The Spring e3 Summer Moebius
Designed and knit by Diane L. Augustin
Happy Spring! Happy Summer!
I love Spring & Summer and I love this yarn! Berroco Seduce and Seduce Colors are a blend of 47% Rayon, 25% Linen, 17% Silk and 11% Nylon. The yarn is cool and smooth to the touch with a silky texture, making it ideal for warm weather projects. The Spring e? Summer Moebiuto is a versatile fashion accessory, also a perfect lightweight choice for too-cool air conditioned spaces. Fun and quick to knit, the pattern results in an airy, lacy texture. These are each made with one hank of Seduce using the special cast on invented by Cat Bordhi. I recommend watching the U-Tube video. In addition, I have written step-by-step instructions included in this pattern. If choosing to bead your moebius, I recommend TOHO 6/0 seed beads due to their uniformity and smoothness. The beads are strung onto the yarn using a dental floss threader, available most anywhere dental supplies are sold. Once they are strung onto the yarn, you begin the cast on, placing one bead approximately every 15 stitches. From then on, occasionally place one bead at a time, on both knit and purl rounds, making sure to stagger their positions. Of course, bead knitting is optional. I love knitting with beads and hope you will, too. If you have ever wanted to try adding beads to your knitting, this the project for you. The Spring & Summer Moebius also makes a lovely gift. Once you try it, you'll want one in all the colors!
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-on technique.) Here is the link to ber U-Tube Moebiuo cast on video. http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=LVnTda7F2V4 More information iv available on ber website http://www.catbordhi.com/
These are step-by-step instructiono 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 tapere 4. Tension the working yarn above the cable in your left hand. Think o the cable a 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 “unde cable, yarn over" sequence, you are generating 2 stitches. Count only the stitches on the top of your 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 paralle althe way around until you get near 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.
Materials:
1 hank of Berroco, Seduce for each moebius. Size 7, 47" circular knitting needles. Between 100-300 TOHO seed beads, size 6/0.
Directiono for the beaded version:
Using a dental floss threader, string between 100 an 300 6/0 TOHO seed beads onto Seduce. MCO on 84, 102 or 150 stitches, depending on the desired circumference. Occasionally place beads on the knit and purl rounds, one at a time, taking care to stagger the beads apart from each other. Do not line them up.
PatternInstructiond:
The basic knitting pattern is (MCO) Moebius Cast On the desired number of stitches, remembering to count only the stitches on top of your needle. Knit one round, Purl one round for either 11, 18 or 21 rounds, depending on how many MCO stitches you choose.
The sizes are:
Shortie - 4 1/2" wide x 24" in circumference. MCO 84 stitches. Knit One Round, Purl One Round, for a total of 21 rounds. MBO Moebius Bind off. (see below) Medium - 3 1/2" wide x 28" in circumference. MCO 102 stitches. Knit One Round, Purl One Round, for a total of 18 rounds. MBO Moebius Bind off. (see below) Long - 2 1/2" wide x 40" in circumference. MCO 150 stitches. This moebius intended to be worn doubled at the neck to form two layers, but can also be worn as a long scarf or necklace. Knit One Round, Purl One Round, for a total of 11 rounds. MBO Moebius Bind off.(seebelow)
MoebiuoBind Off:
K2, \*Slip both stitches back to the left needle, Knit them TOG through the back, Kl, repeat from \* Weave in ends. You may wish to secure the fastened tails with a dot of Fray Check.
Shortie (beaded)
Medium
Long (beaded and doubled)
Long (beaded) Thank you for your purcbase. Enjoy your unique knitting experience! Please feel free to contact me with any questions: dianelaugustin@mac.com
