New Technique + Photo Tutorial! How to create a horizontal chained dropped stitch braid
Photo Tutorial: How to create a horizontal chained dropped stitch braid
This super cool knitting technique has been popping up all over the internet lately – let’s see what all the fuss is about!
Knit a piece with intentionally dropped stitches, then use a crochet hook to chain those drops together to create a bulkier braid that will stand out and highlight whatever you choose to use it for. Inspired by this project that I blogged about a while back, I decided to come up with my own interpretation. The technique shown below was specifically created for the [Sorry, item discontinued or temporarily out of stock] , which is a bottom up triangular shawl.
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This particular shawl has regular kfb (knit front and back loop) increases at the beginning of every row, and that shaping is incorporated into the technique. It requires a circular or two double pointed needles. Instructions are given below each photo.
• Start at the beginning of a RS (right side) row.
• Join Color B, leaving a long enough tail to weave in later.
• After knitting the first stitch with Color B, *yo three times, k1; repeat from * to end.
• When you reach the end of this row, break Color B. Without turning your work, slide the stitches to the other end of your needle…
• …where you left off with your Main Color. With Main Color, kfb, *slip the three yarn overs off the needle, k1; repeat from * to end.
• This is how your work will look after dropping all those yarn overs.
• With a crochet hook, twist the first two strands into a loop. I did this by inserting the hook from the top, as shown above, then rotating the hook to twist the yarn into a loop.
• First loop done – now the chaining part!
• Picking up two strands at a time, pass your original loop up and over the next set of strands. Those strands have now been turned into their own loop. Repeat this process of chaining two strands at a time across the row (more photos below).
• Same step, different hand position. You can see the two strands I’m about to pull through the loop on the hook.
• After making a few chains, your lovely braid will start to appear. Bask in its beauty!
• Continue chaining these dropped stitch strands until you reach the end. Don’t worry if you’re left with just one strand at the end – just pull that one through the loop like the others. Now that you’ve worked to the other end, you’re right back to your working yarn.
• Wrap Main Color around hook and pull through to create a stitch.
• Place this stitch with its friends on the knitting needle.
• A completed chained braid! Try this technique in the project below, or incorporate it into any simple striped pattern and show off your new skills.
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