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Learn to Knit a Center-Out Shawl

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tri-light shawl vickie howellTriangular shawls are a lot of fun to knit, and a little scarf or shawl worked in this way is perfect for this time of year, while a bigger version will be great when the weather is cooler.

Either way, Vickie Howell and Jo-Ann Fabrics and Crafts have got you covered. There’s a cute little scarf called Tri-Light that you’ll find on the Bernat website (you’ll also find it on balls of her cotton yarn(ish) yarn), and you can check out the technique and lots of fun variations in a video Vickie did for Jo-Ann’s YouTube channel. This video will show you the basics so that you can knit the Tri-Light with ease or take the technique and give it your own spin.

Watching this really makes me want to cast on a shawl! How about you? I’d love to hear what you’re working on.

[Photo via Bernat.]

 

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Comments

  1. I have made this scarf according to the pattern but it is very short.
    Question: Once you have 173 stitches on needles and change to circular needles do you immediately do edging?
    Also it calls for 2 balls of yarn but following the instructions you only need 1.
    Please advise any help would be appreciated.
    Thanks

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Knit a Classic Aran Cardigan with this Free Knitting Pattern

Not too long ago I did a test knit for another designer that was for a cabled cardigan. It’s really cozy and nice but it just about broke me in a ton of different ways. I couldn’t get gauge, which I suppose is my own problem, but mainly I was somehow both bored and forced to pay attention at the same time. 

Because it used the same cable all over, I always had to know what row I was on, but nine out of ten of those rows, nothing in particular was going on. So I couldn’t stop paying attention, but what I needed to attend to was boring. 

It may have ruined me for knitting cabled sweaters, but maybe I just need something that’s more engaging. Like this Modern Aran Cardigan pattern from Lion Brand Yarn. 

This is a reworking of an old pattern from their archives, and you can tell that form the classic look of the cables and the oversized feel (nothing cropped about this one!). It has allover cables, but like a classic Aran sweater it’s not the same cable, so you’ll have to pay attention to what row you’re on and what cable turns happen for which cables on that row. 

Because of this, it’s considered an intermediate knitting pattern, but if you’re comfortable working from multiple charts at once it shouldn’t be a problem for you. There are three different charts and seven different cable moves. 

Also because the pattern is so big and boxy there are only two sizes available, with a finished chest measurement of either 49 or 63 inches (that’s 124.5 or 160 cm). It’s up to you to decide how much ease you would like and whether that will work for your body. 

The pattern uses worsted weight yarn (and calls for another classic, Lion Brand Fisherman’s Wool). It calls for six buttons and includes pockets to make it extra cozy. 

This one looks like a great winter project to make and to wear if you’re up for a bit of a challenge. You can grab the free pattern or buy a kit with the yarn needed direct from Lion Brand Yarn. 

[Photo: Lion Brand Yarn]