Cathédrale
April 27th, 2007
I finished the kerchief last night, much to my excitement. I only had a few rows left to do, then the bits for ties so I could tie it easily around my head. I’m really proud of how I figured out the ties, and I plan to use it again in the future (as I love wearing these kerchiefs). If you’re familiar with knitting triangular shawls, this explanation will make sense to you.
Finish your last wrong side row, and turn your work to start the next right side row. Decide how many stitches wide you want your ties to be and designate this number A. Then begin your row up to where the first increase, or YO is (in my case, it was k2, yo at the beginning of every row). Those are your first few stitches, then knit the rest until you’ve reached A stitches for the width (including the YO). Then wrap the next stitch, turn your work, knit across. Repeat those two rows exactly the same until the ties are as long as you want. You’ll notice that along one side of the tie you have a bunch of wrapped live stitches, and your working stitches will be the end of the tie. When you’re done, bind off around the edge of the piece just short A + 1 stitches. Knit A + 1 stitches to the end of the row, turn and start the same pattern as before with the knit to the increase, knit to the end of the row, wrap and turn, etc. When you’re done, bind off the rest of the stitches.
Hmm…that was a bit of a quick and dirty explanation, but does it make sense?
Anyways, the lace pattern for the kerchief totally reminds me of gothic arches, say in some of the Gothic cathedrals in Europe. The colors don’t quite match up with that image, but I like the name. I’m so excited to get to wear a completed knit from my own handspun, and you can’t really tell that it’s handspun by any incredible unevenness either!
Beautiful Kristin!