Let\'s Knit - UK (2019-12)

“To add your bead,

thread a sewing

needle with a

short length of

cotton and knot to

make a loop. Pass

yarn through loop

and fold end over.

Slide bead onto

needle and push

down onto yarn.”

LK Deputy Editor Adrienne Chandler

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COSY LEGWARMERS

BY CHARMAINE

FLETCHER

January issue of Let’s

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19TH DECEMBER

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P2tog tbl

To avoid a twist when working

a p2tog tbl, LK designer

Charmaine uses a clever

trick. With the yarn in front,

slip the first stitch purlwise

then slip the second stitch

knitwise. Slip both sts back

onto left needle purlwise,

then with the yarn in front,

work p2tog tbl as normal.

ACCESSORY

pattern

k1, p1, p2tog tbl, k1, p1, k1. 13 sts

£ Next row: sl 1 pwise, p2, k2, p3,

k2, p2, k1

£ Next row: sl 1 pwise, p1, k1,

p2tog, sl 2, k1, p2sso, p2tog tbl,

k1, p1, k1. Nine sts

£ Next row: sl 1 pwise, p7, k1

£ Next row: using 3.75mm

needle, wyif sl 1 pwise, cast-of

pwise to last st, cast of last st

pwise tbl

ROSE

Using 4mm needles, cast on

100 sts

£ Row 1 (WS): sl 1 pwise, k to end

£ Row 2: sl 1 kwise, p to end

£ Rows 3-4: rep Rows 1-2

once more

Commence Twist section

NOTE: see Special Abbreviations

£ Row 5 (WS): sl 1 pwise, k4, twist,

(k5, twist) nine times, k10, (twist,

k10) four times

£ Row 6: sl 1 kwise, p to end

£ Row 7: (k2tog) to end. 50 sts

£ Row 8: (p2tog) to end. 25 sts

£ Row 9: sl 1 pwise, (k2tog) to

end. 13 sts

£ Row 10: sl 1 kwise, (p2tog) to

end. Seven sts

£ Cut yarn leaving a 30cm

tail, thread through rem sts,

pull tight and fasten of, but

do not trim yarn tail

TO MAKE UP

Join ends of Headband into

a round using mattress

stitch. Weave in ends and

trim. With purl side of Rose

uppermost and beg with irst

ive-stitch petal, roll petal to

form centre of rose. Spiral

other ive-stitch petals

around this, ending with

ten-stitch petals. Take yarn

tail up through centre of

petals and secure by going

through layers once or

twice. If beading, have yarn

tail at top and place bead.

Centre and attach Rose over

seam, securing and trimming

yarn tail LK

Great

(^) GIFT
idea!
great
ADVICE
“To avoid tightness
when increasing for the
leaves, wrap the yarn
around the needle twice
when working the centre
stitch on WS rows. On
the RS, knit the central
stitch by passing the
needle under the
two loops made by the
p2yrn. This provides more
yarn for the increases”
LK DESIGNER,
Charmaine Fletcher

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