The kea is one of the world's most intelligent birds, and the only alpine parrot. In its native New Zealand, its penchant for mischief is legendary – stealing the sandwiches of unsuspecting tourists, laying waste to parked cars and even preying on …
Autumn Cornucopia Shawl
The best things about autumn are leaves that change their color, and having a walk through them on a day with clear, blue skies. The colors of both come together in this shawl to create a cornucopia, shaped with short Rs, from which a bounty of …
Wave Envy Shawl
A narrow, triangular shawl featuring short rows, knit on the bias, using 2 hanks of sock weight yarn. Works well with a solid and a variegated yarn. Tutorials Choosing Colors German Short Rows Size 81” long x 15” deep [205 cm x 38 …
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Stoneleigh Hat
This hat combines short rows, garter stitch wedges, and alternating colors for a fun knit! Inspired by other patterns with similar construction—but sweater patterns using this method for yoke shaping—the Stoneleigh hat is the little sister of the …
Tutorial: Shadow Wrap Short Rows
Expand your knitting with yet another method of working short rows with the Shadow Wrap Method. It's another way to work short rows without a wrap and turn. Even if you love one particular method, it's good to know other options because sometimes …
German Short Rows: A Tutorial
One of the things I really like about knitting is that there is next to never, only one way of performing a technique. Take short rows for example. Ask several different knitters and you will find several different ways of adding fabric to your work …
Hybrid Flamenco Shawl
Hybrid Flamenco reminds me of the movements and colors of Flamenco dancers. Its winding shape is obtained by joining (that’s why “Hybrid”) two shawl constructions: the semicircular shape and the triangular one. The unusual construction of this …
Spring Awakening Cardigan
Pattern is written for smallest size, with larger sizes in parenthesis. If one number is given, it applies to all sizes. A circular needle is used to accommodate the large number of stitches on the needle. Only the sleeves are worked in the …
Kuusevõrsed Socks
Some years ago, I designed several cabled slip-stitch sock patterns for Mystery Knit-a-Long held in an Estonian craft forum and fell in love ever since. I picked two shades of green to knit up the new design and soon I noticed that the colors and the …
Short Rows: Throwback Thursday
A lot of you are new to knotions - welcome! And even for those of you have have been around for a while, a little reminder never hurt. We have some excellent articles on short rows that you might want to check out: What short rows do (and …
How to Knit Short Rows
There are several ways to do short rows and I’ve probably tried most of them—wrap and turn, Japanese, yarn over, make 1—and the one that I prefer has changed over the years. For the past several though, I’ve been a wrap and turn girl. Why? It just …
Wave Cowls by Rebecca Hatcher
I confess—the first version of this design (the purple one) was inspired almost entirely by my plan of wrapping myself in the yarn, without breaking the bank. Since it’s pricy, a full-size scarf was out, but a cowl seemed doable. Short rows break …
