NOVEL knits IN BLACKS WHITE Modern CLASSICS IN BOLD COLORS Pump up the VOLUME WITH shrugs & shawls NEWSWORTHY TRICKS with l-cord, short rows, & Navajo ply KnittingUniverse.com Internal I-cord by Susan Sarabasha Some of you may know of a sewing designing hats, mittens, shawls, I thought about this for a while technique/feature called a welt. You skirts, a sweater, cowls, socks, and and then placed the instructions for may have noticed it on Western- other miscellany. cast-on (adding stitches) and bind style shirts. Usually it is made by While working up Verve — a skirt off (removing stitches) side by side. inserting piping or a contrast fabric in the last issue of /Cn/ffer's— I imag- "Hmmm," I said to myself. "How can in a seam to create a delineation ined a welt would be a nice delin- I do both at once but still maintain between yoke and body. eation between the tiers. I wanted the same number of stitches?" My husband, Jim, has given me to do so without binding off and I worked each separately, not- quite a few knitting books over picking up stitches, but I couldn't ing how they are formed, then the years, and those by Elizabeth figure out exactly how to accom- tried putting them together. After Zimmermann are among my favor- plish the task. several false starts and ripped-out ites. Before her books came into And then... Boing! I-cord was the samples — all accompanied by my life I was a dependent knitter. I answer! So I searched through EZ's exacting notes which were crossed followed each and every instruction books and then on the Internet to out, erased, and replaced — I fig- as best I could — often using the find I-cord cast-on, bind-off, cord- ured out how to make my very own yarn called for, in the same color. EZ ing, and edging, but alas, no I-cord Internal I-cord piping. liberated me. Over the years — with that produced what I needed — one This 3-stitch welt travels horizon- her unknowing encourage- edge attached to the knitting, and tally across the fabric. ment — I struck out on my own. one edge with live stitches. POEMS ARE OFTEN DISTINGUISHED BY GREAT BEAUTY OF EXPRESSION. YEAH, WE'D AGREE WITH THAT. Wisdom Book 3: Poems Reflections is a wonderful collection of patterns using Wisdom Yarns Poems with designs by Cornelia Tuttle Hamilton. Poems is a 100% wool roving-type yarn featuring artistic colors that shade easily from one color to the next. • Rnd all the wisdom you need at httpy/www.jimmybeanswooLcom/poemsreflections (Ou3?^ O/ toAx^Q lYl UNIVERSAL Ml YARN ••• jimmy beoru oiool?,^.? WWW.IIMMVBEANSWOOL.COM (877) |BW - KNIT (529-56^t8) VISIT OUR SHOP IN RENO, NV FOLLOW US Bt r 7 Kf&b,kl,SSK, completed. .2 Slip 3 to left needle. As you work and join one side to the existing stitches, you create new stitches To work Internal l-cord Be careful to The cord is worked twice in the along the opposite edge of the cord. maintain even tension; do not work shawl, with a little change that acom- too loose or too tight. modates the shawl's edge stitches. It At the beginning of a RS row, cable also works well in circular knits. The cast on 3 stitches for the l-cord. All Verve skirt from Knitter's is a perfect rows [Knit in front and back of example. first l-cord stitch (1 new stitch For a circular knit With waste created), k1, SSK (last l-cord stitch yarn, cast on 3 stitches to the left with main stitch, above left); slip 3 needle. With main yarn, work Internal You have joined the l-cord into a The new stitches become the base for back to left needle (above right)] l-cord across all stitches. With an circle and have the same number of additional knit fabric. repeat across all stitches from left 8"-10" length of main yarn, remove stitches as before. needle, then si 3 to left needle, bind waste yarn and graft last row of This little detail has many possibilities. off 2. Begin the next row with an SSP l-cord to cast-on stitches. I cannot wait to try other ideas! to maintain the original stitch count. Lena (jiro\N Caress designed by M*'d( La^tz-TrisscL (\'Vi '^(Krns claudiaco.com KnittingUniverse.com 29 5 6 6 Luxury and volume cortihine in this generous triangle shawl with internal I- cord ridges, a center lace mesh p^anel, and eyelet pairs in stockinette. End it with a simple hut effective lace edge, and you have a modern-day heirloom. designed by Susan Sarabasha Heirloom gray (RT) Knit second stitch through back Stitch key RIGHT TWIST Chart 1 loop, then knit first stitch, drop both off the needle. RS Knit on RS, 9sts See Knitwise page 44. purl on WS LEFT TWIST (LT) Knit second stitch, then knit first Chart 2 0 Yarn over (yo) o ]RS I I | | Mo | Yo, knit to marker, yo, sm. Chart 1, sm, stitch, drop both off the needle. See Knitwise page 44. '-6-st repeat 0 K2tog Row 21 SSSK yo, knit to marker, yo — 291 stitches. Charts Rows 22, 24 Purl to last stitch. 3-ST EDGE I loHIbm RS El K3tog '-6-st repeat^ Yo, marker, yo, sm. Chart 1, sm, R5 rows SI 1, RT, work to last 3 stitches, LT, k1 tbi. IS K3tog through Row 23 purl to last stitches, k1 tbI. Chart 4 yo, purl to marker, yo — 295 stitches. WS rows S1 1, p2, work to 3 p2, back loop I lol I M I/I I 161 ri RS 25-48 Repeat Rows 1-24 — 343 stitches. ' Rows ' tbi) 12-st repeat (k3tog INTERNAL l-CORD ROW Remove 2nd and 3rd mark- Rows 49-64 Work Rows 1-6 twice, then work ers. With larger needle, 3-st edge, cable cast on Rows 1-4 once more — 375 stitches. 3 stitches to left needle, [kf&b, k1, SSK, slip 3 Row 53 [Yo, kl] twice, [yo, k2tog] to marker, yo, l-cord welt: Row 65 (RS) Work Internal l-cord stitches back to left needle] repeat to last marker, sm, [yo k2tog] twice, kl, [yo, k2tog] to 2 before Row — 376 stitches. si 3 to left needle, bind off 2, 3-st edge. last marker, [yo, kl] twice, yo — 181 stitches. Row 66 (WS) With smaller needle, SSP, p179, Row 54 Knit to last 3 stitches. pm, p9, pm, p180 — 375 stitches. Rows 55, 56 Purl to last 3 stitches. Section 1 Section 4 With smaller needle, cast on 19. Row 1 (RS) SI 1, RT Section 2 Row 1 (RS) Yo, pm, knit to marker, pm, yo, (3-st edge), place marker (pm), yo, [k1, yo] twice, Rows 57-78 Repeat Rows 7-18 once, then work sm. Chart 1, sm, yo, pm, knit to marker, pm, pm, k9, pm, yo, [k1, yo] twice, pm, LT, kl tbi (3-st Rows 7-160 once more — 247 stitches. yo — 379 stitches with 8 markers on needles. edge) — 25 stitches. l-cord welt: Row 79 (RS) Work Internal l-cord Rows 2, 4, (WS) Purl to last 3 stitches. kl, sm, [Chart 15 times, sm, kl, yo, Even-numbered rows 2-18 (WS) S1 1, p2 (3-st edge) Row —248 stitches. Row 3^0, 4] purl to last 3 stitches, p2, kl tbi (3-st edge). Row 80 (WS) With smaller needle, SSP, pi 15, pm, p9, sm. Chart 1, sm, yo, kl, sm, [Chart 4] 15 times, Rows 3, 3-st edge, slip marker (sm), yo, kl, yo, knit to pm, pi 16 — 247 stitches. sm, kl, yo — 383 stitches. next marker, yo, sm, k9, sm, yo, knit to 1 before mark- Row 5 Yo, knit to marker, sm, [Chart 4] to er, yo, kl, yo, sm, 3-st edge—6 stitches increased. Section 3 marker, sm, knit to marker, yo, sm. Chart 1, sm, Rows 7, 9, 77, 73, 75 (RS) 3-st edge, sm, yo, kl, yo, Row 1 (RS) Yo, knit to marker, yo, sm. Chart 1, sm, yo, yo, knit to marker, sm, [Chart 4] to marker, sm, knit 1 knit to marker, — 251 stitches. knit to marker, yo 387 stitches. knit to marker, yo, sm. Chart 1, sm, yo, to yo — before marker, yo, kl, yo, sm, 3-st edge — 6 stitch- Rows 2, 4, (WS) Purl to last 3 stitches. Rows 7-26 Repeat Rows 5 and 6 ten more es increased. Row 3 Repeat Row 1 — 255 stitches. times — 427 stitches. Continuing to maintain 3-st edge at beginning and Row 5 (RS) Yo, [Chart 2] to marker, yo, sm. Chart 1, Row 27 (RS) [Yo, p2tog] to 4th marker, sm [yo end of every row through Section 4 of shawl, work sm, yo, [Chart 3] to marker, yo — 259 stitches. p2tog], twice, yo, kl, yo [p2tog, yo] twice, sm, between first and last markers as follows; Rows 7-16 Repeat Rows 1-6 once, then work Rows [p2tog, yo] to last 3 stitches — 429 stitches. Row 17: Eyelet row (RS) [Yo, kl] twice, [Chart 2] to 1-4 once more — 279 stitches. Row 28 3-st edge; removing first and last 3 before Repeat 1 — 283 stitches. markers, purl to last 3 stitches, 3-st edge. marker, yo, sm. Chart 1, sm, yo, [Chart 3] to 2 Row 77 Row marker [kl, yo] twice, sm — 73 stitches.