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Friday
01Dec2006

Cashmere Cowl No. 2 - Lace Rib, Fourth Round Help

Round 4 *yo, k2togtbl, k2tog, yo, p2, repeat from * to end of round.

Usually you can't start a row with a yarn over, but because this pattern is knit in the round you can!  Nonetheless, yarn over's before and after purl stitches can sometimes be a cause for confusion.  Here is a bit of clarification for you:

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Yo, k2togtbl,  this is an interesting situation. Because you are going from a purl to a yarn over, you don't actually wrap the yarn around the needle.  Instead, what you do is simply leave the yarn in the front (from the purl stitch) and go directly into k2togtbl.  Just make sure that when you make the next stitch that you wrap the yarn loosely.  Remember, you need to make enough room for your needle on the next round when you knit into the yarn over.

 

cowl-row-3-2nd-k2tog-yo.jpg

K2tog, yo, p2, this next step is also an interesting situation.  Becasue you have just knit 2 together your yarn is in back, the next stitch is a yarn over, so you need to bring your yarn to the front, but the following stitch is a purl, so you need to wrap the yarn around the needle again to accomodate for that, otherwise you won't be left with a yarn over.  To put it another way, when you go from a knit to a purl with a yarn over in between, wrap the yarn once for the yarn over, then bring it around again for the purl stitch.  

Reader Comments (1)

Hello there! Cashmere Cowl #2 inspired me to knit one in Jade Sapphire Two-Ply in the connect-the-dots ribbing pattern as a birthday present for my mom. My question regards washing it and blocking it -- what's the safest way to go about doing it? Since it's a tube, I don't think that it needs to be pinned to a blocking board, but I don't want to literally plunge into wet blocking the piece only to have it stiffen up/felt up/lose its texture etcetera etcetera!
February 6, 2007 | Unregistered CommenterNina

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