Materials and Notes
MATERIALS
US size 8 needles or correct size for gauge
2 skeins Alchemy Silk Purse (We used Cherry Tart)
PATTERN
Here is the free, updated Stalks and Blossoms Pattern pdf.
FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
6 inches wide and about 60 inches long (or however long you'd like)
GAUGE
5 stitches per inch in pattern
For help measuring your gauge, visit our Swatch Tutorial.
TERMS AND TECHNIQUES
block - even out of tension of knitted fabric by stretching. For a how-to, visit our Blocking Tutorial.
K2tog (knit two together) - decrease one stitch by knitting two stitches together
psso (pass slipped stitch over) - decrease one stitch by lifting it over the stitch to the left and off the right needle
sl (slip) - transfer one stitch from the left to the right needle without knitting it
ssk (slip, slip, knit) - decrease one stitch by slipping two stitches from the left needle to the right as if to knit (needle goes into the front of the stitch); passing the twisted stitches back to the left needle; then knitting them together
yo (yarn over) - increase one stitch by wrapping yarn around the right needle in a counter-clockwise motion (from back to front to back), then continue working, knitting the increase on the next row as a regular stitch
March 28, 2007
Reader Comments (5)
the problem is in the pdf pattern. the pdf has a different row 4 than the row on the html page. in fact, the pdf row 4 has 2 extra k1's that throw off the entire row.
so go by the pattern posted on the internet, *not* the one available for download, and it should work out okay.
purl, you might want to fix the pdf. it took me several frustrating hours to realize the pdf i downloaded was probably incorrect :-)
Thanks so much for calling our attention to this error! We have replaced the old pattern pdf with a new, improved one. We apologize for the typo.
The Silk Purse is a single ply 100% silk, and in the project, it is being used on its own. I think what might be looking like two colors or fibers to you is just the play of light on the fiber, which is somewhat shinny. The yarn is also hand-dyed so the color has subtle shifts in it throughout the skein. Hope this helps!