I am thinking of tackling this pattern for a shawl:
The instructions are a little tricky for me, as I am still fairly a beginner. I am okay with lace patterns, and I think I can handle the fiddly cast-on, but one instruction threw me:
P1 and K1 into the same YO
I am assuming the row below has the YO into which I am purling and knitting. I have never purled or knit multiple stitches into a single stitch (at least, not intentionally!). How is this done? I looked quickly at the excellent glossary here at Knittinghelp.com, but did not see anything. It sounds simple enough, but a video would be great.
Just purl into the YO, leave it on the needle and move the yarn to the back to knit into it. If you did 2 purls or 2 knits into the loop you’d just get a bigger loop.
That makes sense. I’ll have to try it a few times on some scrap yarn to be sure I get it.
Man, I’ve got to start a scrap square to just practice all these things on. Whenever I want/have to try something new, it always seems like I’m in the middle of a project.
You think P1, K1 into a yo is difficult? One of my projects at the moment called for 9 sts into a yo. Granted it was a double yo, but it was still a tight fit. A practice square is a good idea though.
It’s a great idea to have a bit of leftover yarn in your bag or box or wherever you keep you work to try out new techniques or just to see how the sts work together.