Shawl Geometry: 3/4 Square
This is the fifteenth post in a series about different shawl shapes and how to knit them. All the posts in the series can be found right here.
3/4 Square from the top down
This variation on the Square Knit in the Round is simply three of the four quarters needed to shape a full square.
The 3/4 Square shawl fits and drapes in a way that is quite unique to its shape. It doesn’t hug the shoulders in the same way squares or circles with slits do, or in the same way semi-circular shawls do. However, it does sit nicely. And because of that “missing” quarter it sits on the shoulders in a very open manner.
Knitting Instructions
CO 9sts.
{4 border sts + 3 sections + 2 spines}
R1: k2, (pm, yo, k1, yo, pm, k1) 3 times, k1.
R2: purl across.
R3: k2, (sm, yo, k to marker, yo, sm, k1) 3 times, k1.
R4: purl across.
Rep R3&4 to desired dimensions.
Bind off loosely.
3/4 Square from the bottom up
Calculating your cast on
Determine your final gauge, and desired depth.
[Row gauge] x [desired depth] = [# of rows]
[# of rows] / 2 = [# of dec rows]
[# of dec rows] x [6sts decreased per dec row] = [# of sts decreased]
Make sure this number is divisible by 6.
[# of sts decreased] = [# of sts to CO]
Calculating your stitch marker placement
[# of sts to CO] / [3 shawl sections] = [# of sts in one section aka Y]
Knitting Instructions
CO [# of sts to CO].
R1: (ssk, kY minus four, k2tog, pm) 2 times, ssk, kY minus four, k2tog.
R2: purl across.
R3: (ssk, k to 2sts before marker, k2tog, sm) 2 times, ssk, k to last 2sts, k2tog.
R4: purl across. Rep R3&4 to 6sts.
Bind off loosely.
The previous post: Wedge Circles with a Slit
The next post: 1/2 Circles
Oh! Hello hello Friday.
Hello, hello, Friday. You are mighty sneaky.
It’s been how many weeks of missed FO Fridays? Fridays. They are sneaky, sneaky. So I’m looking for a new way to notice and mark Fridays.
I really like the idea of FO Friday, but it’s not quite sitting right anymore. It feels forced and awkward.
I just don’t work on projects that can be finished in a week. Then I don’t have an FO to show one Friday, so I take that Friday off, and then I feel a little bad. Then one Friday becomes a string of Fridays, and I feel guilty. ick
THEN when I do finish something, I want to show you! And I don’t want to wait till the next Friday. But I feel like I should. More guilt. more ick
I still want to talk about and show you finished objects. And I absolutely will! (Because I love it.) Just not necessarily on a Friday, and most definitely not every Friday.
So I’m looking for a new way of acknowledging Fridays.
Qualities I want in this new marking of Friday:
ease, simplicity, elegance, spaciousness, flexibility.
A combination-type-thing of Havi’s Friday Chickening, Tara’s Adventures, WIP Wednesdays/FO Fridays, and me.
With some elegant simplicity please.
I’m not sure what form this new “noticing Friday” could take. Or what exactly it’ll look like.
But I’m open to ideas. And I’m willing to play and adjust until it feels right. Comfortable.
The Comments:
I’d love to hear thoughts, ideas, stories, about marking time, or noticing time.
I’d rather not have “shoulds.”
Shawl Geometry: Wedge Circle with a Slit
This is the fourteenth post in a series about different shawl shapes and how to knit them. All the posts in the series can be found right here.
Wedge Circle with a Slit from the center out
Just like you can work a Square with a Slit, you can also work the Wedge Circle with a Slit. You work all the same shaping and patterning as the full Wedge Circle, but worked at in rows, rather than in the round.
Knitting Instructions
CO 12sts.
{4 border sts + 8 sections}
R1: k2, (pm, yo, k1) 8 times, k2.
R2: purl across.
R3: k2, (sm, yo, k to marker) 8 times, k2.
R4: purl across.
Rep R3&4 to desired dimensions.
Bind off loosely.
Wedge Circle with a Slit from the hem in
Calculating your cast on
Determine your final gauge and the desired radius of your shawl.
The radius is half the width of your final shawl, or the length from the center of your shawl to the edge.
[Row gauge] x [desired radius] = [# of rows]
[# of rows] / 2 = [# of dec rows]
[# of dec rows] x [8sts decreased per dec row] = [# of sts decreased]
Make sure this number is divisible by 8.
[# of sts decreased] = [# of sts to CO]
Calculating your stitch marker placement
[# of sts to CO] / [8 shawl sections] = [# of sts in one section aka Y]
Knitting Instructions
CO [# of sts to CO].
R1: (pm, ssk, kY minus two) 8 times.
R2: purl across.
R3: (sm, ssk, k to marker) 8 times.
R4: purl across.
Rep R3&4 to 8sts.
Bind off loosely.
The previous post: Squares with a Diagonal Slit
The next post: 3/4 Square
