ok, i have a poncho i'm working on but i'd like to add an edging to it rather than fringe, as my cats will eat that, but i think i may have to miter some corners for a nicer look. does anyone have any recommendations on where i can find a recourses to learn how to do this without decreasing? is that even possible?
thanks,
Guen
thanks,
Guen
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Re: mitered corners.
Thu, December 21, 2006 - 3:18 PMYou can crochet it on. That would go nicely around corners.
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Re: mitered corners.
Thu, December 21, 2006 - 6:47 PMI'm not sure how you would do it *with* decreasing. I think you need *increasing* skills to do mitered corners.
YOs work. M1s work pretty well, too, if you want to minimize feline-tempting holes. -
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Re: mitered corners.
Fri, December 22, 2006 - 5:39 AMthanks. that's what i was thinking but everything i was finding talked about decreasing and that didn't make sense to me. I'll have to play around. -
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Re: mitered corners.
Sat, December 23, 2006 - 11:59 AMMaybe the pattern you're looking at is working from the outside in?
If you already have the inside (rectangle) done, this is one way:
Pick up and knit along one border.
K1, M1, knit to the end.
Turn, K1, M1, knit to the end.
Repeat until your border is as wide as you want it and BO. (You'll have a trapezoid sitting on your border.) Don't break the yarn.
Pick up and knit down the diagonal side (your mitre), one stitch for every row.
Pick up and knit along border two. Starting from the corner NOT along border one, K1, M1, knit to the end with the last stitch being a stitch from the first row of border one. When you knit back (away from the trapezoid), just knit to the end (no M1).
Repeat until trapezoid two matches trapezoid one.
Repeat this again for border three. Border four, of course, has no M1s at all, since you're joining trapezoid three and trapezoid one.
This is a condensed version of EZ's instructions for a Shetland shawl. If you're totally confused, PM me your email addy and I'll scan them in and email 'em to you.
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