Seaspray and Mainsail Shawls - How to work the Arrowhead Lace stitch pattern

This is a tutorial for the Arrowhead Lace as used in the Seaspray and Mainsail shawl patterns. This stitch pattern is worked over just 10 stitches and 4 rows (2 of which are purl rows). Once you have worked a few repeats and established the pattern it becomes easy to 'read' your stitches. This tutorial is full of hints and tips to make sure that you always work a lace stitch in the correct place on each row.

Here is the stitch pattern for the Arrowhead Lace repeats.

Row 1: K1, (yo, ssk) twice, k1, (k2tog, yo) twice

Row 2: Purl

Row 3: K2, yo, ssk, yo, sl2tog-k1-p2sso, yo, k2tog, yo, k1

Row 4: Purl

To download the Seaspray Shawl click here

To download the Mainsail shawl click here

Branching Out Shawl - How to work the Dropped Stitch Bind Off

This pattern has an unusual bind off which includes dropping the column of purl stitches that run between each of the cable columns and then creating some extra stitches on the bind off which allows the strands room to really stretch out when blocked. 

1. With RS facing k2tog through the back loops.
2. Slip the single stitch back to the LH needle purlwise.
3. Knit this stitch and the next stitch on the needle through the back loops.
4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 until you reach the first purl stitch of the row.
5. With the single stitch still on the RH needle, drop the purl stitch off the LH needle and unravel back to the yarnover stitch.
6. Insert the LH needle into the horizontal strand of the dropped stitch, from front to back.
7. Slip the stitch from the RH needle back to the LH needle.
8. Knit this stitch and the strand together through the back loops, leaving the new stitch on the RH needle.
9. Repeat steps 6-8 twice more.
10. Repeat steps 2-3 until you reach the next purl stitch on the needle.
11. Repeat steps 5-10 for the remainder of the bind off.

When you get to the last stitch, break off remaining yarn and thread through the last stitch to close. Weave in any loose ends and block your shawl.

For more details of the pattern please visit the pattern page HERE

Sail Away Shawl - How to work the 'K2tog, yo, purl' stitch sequence

A yarnover between a knit and a purl stitch is processed a bit differently than usual. Here's how to work the sequence:

1. K2tog
2. Bring the working yarn under the Right Hand needle and to the front. Wrap the yarn around the needle anti-clockwise ending with the yarn back at the front
3. Work a purl stitch

For more details of the pattern please visit the pattern page HERE

Sail Away Shawl - How to work the 'purl, yo, ssk' stitch sequence

A yarnover between a purl and a knit stitch is processed a bit differently than usual. Here's how to work the sequence:

Right Side:

1. Work a purl stitch
2. Take the working yarn to the back of the work. Wrap it around the Right Hand needle clockwise ending with the yarn at the back again
3. Ssk the next 2 sts together.

Wrong side:

When you get to the yarnover made on the previous row it will be in the wrong orientation. Work into the back of the yarnover to set it right. In the demo I am working a purl stitch into the yarnover.

For more details of the pattern please visit the pattern page HERE

Lake Louise Shawl - How to work the Double YO Stitch

This tutorial shows how to work the double yo stitch used throughout the Lake Louise shawl pattern. This double yo has a decrease stitch each side, a k2tog before and an ssk after to balance out the stitch count.

RS Row: K2tog. To make the double yarnover, bring the yarn to the front and wrap it around the right hand needle, bringing it back to the front again. Ssk the next 2 sts.

WS Row: Purl to the point of the double yo. Knit into the back of the first loop and slide this off the needle holding the 2nd loop in place. Knit into the front of the 2nd loop. Bring the yarn back to the front and carry on purling.

For more details of the pattern please visit the pattern page HERE

Summer Rain Shawl - How to work the Triple YO Stitch

This tutorial shows how to work the triple yo stitch that occurs on rows 6, 18, 30 and 42 of the pattern.

Purl to the placement of the triple yo stitch.

Keeping the yarn at the front, take it up and behind the right hand needle and back to the front.

Repeat another 2 times.

Keeping the yarn at the front, continue purling to the next triple yo.

For more details of the pattern please visit the pattern page HERE

Every Day I'm Ruffling Shawl - How to work the (k, yo, k, yo, k) into the triple yo

This tutorial shows you how to work the (k, yo, k, yo, k) stitch into the triple yo stitch made on the previous row.

Knit to the point of the triple yo.

Knit into the first loop of the triple yo, drop the stitch off the left hand needle and bring the yarn back to the front.

Keeping the yarn at the front, knit into the 2nd loop, drop the stitch and bring the yarn back to the front.

Keeping the yarn at the front, knit into the 3rd loop.

Continue knitting as per the pattern.

For more details of the pattern please visit the pattern page HERE

What's New Pussycat - How to work the Gathering Stitch

This tutorial show how to work the gathering stitch for the whiskers in the What's New Pussycat pattern.

Insert the right-hand needle under the 3 loose strands and through the stitch below the next stitch on the left-hand needle from front to back.

Wrap the yarn around needle and pull a loop through the stitch and back under the 3 loose strands.

Place loop on the left-hand needle, then k2tog tbl of new loop and the next st on the left-hand needle

For more details of the pattern please visit the pattern page HERE

What's New Pussycat - Adding the Nose Bead

This tutorial show how to add the nose bead to the What's New Pussycat pattern.

Lift up the strand that runs to the stitch on the right-hand needle and place this on the left-hand needle. Place the nose bead by using a small crochet hook and pushing the bead over both loops on the left-hand needle and then knit these 2 sts together

For details of the patterns please visit the pattern page for the shawl HERE or the sweater HERE

Paper Lanterns Shawl - How to work the Dip Stitch, 1/1 RC and 1/1 LC without a cable needle

This tutorial walks you through the 4 rows of the dip stitch pattern used in the Paper Lanterns shawl.

Row 1: Dip Stitch Row (time in video - 0:36)

Sl1 wyif, change to the contrast colour yarn , k2, ssk. Dip Stitch: Insert the RH needle into the stitch 4 rows below the next stitch, this will be the last row of the 2 stripe down. Drop the next stitch from the LH needle and unravel down to the held stitch. Wrap the yarn around the RH needle and draw a stitch through the held stitch and the 4 loose strands (handy tip: keep the held stitch to the right of the dropped stitches as you pull the stitch through as this will ensure it sits at the front), k5* repeat these steps to the end of the row as per the pattern. For the last dip stitch of the row you will use the kyok stitch from a previous row

Paper Lanterns Shawl - How to make the Tassel Fringe

Turn the work to wrong side facing. We will be starting from the last stitch that was just cast off along the garter edge. Take both the joining end and the finish end of the first contrast stripe yarn and knot them together, but don’t pull the strands tight as this will distort the edge. They will form part of the fringing so can be kept fairly loose. Repeat this for all of the loose ends of the contrast yarns.

Cut all of the loose strands to about 3” / 7.5cm

Take a small piece of cardboard measuring roughly 3.5” / 9cm by 2” / 5cm, hold it so that the smaller edge is at the top and cut a small slit.

Step 1: Choose a yarn and catch the end of it in the top slit, wrapping it around the card lengthways 3 times. Cut the yarn.

Upstream Shawl - Drop Stitch

To work the drop stitch

1) Follow the pattern to the point where you make the drop stitch

2) Drop the next stitch off the needle and unravel to the previously made yarnover

Upstream Shawl - Picot Bind Off

This tutorial shows you how to work the Upstream Shawl Picot Bind Off

Set Up: Bind off 4 sts as follows:
• K2tog-tbl. Slip the stitch just made back to the LH needle purlwise – repeat 3 times
Step 2: Cast on 3 sts using the knitted cast on
Step 3: K3, k2tog-tbl. Turn work
Step 4: P2, p2tog. Turn work
Step 5: K2, k2tog-tbl. Turn work
Step 6: P1, p2tog. Turn work
Step 7: K1, k2tog-tbl. Turn work
Step 8: P2tog. Turn work
Step 9: Bind off 6 sts as per the instructions in step 1
Repeat Steps 2 – 9 to the last 4 sts. Bind these off as per step 1. For the last st, cut the yarn and pull this through to close.

Chain Reaction Shawl - Joining the Loops

1. Transfer the live stitches from the right hand needle onto a small stitch holder (or piece of scrap yarn)

2. Take the strip of stitches and feed this along with the remaining yarn, from back to front, through the previous loop

3. Place the live stitches back on the right hand needle before working the 3 needle bind off