Pattern Help, Please!

Sorry, Allaya, I can't help you. I am about to try a dropped stitch scarf, and this will be my first venture into this. I hope someone explains it, as I would love to hear the explanation.

Katherine

Allaya, unravel the five stitches back to the double yos ( it looks like they will be included in the yarn used for the fringe) This will form a loop for the fringe, when you have the loop, tie a knot in the loop and snug it up to the edge of the shawl. The knot keeps it from unraveling more. DA

Hi Allaya, yes you're supposed to unravel the five stitches there and back, so the five stitch border you had disappears to be replaced by loads of loops! It may seem drastic, but it is the technique!

Sue

Does anyone have problems with down loading this pattern, my computer freezes up whne I try. Bummer

Els

Thakns for your help guys. I must have been really tired last night! LOL

But there is a bit of a trick to this. YOu can't JUST unravel 5 stitches blindly because it's a triangle, and you really need to watch it. Plus, when you begin, you're going to run into one rogue stitch.

SO, the way I fixed this was I unravel all the way to the end of the row, which may or may not be 5 stitches. But when I go back, I only unravel 5 and no more. In the beginning, there is usually one extra stitch that is not included in the 5 back. So, what I do is I take the loop that forms, pull it through the remaining stitch and THEN I knot it. This binds off that one stith and secures it. After a couple of times of close counting, you're set to just let'er rip. :)

THere is some strange thing I encountered doing this though...I startedwith 5 stitches, but ended up with three. Not sure why...must have been that I messed up my increases and decreases on the other side of the shawl. Who knows...but you can't really tell. It's a very nice looking shawl. :)

Allaya

Allaya wrote:

Hi Allaya,

Are you going to show us a picture of it?

Hugs,

Nora

Me? A picture! LOL You know I would, Nora, but some pretty amazing things have happened within the past few days that are sort of preventing me from doing that right now...

So here's the good news: We bought a house on Friday! It's our first real honest-to-goodness non-attached house with a real yard! We're so excited!

So while escrow goes, Adam and I have been madly de-cluttering and selling/storing so that we can get the house in order to sell. That said, there will be no pictures or things of that sort for a little while since I'll be mainly operating off of my little laptop for the next month or so...and then baby will be arriving shortly after.

At any rate, it looks very much like the one in the link I gave, only in black. I used a silk/alpaca blend instead of the yarn they recommended. It's so nice and buttery soft.

Allaya

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COngratulations, Allaya! I know that your daughter (and the new baby) will love having a yard.

Kather> Me? A picture! LOL You know I would, Nora, but some pretty amazing

Congratulations on the new house, Allaya! May it always be filled with love and happiness! :o)

Peace! Gemini

What great news, Allaya! Congratulations and lots of good luck.

Janise