip the stitch from the right needle to the left needle, knit two stitches together through the back loops; repeat from * until all stitches are bound off.
Session 6: How to Knit a Slipped Stitch and Lace Shawl
18:29
In this session, knitting expert Corrina Ferguson demonstrates all the necessary steps to complete here Lareina Shawl pattern. It begins with a fancy lace border. Stitches are picked up to work a Latvian Braid before continuing with a striped, slip stitch body.
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