May 31, 2022, 8:45pm

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Easy Crescent shawl

 I cast on about 15 stitches and began increases with yarn overs. which I knit through the back loop on the return row. It hides the y/o better that way.

I added the green yarn and did a row of y/o, k2tog, for easy lace, keeping the firs three stitches and the last three in garter/

Maybe you can see the yarn overs here, which is on the back side. I did three on each side, and then knit the next row, then four, knit the next row, five, knit the next row. It seems to be working. The real difference is that the rows do NOT curve like they would if knitted top down. I maybe don't care/

Hits and misses

This is what I worked on all day Tuesday. taken from that youtube video I sent you. The idea is to not have a bump, but even so there is a lttle bit of one...and I don't like the eyelets along the garter edge, but the worst part is the gathers that formed as I progressed. Ugh. I don't feel confident that they will flatten out sufficiently when blocked. Also not confident with my color choices.

 So today I had a new idea of combining the slip stitches with the center eyelet idea of Around the Bend, only  using 5 sts in one instead of 7. Increase at the beg and ending with sl 1, kfb. The eyelet is in every fourth row and I used the rosette cast on to start.

This could be a shawl start or a kerchief shaped cowl...but I forgot to purl the slipped stitches, so this test sample reinforced doing that for the real piece.

I also used our fave rosette cast on for this attempt at a crescent shawl...still has a minor bump but no big holes along the edge. Increases that have to be counted every 6th row, which is annoying so I am also calling this a dud.

PS...sold this beauty today to a previous customer...Yay!