Alternate Start, Luna Moth Shawl

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Foundation rows
K1
Row 1 (turn) Kf&b
Row 2 (turn) Kf&b, K1
Row 3 (turn) Kf&b, K1, Kf&b
Row 4 P url back with other hand (insert markers on each side of middle stitch )
Row 5 Kf&b, K3, Kf&b
Row 6 Purl back with other hand
Row 7 Kf&b, K5, Kf&b
Row 8 Purl back with other hand
Row 9 K4, yo, K1, yo, K4
Row 10 P4, K to last 4 st., P4 (with other hand)
Row 11 K4, yo, k1, yo, K1, yo, k1, yo, K4
row 12 rep. Row 10
Row 13 K4, yo, k2tog, k1 ,yo, K1, yo, k2tog, k1, yo, K4
Row 14 rep row 10

The replaces the provisional cast on portion of the pattern at Elann.com

When you start with that pattern you will need to remember that I have added two additional stitches. Each row will start and end with knit 4 instead of knit 3.

I also replaced the stitch k3tog with k2sps. (Knit 2, slip stitch back, pass next stitch over, slip stitch back again).

The part of this post that comes before this copyright notice, I do claim copyright for.

copyright @ 2009

Cathleen Bang Anderson

The original pattern can be found here.


http://www.elann.com/ShowFreePattern.asp?Id=208024

January 28, 2010

I just started the first repeat of the sequence yesterday. After doing the math, I figured out that in order for the pattern to work properly, I need to add the repeat parts of each row 2 additional times. That part of the row is 10 stitches. Each sequence adds 40 stitches, which means I need to increase each side by 20 each time I add a new pattern sequence.

This is not explicit in the pattern, which is why I had to do the math and figure it out for myself.