Shawl with knitting needles: knitting an openwork pattern and a video lesson
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Knitted shawls can decorate anyone's wardrobefashionistas, and also become a wonderful gift. This elegant accessory will not only help make your look unique, but will also give you warmth and comfort. It is better to start knitting a shawl using simple patterns. This will allow you to knit a fairly voluminous item that will look neat in a short time. This master class will help you learn how to knit a shawl step by step.
The process of knitting shawls
Preparing for work
To work you need to purchase circular knitting needlesnumber 5 and 350 grams of wool blend yarn. In order for a shawl with knitting needles for beginners to turn out openwork like in the photo, the knitting needles must be much thicker than the yarn. Note for beginners: When working, try not to tighten the thread. She should walk freely. To tie the edge upon completion of knitting, you will need hook number 5. The general appearance of the shawl with knitting needles and the knitting pattern will be presented in the article.
The product described in thismaster class, traditional triangular shape with sharp corners. Knitting starts from the right end. This knitted shawl has a front and back side. By constantly adding loops (hereinafter abbreviated as P), knitting proceeds in the direction of the central axis of the product. 80 cm after the start of knitting, you need to start decreasing P. Don’t forget about symmetry! Thus, as a result, you will get a product with a width of 160 cm. You need to decrease P on the front rows (abbreviation P) by knitting two Ps, together as knits located in front of the edges along the left edge of the knitting.
To get started, you just need to cast on three Ps on your knitting needles and purl them. This will be a preparatory P, which is not counted in the main scheme. Next we knit according to this pattern:
- The first P: one edge P, one face., One face. Of transverse thread, one edge. Similarly, add up to 85 P;
- The second P and all subsequent even rows are only knitted using the backspins. In addition to the first edge P, which is tied to the front one.
Choosing a Pattern This shawl is knitted with knitting needles, from the moment when the amount of P is increased to eight in the work. Before this, we simply knit with facial pills
Shawls are easy to knit and look impressive,knitted with large openwork rhombuses. The description and pattern of their knitting is quite simple. The repeat of this pattern is sixteen R. As mentioned above, all even rows are knitted with purl R. Do not forget that they are not indicated on the diagram.
We will describe in more detail a similar, but denserdiamond pattern. The number P when starting work should be a multiple of 6. Plus seven P for symmetry and two more edge P. That is, if you knit according to the above pattern, the patterns begin from the moment when the width of the product is at least fifteen P. When adding P, the patterns are extended by scheme. It is also quite acceptable to start knitting from the widest part on circular knitting needles and gradually reduce the width at the end and at the beginning of R. This method is suitable for small items.
This pattern scheme is convenient because its repeat in height is only 8P. And the description is quite simple. This makes it easily accessible for beginners.
Pattern patterns for knitting a shawl
Video: Openwork for a shawl
In addition to rhombuses, of course, there are manyother patterns for beginners that can be used to decorate a shawl. These can be openwork zigzags or stripes, “leaves”, “feathers”, floral motifs and much more. Photos and diagrams of beautiful openwork patterns suitable for knitting a shawl can be seen in this lesson.
Shutting down To make the shawl lookFinished, it will need to be tied with a crochet. The first P is carried out with ordinary posts without a crochet. The second P can be made more decorative, for example, to decorate the edge with accurate denticles or strapping called "rasche step", video for its implementation.
To do this, knit two single crochets,each in a separate P, then make three double crochets in one P and so on along the entire edge of the product. If you want to make the shawl more colorful or extravagant, make small tassels or pom-poms from the same threads. Various options for edge binding in the video material.
Video: Learning to tie edges
Video: Video lessons on knitting shawls