Lacy Linen Moebiuo
Designed and knit by Diane L. Augustin
Everything about this yarn is fantastic for spring and summer! It has stunning colors, knits quickly and easily, has a smooth hand and best of all (for me), 6/0 beads string onto it like a dream! I enjoyed my knitting and random beading experience a great deal. I can't wait to use the yarn in another project and I hope you will, too. Right offthe needles, it was very nice to wear, but blocking it with a bit of Eucalan non-rinsing wash, made it even softer and more flowing.
Thank you for your purchase.
Enjoy your knitting (and beading) experience. eel free to contact me with any questions at: dianelaugustin@mac.cor
Moebius Cast On Information
There are a number of ways to learn the moebius cast on. Illustrated step-by-step instructions are included in Cat Bordhi's books, A Treasury of Magical Knitting and A Second Treasury of Magical Knitting. Both contain a wealth of information about and patterns for Moebius knitting. (She has graciously given permission to reference her ingenious Moebius cast-ontechnique.) Here is the link to Cat Bordhi's U-Tube Moebius cast on video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVnTda7F2V4 More information is available on her website http: //www.catbordhi.com/
These are step-by-step instructions for the moebius cast on:
1. Make a slip knot and slip it to the center of the 47" cable. Hold the knot on your cable with your left hand, allowing the needles to dangle. 2. With your right hand, take the LEFT needle and bring it towards you and up to make the cable into a loop. Allow the other needle to hang down. We won't need it until all the stitches are cast on.
3. Hold the slipknot, needle and looped cable in your right hand. Hold the needle half way to the tapered tip. 4. Tension the working yarn above the cable in your left hand. Think of the cable as a stationary object you will be wrapping the yarn around. You will be holding it in both hands to begin the cast on, which is a wrapping sequence. 5. Point the needle towards you and bring it under the cable, over the working yarn, and back up above the cable. Do a yarn over. 6. Repeat this sequence to cast on the appropriate amount of stitches. Each time you perform this “under the cable, yarn over" sequence, you are generating 2 stitches. Count only the stitches on the top of your right needle. 7. Once you have the appropriate number of stitches cast on, spread the stitches around the needle and cables and up onto the other needle, so they form a circle. 8. Position the needles and stitches around them so that you can knit the stitches. This will take some adjusting. 9. Set the work down on a table top and, starting with the left side, position the needle above the cable, follow the path around the cables, making sure they are parallel all the way around until you get near the right needle. 10. At this point the needle should be over the cable or the cable will be over the needle. Either way is ok. This should occur only once and will indicate the 180-degree twist. 11. PLACE MARKER. Knit into the slipknot to join the work. Pull the stitches together at the join to close gaps. Knit into the "triangle" stitches or V's as they come to you. These are very different looking stitches made by the wrapping we did to cast on. The marker is crucial in moebius knitting. On the first round, it will let you know that you have done the twist correctly as you knit and it travels the path of the stitches onto the looped cable below your needle tips. When you see the marker on the cable below the needles, this is one half of the first round of moebius knitting. Once you see the marker at this point, keep knitting until you can slip the marker from the left to right needle. This will be one complete round of moebius knitting.
Lacy Linen Moebiuo
Materials:
One skein of Fibranatura, FLAX, which is 10o% linen yarn. Size 7 circular needles in a 47" inch length. Stitch marker. Approximately 300 TOHO 6/0 seed beads. (I used two colors of silver lined beads and made my own mix of turquoise opal and crystal.) Floss threader.
Directions:
Using the floss threader, pre-string your beads in random color order. You will be placing beads on both knit and purl rounds. Place a bead approximately every 20 stitches AS YOU CASTON. MCO (Moebius Cast On) 160 stitches, PLACE MARKER, join. As you knit rounds 1, 2, 4-6, 8-10 and 12-14, place beads randomly throughout being careful to avoid placing them next to each other or stacking them in a row. Spread them out with spacing that appeals to your taste. This is a freeform bead placement option. Have fun with it! Round 1: Knit and place beads randomly. Round 2: Purl and place beads randomly. Round 3: \*K1, YO (yarn over), K2 TOG (together)\* Round 4: Purl and place beads randomly. Round 5: Knit and place beads randomly. Round 6: Purl and place beads randomly. Round 7: \*K2, YO (yarn over), K2 TOG (together)\* Round 8: Purl and place beads randomly. Round 9: Knit and place beads randomly. Round 1o: Purl and place beads randomly. Round 11: \*K1, Y0 (yarn over), K2 T0G (together)\* Round 12: Purl and place beads randomly. Round 13: Knit and place beads randomly. Round 14: Purl and place beads randomly. Round 15: Knit the round without beads. Round 16: Purl the round without beads.
Moebius Bind Off:
K2, \*Slip both stitches back to the left needle, Knit them TOG through the back, K1, repeat from \*
Blocking:
Soak the moebius for fifteen minutes in tepid water with a small amount of Eucalan, a non-rinsing wash. Squeeze out excess water. Dry flat.
Enjoy!
Designed and knit by Diane L. Augustin. Copyright 2011. All Rights Reserved.
