Spring Classes and Events (Knitting and Indigo)

You guys, I'll be honest with you: I love teaching! And knitting! And indigo!

So here are a few of the things planned for the next few weeks, in case you would like to take advantage of my loves...

💐 Upcoming Classes & events! 🌺

April 30: Carousel Hat Class 2-4pm

May 3: Monday Morning Knitters 10-11:30am

May 7: Charleston Indigo Scarf Class 9:30-11:30am

May 14:  Indigo Demo 11-3 @Georgetown Museum

May 21: Knitted Bobbles Class 2-4

June 6: Monday Morning Knitters 10-11:30am

June 11: Coosaw Cowl Class 2-4

June 18: Charleston Knit in Public Day 9:30-11:30 am @ RiverFront Park, N. Chas.

More details here, as well as on our Facebook page (where you can subscribe to events so you won't miss them!)

The Dagney (and a sale!)

I am delighted to announce that the Dagney Hat is now available in my Ravelry shop! In celebration of this momentous event, I am offering discounted pricing on it and all my other patterns, too for this weekend only, March 21-April 3, using promo code: DAGNEY.

Did I mention that the sale is 50% off?

Yes, this sale includes the hugely popular TARDIS sock pattern...as well as all the others :)

Free Pattern Friday--the latest for the Red Scarf Project--Take the Trolley

Well it's finally here! I prefer to have my latest Red Scarf Project pattern completed earlier in the year, but it's still just March and above all else I LOVE how it turned out!

I love how the bobble ridges run the length of it, like trolley tracks.

This pic shows the back side as well--no bobbles to show off but still looks quite presentable!

Ready to knit your own? Here is the pattern or you can get a free pdf download from Ravelry here.

Take the Trolley by Tamara Goff

Materials
US size 8 (5 mm) needles
KnitPIcks Brava Worsted 100% Premium Acrylic (218 yds/100 gr), 2 balls in colorway Paprika.

Notes:
(for videos showing these techniques, see:
http://www.knitoasis.com/blog/2016/3/new-video-tutorials-bobble-ktbl-ptbl )
Mb= make bobble: k1, p1, k1 all in the same stitch, then pass one stitch at a time over the first stitch.
tbl= through the back loop

CO 39 sts
Work 4 rows seed stitch for border
Row 1(RS): (k1, p1) twice, k1, p2, Mb, p4, k1tbl, p2, k9, p2, k1tbl, p4, Mb, p2, (k1, p1) twice, k1
Row 2 (& all even numbered rows): (k1, p1) twice, k3, p1tbl, k4, p1tbl, k13, p1tbl, k4, p1tbl, k3, (p1, k1) twice.
Row 3: (k1, p1) twice, k1, p2, k1tbl, p4, k1tbl, p2, k9, p2, k1tbl, p4, k1tbl, p2, (k1, p1) twice, k1
Row 5: (k1, p1) twice, k1, p2, k1tbl, p4, Mb, p2, k9, p2, Mb, p4, k1tbl, p2, (k1, p1) twice, k1
Row 7: as row 3
Row 8: as row 2

Repeat these 8 rows until piece measures almost 60”. Knit 4 rows seed stitch for border. Bind off loosely.

There you have it--a scarf for the awesome kids helped by Foster Care to Success or anyone else you deem knitworthy. Let me know what you think and don't forget to post your pics on Ravelry linked to the pattern, in our Ravelry group, on our Facebook page or anywhere else you show off your knits with #knitoasis so I'll be able to find it!

Looking for other Red Scarf Project ideas? Check out my Free Patterns page for the last 3 patterns I designed plus a few other things as well.

New video tutorials: Bobbles, k1 tbl, p1 tbl

Update! The pattern is now complete and ready for knitting! And it's FREE! Check it out here: Take the Trolley scarf.

I'm working on the latest Red Scarf Project pattern and in the process of the development, I have given the draft of the pattern to some intrepid test knitters. Right away they encountered a bizarre little bobble and some stitches knit and purled through the back loops of random stitches.

In an effort to A) Walk them through the techniques remotely and B) Make good on my plans to upload more videos to my YouTube channel, I present the following:

1: Make bobble

To knit my 2016 pattern for the Red Scarf Project, you need to know how to make a modified bobble. Here's how! Mb= make bobble: k1, p1, k1 all in the same stitch, then pass one stitch at a time over the first stitch.

2: K1 tbl

"k1 tbl" = Knit one stitch through the back loop. It's as easy as it sounds: you knit the stitch, but instead of knitting it through the front loop as usual, you knit it through the back loop.

3: P1 tbl

"p1 tbl" = purl one through the back loop. Sounds weird, feels even weirder, but the results are worth it!

There you have it, three new videos from KnitOasis HQ, where the filming location might have been chosen in part to include my pretty new floors.

Questions? Comments? Want to see more videos? Let me know. Now that I've edited and uploaded 3 in one day, I think I have the basic techniques down (except for sound, but then a silent video IS multi-lingual, after all) and I would love to improve on what I know while helping YOU improve on what you know as well! Thanks for watching!