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Master Short Rows with this Easy Shawl Pattern

November 5, 2014 by Sarah White

Master short rows with the Yin Yang Shawl from Patons.Short rows are commonly seen in socks to help make the heel, but there are lots of other reasons you might want to stop a row short and knit in the other direction. It’s a great way to shape all sorts of things, including shawls.

Vickie Howell and Yarnspirations have teamed up to teach you all about using short row shaping in a cool (and on-trend) triangular shawl pattern known as the Yin Yang Shawl. This one is worked in two colors of the new Patons yarn Denimy, which recalls the acid-washed ’80s, but I would love this shawl in solid-colored wool, too (and may even be knitting it that way soon).

If the pattern itself isn’t clear to you or your need a little more help with the techniques, Vickie has done a 12-minute video that goes through all the necessary techniques to get this shawl off the needles and around your shoulders in no time.

Have you ever worked short rows in a shawl or elsewhere? How do you like the technique?

[Photo via Yarnspirations.]

 

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Comments

  1. Deborah Mielke says

    November 8, 2017 at 7:55 pm

    After writing out the pattern I watched your video. I was a little confused when it said to leave unworked stitches on a spare needle. I was envisioning all of these spare needles with all of these unworked stitches. Phew that is a relief to understand.

  2. Sarah White says

    November 10, 2017 at 2:15 pm

    Nope, just one needle. It’s actually pretty easy!

Have you read?

Stitch Some Seagulls on Your Sweater

It’s been well documented that I love a knitting pattern with a bit of whimsy, so when I saw the Mine! Pullover from Sarah L. Kelly recently I knew I had to share it with you.

I mean, who wouldn’t want to knit a sweater with a yoke full of seagulls? And another seagull at the waist? Chasing little crabs?

The story behind the sweater (and you knew there had to be one, right?) is that while Sarah was traveling around Europe there were a lot of cheeky seagulls about. They reminded her of the scene in Finding Nemo where the seagulls say “mine, mine, mine” and thus the Mine! series of patterns was born. 

Oh yes, there’s a whole set. It was the sweater I saw first but there’s also a pair of socks (and the pattern says there’s a cowl, too, but I couldn’t find it as of this writing. If you see it let me know and I’ll add the link here!) so you can totally deck yourself out in pesky seabirds if you want.

But back to the sweater for now. This is worked in DK weight yarn from the top down in the round. The yoke and a section at the bottom are worked in stranded colorwork, with stripes on the body, though you could make the body a single color if you wanted. Details like the beaks and eyes are added with duplicate stitch to make the knitting a little easier.

The colorwork sections are charted. The pattern comes in 10 sizes, with a finished chest circumference ranging from 32 to 68 inches, or 80 to 170 cm.

The socks are worked in sock yarn and come in three sizes. There worked from the cuff down and change needle sizes to accommodate the less stretchy nature of stranded colorwork. You can choose from a side profile or a seagull that’s looking out from the sock. Make a matching pair or mix it up.

Both patterns are available on Ravelry: sweater and socks. If you make them I’d love to hear about it!

[Photo: Sarah L. Kelly]

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