Who doesn’t like an almost FO?
I’m always working on some project or another, and most weeks I talk about what I’m working on Wednesdays as part of Tami’s WIP Wednesday project. You can see past WIP Wednesdays … right this way.
I’m THIS close to being finished with by brown and green shawl knit out of Plucky Knitter yarn.
I’m thinking just a couple more rows before the bind off. YAY!
While the colors on this second photo are awful, you can see the garter/stockinette detailing better.
And because of the garter/stockinette patterning, I think the back is just as interesting as the front.
I’ve spent the past week editing away on the Shawl Geometry book. I’m super excited!
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Shawl Geometry: Right Triangle
This is the fourth post in a series about different shawl shapes and how to knit them. All the posts in the series can be found right here.
Right Triangle from the top down
If you take a square and cut it in half diagonally, you’ll be left with two right triangles. So, working half of the shaping for a Square Knit in the Round, will give you a Right Triangle shawl.
The Right Triangle is shaped using a pair of increases (or decreases) down the center spine, and a single increase (or decreases) along either edge, all worked every other row.
Knitting Instructions
CO 7sts.
{4 border sts + 2 sections + 1 spine}
R1: k2, yo, k1, yo, pm, k1, pm, yo, k1, yo, k2.
R2: purl across.
R3: k2, yo, k to marker, yo, sm, k1, sm, yo, k to last 2sts, yo, k2.
R4: purl across.
Rep R3&4 to desired dimensions.
Bind off loosely.
Right Triangle from the bottom up
Just like the Square Knit in the Round, can be worked from the center out and the hem in, this Right Triangle can be worked from the top down or the bottom up. This makes sense since a triangle is half a square.
Calculating your cast on
Determine your final gauge, and desired depth down the center spine.
[Desired depth] / 2 = [Z]
[Z] x [1.4142] = [magic number]
[Magic number] x [row gauge] = [# of rows]
[# of rows] / 2 = [# of dec rows]
[# of dec rows] x [4sts decreased per dec row] = [# of sts decreased]
Make sure this number is divisible by 4.
[# of sts decreased] = [# of sts to CO]
Calculating your stitch marker placement
[# of sts to CO] / [2 shawl sections] = [# of sts in one section aka Y]
Knitting Instructions
CO [# of sts to CO].
R1: ssk, kY minus four, k2tog, pm, ssk, kY minus four, k2tog.
R2: purl across.
R3: ssk, k to 2sts before marker, k2tog, sm, ssk, k to last 2sts, k2tog. R4: purl across.
Rep R3&4 to 4sts.
Bind off loosely.
Both of these methods create shawls that are half squares and right triangles. Some people find these a little bit hard to wear in that they slide off the shoulders and are therefore a little bit fiddly. So over the next two weeks we’ll talk about two variations that I think are a little easier to wear, a Shallower Triangle and a Right Triangle with “Wings.”
These are simply the basics, backwards and forwards. These basics can then be manipulated and expanded upon and played with to create a myriad of other shawl shapes. However, these shapes are incredibly powerful on their own, add patterns & textures, lace, cables, knits/purls, color work, anything you can think of.
The previous post: Octagon Circle
The next post: Shallower Triangle
Creative energy is up
But what would happen if you* knew that creative energy was up all the flipping time?
*in this post you really means me, and (maybe) you too but only if you want it to
What would you make? What would you create?
What would you put out into the world that didn’t exist before you?
And that wouldn’t exist without you?
What if you thought creative energy was always up?
And that the variable was you* not it?
*me
What if the variable in the equation
you* + inspiration + time = art
*remember, you meaning me, and you if you want it
wasn’t inspiration, or time, or creativity, or ideas, or your muse, or any one of a million other things? But rather the thing that changed and moved and shifted was you?
Then wouldn’t you* become the thing keeping your art from existing?
*me
And with that little bit of fortune cookie inspired musing I’m going to go knit so that I have a better chance of having a knitting based WIP Wednesday for you next week.
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