Mini Lesson

Yesterday was spent knitting. Section 4 is finished.

This shawl is from Rowan Mode #2 and is knit with Rowan Kidsilk Haze and Rowan Summerlite 4ply. We just received a restock on the 4ply.

The finished shawl is 18” wide and 89” long.

I looked up the pattern on Ravelry and it is currently a free download. 

Here are a few colour suggestions from Rowan.

You need 5 balls of Summerlite 4ply and 2 balls of Kidsilk Haze.

I took this from the Modern Daily Knitting website. You might recognize the logo. Mason-Dixon Knitting has changed their name.

We want to thank everyone who let us know how they felt about our name. We are deeply sorry for the pain we caused by having a name that did not communicate a warm welcome to all knitters, including Black knitters and knitters of color. We apologize for taking so long to realize that our name could not and should not stand.Changes to the site and printed matter will be made as soon as we can make them.Response to our new name has been overwhelmingly positive—a huge number of emails, texts, DMs, and comments. We’re grateful to you all for letting us know that you think this was a change for the better.

You will find the Field Guides on our website under Modern Daily Knitting.

Now I’m going back to my knitting. I am enjoying knitting the Hug Shot - the yarn is great and the pattern is mindless.

Don’t forget that you have until Sunday (June 14) to purchase a kit and get the pattern for free.

One thing to remember when reading the pattern.

This is in the abbreviations and it can be confusing. Yarn in back does not mean the wrong side of the work. It doesn’t matter if you are working with the right side facing you or the wrong side facing you - take the yarn away from you behind the needles. The same goes from yarn in front. That means towards you. It doesn’t matter which side of the work is facing you.

Mini Lesson
If this is still confusing to you, take some scrap yarn and cast on 21 stitches. Knit one row and then purl a row. Then
Row 1: *K1, slip one like a purl wyif * to last stitch and K1.
Row 2: Purl across.
Repeat these rows 4 times for a total of 10 rows.
Row 11: Knit across
Row 12: *P1, Slip one like a purl wyib * to last stitch and P1.
Repeat these rows 4 times for a total of 10 rows.

Your swatch should have floats on the right side.

You can see the floats on my shawl. My floats are offset - I didn’t do that in the mini lesson. Sorry. I want to knit 😘