Row and Rows of Ruffles Tutorial

Posted on April 17, 2011 by Kara

When it comes to adding ruffles to your knits, the possibilities are absolutely endless. The methods described here are simple techniques that anyone can learn. You can tweak just a few stitches, add a single stripe, or work in a new yarn and you have a totally new look.

This tutorial will show you a few easy methods, each resulting with a slightly different look.
You can make single ruffles, or get a little daring and add layers of them.
Use them as an embellishment, or incorporate them into a simple scarflette to create a look that’s uniquely yours.

The Basic Ruffle
This ruffle is worked in stockinette stitch, requiring simple K2tog and P2tog decreases over two rows of your work.
You would cast on 4 times the number of stitches required.
In the example below, we’ve chosen to cast on 80 sts, so we can arrive at 20 stitches, which would make a pretty edging for a scarf.

Single Basic Ruffle:
Cast on 80 sts; then work in St st to your desired length.
Next row: (RS) K2tog across.
Next row: P2tog across.


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Shaping technique

Read the original Post HERE and HERE

LINK TO VIDEO HERE and HERE

Short Rows for Lace

Short Rows for 8 row Lace

Posted by rachelerin on May 7, 2012 in All Tutorials

by Rachel Erin Designer


I made this tutorial specifically for the Tramonto lace shawl pattern, and it is intended to be accompanied by them.

If you are looking to do short rows in a different lace pattern, the basic principles in this tutorial will help you get a sense of one way to do it.



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Part 1: Double Wrapping Column Stitch 2

The stitch pattern used has 8 rows per repeat, and the last two stitches are a column of knit stitches that is worked in a Right Twist every 4 rows.
To fit a full repeat of lace into one Short Row section, each column stitch (labelled below) is double wrapped.

Here is a photo of the shawl

Link to the PHOTO HERE

Get the PATTERN HERE

Step 1: Work Row 1 of Sun Ray pattern up to column stitch 2.

Step 2: Bring yarn to front (shown below).

Step 3: Slip column stitch 2 to the right needle. (2 photos below)

Step 4: Bring yarn to back.

Step 5: Slip column stitch 2 back to left needle.

Step 6: Turn work and purl to end (Row 2).

Repeat Steps 1-6 once more (Rows 3 and 4 of the Sun Ray pattern). Work should look like the photo below right before you turn to purl back the second time.

Rows 5-8 of the Sun Ray pattern are used to double wrap column stitch 1; those steps are detailed in Part 2.

Part 2: Double Wrapping Column Stitch 1.


This is a little trickier because of an adjacent yarn over.

Step 1: Work Row 5 of Sun Ray pattern up to column stitch 1, including preceding yarn over.

Step 2: Bring the yarn to the front.

Step 3: Slip the 1st column stitch to the right needle.

Step 4: Bring the yarn to the back.

Step 5: Slip the 1st column stitch back to the left needle.

Step 6: Turn work and purl to end (Row 6).

Repeat Steps 1-6 to double wrap the stitch (Rows 7 and 8 of Sun Ray pattern). Finished stitch looks like this from the Right Side (photo below).

So, now you are back on Row 1 again, and your next step will be to work Row 1 of the Sun Ray pattern across the entire row.
When you get to the double wrapped stitches, you will pick up the wraps and continue on your way without doing a RT.
The steps for picking up and knitting the wraps are detailed in Parts 3 & 4.


Part 3: Picking and knitting the wraps on column stitch 1.


In this part, you pick up the wraps, rearrange them to get the wraps behind the column stitch, and then knit the column stitch together with the two wraps.

Step 1: Work Row 1 of Sun Ray stitch up to column stitch 1.

Step 2: Slip column stitch 1 to right needle; identify wraps.

Step 3: Pick up wraps with left needle.

Step 4: Slip column stitch 1 back to left needle.

Step 5: Pick up wraps with right needle, and lift them over column stitch 1.

Step 6: Slip the wraps back onto the left needle, behind column stitch 1.

Step 7: Knit together the column stitch and the two wraps.

Part 3 Complete! Continue directly on to Part 4. DO NOT turn and purl back – the wraps on both column stitches are picked up in the same row.


Part 4: Pick Up Wraps, Rearrange, and Knit Together with Column Stitch 2.

Step 1: Congratulate yourself on having done it once already.

Step 2: Slip column stitch 2 to the right needle, and identify the two wraps on column stitch 2.

Step 3: Pick up the two wraps with the left needle.

Step 4: Slip column stitch 2 back to the left needle.

Step 5: Pick up the wraps with the right needle, and lift them over column stitch 2.

Step 6: Slip the wraps back to the left needle.

Step 7: Knit column stitch 2 together with the two wraps.

Part 4 Complete!

Finish working the row in pattern.

You have now worked eight short rows in pattern, adding curve and ruffle to your shawl.

Sunday short rows tutorial

Annette Petavy Design
Posté le 19 juin 2015 par Annette

Read the ORIGINAL POST HERE

Read also THIS POST. It is referred in  page 97 of Madder Anthology 2 by Carrie Bostick Hoge.

These short rows are used in several patterns in the book Madder Anthology 2 by Carrie Bostick Hoge. They can of course also replace other short row techniques, and I must admit that I now use this technique almost exclusively. To me, Carol Sunday’s technique produces a much neater and less visible result than other types of short rows. Try them to see what you think!

1: Marking the short row

On the right side:

Knit to the end of the short row, including the stitch after which you will turn.

Turn work as usual.

Take a piece of waste yarn in a contrasting colour, and place it over the working yarn.

Purl the first stitch on the left hand needle. If you pull on your waste yarn, the loop around the stitch at the end of the short row becomes visible. Leave it alone for now!

Continue working. The waste yarn that serves as marker sits quietly at the bottom of the last stitch in the short row.

On the wrong side:

Purl to the end of the short row, including the stitch just before turning. Put another piece of wast yarn over the working yarn

Turn and continue working on the right side.

2: Resolving the short rows

We are going to get back to all those stitches left unworked.

On the right side:

Knit to the end of the short row, including the last, marked stitch. Pull on both ends of the waste yarn to make the loop visible. Place the loop on the left needle.

Remove the waste yarn and knit the loop together with the next stitch (the one at the arrow).

Continue working your row, and admire the result.

On the wrong side:

There is an extra step to ensure that the loop that you pull up with the waste yarn will settle on the wrong side of the work, where it won’t bother anyone.

Purl to the end of the short row, including the marked stitch. Slip the next stitch to the right needle.

As previously, pull on both ends of the waste yarn and place the loop on the left needle. Return the slipped stitch to the left needle. It now sits just before the loop.

Purl the slipped stitch and the loop together.

Continue working and turn to admire!

You can also check out Carol Sunday’s video of this great technique.