Monday, January 28, 2008

Can I say that I'm really surprised? Those geniuses over at Vogue Knitting had the perfect method for knitting a shawl collar. Perfect and ingenious.

You are knitting short-rows, in a sense. You start by picking up stitches just along the straight part of the back of the neck. Knit back across these stitches and pick up a few more at the end of the row. Since I was working in a 2x2 rib, I picked up 8 stitches (I think their recommendation was 6, but I had to accommodate my pattern). Turn, work across stitches, pick up 8 more at the end of that row. You continue to do this until you've picked up stitches for the entire neckline!

(At the same time, when you've knit about 3/4 of an inch you add a few decreases just to the back of the neck.)

It's brilliant I tell you! Brilliant! I love it and I'm half-way home on the collar. Perhaps. I will finish. Tonight!! Bwahhahahaha!

(Oh, and can you believe that this is even a picture of the same sweater? The difference between night and day, if you will.)

4 comments:

spajonas said...

awesome! i would not have thought of that! :)

Macoco said...

Sounds like a great method for the shawl collar. I can't wait to see this one finished up!

CityMinx said...

That looks beautiful! Was is in a Vogue mag or book? must attempt....Er, once I get back to knitting, that is.

Sarah / Blue Garter said...

That really is genius in its simplicity. Given the hours I've spent trying to work invisible short rows for a ribbed shawl collar, I feel like a huge doofus for not having thought of this method. Thanks for shining the Vogue light over this way!