Month: July 2023

Wildflowers Don’t Care

This asymmetrical shawl is based on a Dolly Parton song that includes the line,”Wildflowers don’t care where they grow.” To me, it is a song about surviving, possibly even flourishing, in difficult times. The piece is worked entirely on the bias. The body of the shawl starts with a small number of stitches and grows out with KYOK double increase on right side rows only, with a simple yarnover edging on both sides. An applied border is then worked perpendicular to the piece. The little flower pops in the pattern stitch will show up subtly against a bright backdrop of color. This shawl is fun to knit and wearable year round.

Published in the Fall 2023 Issue of TKGA’s Cast On Magazine.

KYOK and Purl Cluster Demonstrations

This is a video to demonstrate some special stitches I use in my Wildflowers Don’t Care Shawl.

The KYOK stitch is the increase I use.

KYOK – Knit one stitch but do not drop it off the left needle, yarnover, knit the same stitch once more. Two stitches have been increased.

The other stitch demonstrated is a three stitch purl cluster, which is neither an increase or a decrease – it is purely decorative.

Cluster 3 – Purl 3 stitches together but do not drop off the left needle, yarnover, purl 3 together once more. The stitch count will remain the same.