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| Sea Foam Stitch knit with Lily Sugar'n Cream cotton yarn, color is Pinky Stripes |
While I love the look of this stitch, I have yet to use it in a project; all those extra strands of yarn tend to get in my way and I usually end up with more stitches on my needles than I am supposed to have. I even had to restart this sample piece a few times. The key, I think, is just taking your time and paying attention to what you are doing. Once I slowed down, I was finally able to get it right. Don't get me wrong, this is not a hard stitch to master, you just need to pay attention.
This is an 8 Row repeat, worked on a multiple of 10 stitches plus 6
- Rows 1-2: Knit all stitches
- Row 3: Knit 6, *YO (2x), Knit 1, YO (3x), K1, YO (4x), Knit 1, YO (3x), Knit 1, YO (2x), Knit 6. Repeat from *
- Row 4: Knit, dropping all YO from needle
- Rows 5-6: Knit all stitches
- Row 7: Knit 1, *YO (2x), Knit 1, YO (3x), K1, YO (4x), Knit 1, YO (3x), Knit 1, YO (2x), Knit 6. Repeat from *, ending last repeat of the row with a Knit 1
- Row 8: Knit, dropping all YO from needle
- Repeat these 8 rows for pattern
In the video below, I demonstrate Row 3, in which you are making the YO and Row 4, in which you drop all of the YO. I hope this is helpful. Enjoy!
15 comments:
What a helpful blog!
Hey how many stitches did u use
Hi Kelly
I believe I used 26 stitches for this little sample
I used this pattern for a scarf! Dropping the yarn overs really cut down my knitting time, and the scarf came out super soft and stretchy! I used a really chunky blend on larger needles (forgot the size), and it turned out great! Thanks so much for posting this on your youtube channel!!
I have went through a good 20 videos and this will be the only one that actually helped me understand what it was that I needed to do. I am new to knitting, only been doing it for a month and I love it, it's something that I wanted to learn for a long time. you my dear have taught me a new pattern in the most easiest way someone can teach it, I thank you!
Hi
Am new to knitting and i like this pattern very much think i will try it next. Do u think it could work for making a scarf?
Yes, I think it would be great for a scarf!
Easy but not for beginners. Easy to do the stitch, but you have to pay attention and you can lose your place if not careful!
I am using this in a sleeveless tank top. I've added selvage stitches for the seams, so that I am not attempting to sew the long thready unwrapped stitches.
This is a comfortable easy open stitch, looser than all the lace stitches currently in vogue, though I like those too.
I used this stitch as a beginner and it was not difficult. I jumped in and tried a lot of advanced stitches and techniques as a beginner and many I had little or no trouble with. I personally don't think that there is anything holding a beginner back from any more advanced stitches other than seeing the skill level written on many patterns... sure you might need to be a little more focused on more difficult patterns but that is true for even experienced knitters.
I found your method a lot easier for me to follow. I love this new stitch look forward to many more new ideas. Thank you.
Hi, I'm about to create a scarf very similar to yours using two different colored yarns. What method do you recommend for switching out colors for a long scarf? -- cutting yarn after weaving or carrying up the yarn?
Beatiful
There's a scarf pattern that uses this stitch exclusively. I started it twice but didn't like how the wrapped stitches looked--they middle ones were droopy and distorted. So, I started a third time and changed the yarn overs from 2,3,4,3,2 to 1,2,3,2,1 and it looked ever so much neater.
What needle size did you use and what was your gauge?
Babycloud, I do not recall what needle size I used, and I didn't check my gauge on the swatch.
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