Da Crofter's Kep KAL Part 3: The Crown
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- Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
- We're knitting my favorite part! The crown of this kep is simply stunning.
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Hello Jana, thank you for your videos, they've been most helpful as this is my first attempt at Fair Isle knitting...however I do have one question which I hope you can answer. I'm sure it's glaringly obvious to everyone else, but I just don't seem to be able to get my head around the start of Chart C. On row 1 of the crown instructions on Chart C it tells you to K2tog 4 times across each 24 stitch section, by my reckoning that's 7x4=28 stitches in total. If I have 168 stitches to start with, deduct 28, I have 140 remaining, not the 144 as stated in the pattern (as a multiple of 24 it means you correctly end up with a 6 pointed star). Any help is gratefully appreciated 😁
I had the same question and I think I just figured it out. When you count the stitches on row one of chart C, it’s 28 stitches, not 24. So, 28 x 6 = 168. So, just ditch the stitch markers and you should be good to follow the rest of the chart.
RK is exactly right.
Thank you MK and Jana for your replies...I’ll give it a go
Thanks so much I will try it out.
Here I am 3 years later, working on the current SWW project (Islesburgh Toorie). I knew I’d need help with starting the crown and those tricky star decreases so I’m back watching the absolute best explanation and tutorial. Thanks Jana!
I am new to fair isle knitting. I am so happy I stumbled across you. 😁
Greetings from Australia DownUnder . Stunning colours! Absolutely beautiful!
This is so helpful. Thanks a million for making these videos.
You're very welcome!
Thank you so much...I was looking at that chart with puzzlement and you have set me right.
You're very welcome!
It is truly beautiful!
Hmm 🤔 For my central double decrease I slipped two knitwise , the knit one and passed the two slipped stitches over the knitted stitch. It made a little ridge of knit stitches all the way up the star points. You are right Dana. I started the crown last night and worked till I finished!
So do you like the ridge? Wondering if this is a good thing or bad…
@@delmahockett1747 , I do like the slight ridge it makes and that neat line of knit stitches running up the middle of the star points. It almost makes it look 3-D. I’ve deicide to knit last years Kep, Katie’s Kep, and i will do that same central double decrease with the crown on that hat too..
@@nancymorgan5505 is there a way I can see it like revelry if possible? Thank You for answering my question!😀
I agree, Nancy. A CDD is K2tog, k1, pass the two slipped stitches together over the stitch just made. The other is a left leaning double decrease.
Jana, I washed, carded, dyed, spun and knitted the brim and body. Starting on crown yeh!!! Thanks so much for all your help. Now I am stuck. I have 168 stitches before I start round 1 of crown. Instructions say I decrease 4 stitches with k2tog for 6 repeats to give me 144 total stitches, but I have 7 total repeats. I am stuck, can you help me?
I would just knit through the chart, however many times necessary to complete the decreases, and carry on.
Why do you always slip as if to purl? Does it give a different effect? I always slip as if to knit unless it specifies otherwise. I suppose the most important thing is consistency, but I'm curious about your approach. Also, I learned in watching interviews with some Shetland knitters - maybe even Wilma Malcolmson - not sure anymore, that in traditional Shetland knitting, it was customary to tie the ends instead of weaving them. I probably saw this in interviews on Fruity Knitting. This seemed like an absolute travesty to do, but I tried it on my Katie's Kep from last year's SWW and it turned out great. I also started weaving in and out new and old yarns in sweaters and that was a game changer - no weaving in at the end at all. And it did not add any extra time in the knitting and I felt very clever for learning that!
The reason I think it’s important to skip as if to purl is because you’re simply moving the stitch across from one needle to the other without twisting it. If you slip as if to knit, you twist the stitch.
@@PurlTogether If I'm not mistaken, the reason to slip knitwise in this decrease is so that once you pass it over and off, the legs will be uncrossed, whereas slipping purlwise actually leaves it twisted at the base once it's passed over. So remounting it by slipping knitwise actually gives an uncrossed (flatter) result, if that's what you're after.
I should add, Thank you for your wonderful videos, they are so helpful, and calming. I just started a j&s crofter's kep, and I got a jamieson's and a foula wool kit, as well. :)
I tried a cdd on a Katie's Kep last year cause a lot of people on Rav were saying they prefer it, but I actually like the way this left-leaning double decrease blends into these crowns better!
I learned to always slip as if to purl unless otherwise told, (like with the enteral decrease).
Hey Jana I have a question regarding Chart C. If on the first round I am decreasing 4 stitches with the k2tog how can I still have 24 stitches for round 2? The decreases starting from round 3 are all accounted for with the grey "non-stitches" but round 1? Thanks for all your wonderful videos I've learned so much, you're a great teacher and explain very well.
I just pinned a comment that you'll find helpful. You won't have the same stitch counts between markers now. So you'll want to just remove the markers and knit the crown as written.
@@PurlTogether Well I mean the pattern itself shows 4 decreases in round 1 but no grey stitches in round two, the markers don't really make a difference I tried decreasing as per chart but it doesn't work out I tried without the decreases and it's working out fine. I was wondering if that is an error on the first round of chart C because that's what it seems to me.
@@rosannina1959 I wondered the same thing until I realized chart B is 7 repeats of 24, while chart C is 6 repeats, to make that beautiful 6-pointed star. Considering you posted a few months ago, you probably already figured this out by now:)
Chart C Row 1 each repeat section starts with 28 st, decrease 4 times down to 24 sts and repeat 6 times NOT 7 times like we did on Chart B
I’m still waiting to order my yarn.
I have been knitting my Katie's Kep with Jamieson Spindrift and am frustrated with the yarn. I find that the pattern colored yarn in my left hand wears thin fairly quickly. It is so annoying to find very thin stretches and to feel I have to be so careful handling it. Does anyone else experience this? I would never attempt a sweater in this yarn.
Is it possible to buy the yarn for the kep from you.
Oh this is stunning Jana!!! I am so tempted to buy a kit! I can’t seem to find how much wool it takes? How much did you have left of colours besides the main colour?
The amount leftover will depend upon your gauge and whether you choose to knit a swatch first, or not. A knitter on Ravelry reported the following amounts leftover:
“Color A: 24 grams, B was 7 grams , C was 4 grams, D was 6 grams, E was 4 grams, F was 4 grams. This fits so well using a US 2.5mm. “
While this particular knitter used 24 grams of Color A. Since the skeins are 25 grams total, that’s cutting it pretty close if your gauge is different than hers.
@@PurlTogether Thank You for this Janna😀🧶
Hello Jana! When decreasing the crown , will you switch to double point needles?
I prefer the Magic Loop technique. I can use the same needles through the entire hat.
@@PurlTogether Is there a tutorial for it? Thank you.
I’m working the crown. Just starting row 1. The knit 2 together. There’s supposed to be 24 stitches yet it is not adding right at the end. What am I doing Wrong. There’s supposed to be 5 blue stitch but after the 4 k2togethers I am only left with 3 blue stitches
Help please.
Please see the pinned comment and response at the top of the comment section. Thanks!
Okay not sure what your referring to. I have tried to figure it out by myself
Thanks
The pinned comment is one where someone else was talking about the same thing so I "pinned it" at the top of the page here, so it would be easy for others to read. Anyway... just remove the markers and follow that chart doing the decreases as shown.
I wished you would have shown us the stitches involved in the crown I need to see how those blank stitches are incorporated into the hat. I am not understanding the process.
The blank spaces are not stitches, think of it like a world map or globe that is shown on a flat paper. The pattern is trying to depict a three dimensional curved object on a flat piece of paper