Knitted Modular Scallops-Part 2

[@marsharoque7397]

Wow Cheryl, I'd been trying for three days now to perfect a scallop, and on a whim found your tutorial! This is the first time, ever, I have written anything on the net, but your thorough presentation will save me hours, and you deserve the tribute. I enjoyed your really wonderful personality as well, you are a delight. Thankyou, I am now a fan!

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

Thank you for this kind comment Marsha and I'm delighted that this helped you! You are so welcome. Have you joined my email newsletter group at cherylbrunette.com yet? If not, please join us.

[@staciehenderson3336]

I found some really pretty yarns the other day that I knew I wanted to make a blanket for my bedroom, but wasn't sure what kind of pattern I wanted to do. I was checking out to see what you'd posted new lately and saw these two scallop videos and just thought that they would be beautiful doing them that way. I've got a Dr. Who scarf that I'm finishing up right now, but after seeing this, I'm finding I am having a hard time doing that because I want to play with this instead. :) Thank you again for all you do and share with us!

[@yarnexpress]

Hi Cheryl, Thanks for the video. About the ending row of scallops, I believe decreases are necessary to get the curve. What I would try, if I really wanted the start & end to match, is to work the scallop the same as the starting row except I would pickup the stitches from the sides of 2--7 from each. Then I would cast on 12 (original cast on less 2). Turn knit 12 then the 1st picked up st. Turn & repeat. At the end of the 2nd row 14 sts. Then I would work decreases as before except I would do double decreases 2 sts together with a picked up st. Something to play around with anyway.

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

Thanks yarnexpress! I can't quite visualize what you're describing but often, when I pick up needles and yarn and work it through step-by-step, it becomes clear. Thank you for your thoughtfulness on helping figure this out! This two-way communication is one of the reasons I love KZbin.

[@patriciacrossett9289]

You are so smart! Thanks so much for sharing this. I can hardly wait to get started. This is a perfect place to use up ends of skeins. Sadly, it will be a bit before I get some other projects finished, which I have PROMISED myself I will do before starting a new project..

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

Oh Patricia! You are so kind! Thank you for watching and commenting and good for you for finishing a project or two before starting another. I . . . er . . . expect that when I die there will be a few unfinished projects. That's OK. Someone can rip them out and use the yarn.

[@emmapicott449]

Hi from the UK! Thank you for these videos-I've been trying to find a way to knit a mermaid tail blanket that would actually look like a mermaid's tail when finished, and this is absolutely perfect. I will post photos on your Facebook page when it's finished, as I've literally just started!

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

Great Emma!!! Thank you and I look forward to seeing it. Have you joined my email newsletter group at cherylbrunette.com yet? If not, please join us.

[@emmapicott449]

I did try, but unfortunately it didn't like either of the addresses that I use for anything like this. I have joined your Facebook page, though.

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

email me your address at [e-mail] and I'll add it manually. Facebook is not a very useful tool for communicating with people compared to my email newsletter.

[@yarnexpress]

Hi Cheryl, I was writing while trying visualize. As you say it's easier with yarn & needles in front of you. When the garden gives me a minute, I'll try it out,

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

I do that! I write it first as I visualize and then work through it. I often have to revise as I go along but that's the process of learning and creating. I actually like it a lot. Enjoy your garden!!

[@rmonas1]

I am having a lot of fun making these little scallops and using up leftover yarn. But I am stumped as to what to make with it.

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

A baby afghan, a lap robe for your local nursing home, a shawl. Make it on big needles out of wool and felt it into a bag in which to carry your knitting. A long, kimono-style jacket/sweater. . . Google some images of Knitting or afghans and see what comes up to inspire you. Good luck!

[@rmonas1]

Great ideas...thanks! Since I have little patience for big projects, I think I'll go with a lap robe.

[@irishagold]

Thank you for the video, Cheryl! I enjoy all of your videos. Even the old ones, where you show machine knitting! Oh, yes, I wanted to add about designer. Tashashu is her nik name on the web, her real name is Svetlana.

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

Svetlana is an inspiration with her innovative work! I will have to track her down to thank her. And you are so welcome for the videos. Thank you for watching and commenting.

[@irishagold]

Knitting with Cheryl Brunette oh, it is easy to track her down, here is the link to her pattern page on Ravelry - www.ravelry.com/stores/svetlana-gordon-designs

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

irishagold Thank you for this link to Svetlana Gordon's work. She is so innovative in her explorations.

[@patriciajane7352]

I've enjoyed your video on scallops Cheryl and I'm building up my scallops but they are not scalloped shape like yours they are straight across the bottom not mermaids tailed and I don't know why. Do they get shaped when they are knitted together?

[@staciehenderson3336]

I've been practicing on this one. When I'm doing the first pair that you start with, the cast on part isn't getting that nice rounded line that your is. Would that be because I'm casting on too tightly, do you think? All of the extra little strings on each of them, did you just weave those in like you would on a regular knitting project? I was trying to figure out the best place to weave them in on the points at the top of the scallops so that it will keep the pieces snug.

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

Hi Stacie. My first couple of trials were just triangles, so yes, part of it is a very loose cast on and the other is that the decreased edges are tight. That helps pull them up. Also, when you pick up the next tier that helps to form the curve. I wove the ends in as invisibly as I could, just looking for the best spaces to work them in as I went along.

[@MaryVivit]

Thanks for sharing both the successes and failures. Have you tried this fill in across an entire row? It looks like it might form some ripples. I haven't had a chance to try it myself. BTW, where's the best place to purchase Sweater 101? I can't always use another solid reference, and I want to make sure you get the biggest cut.

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

I haven't tried it all across a row yet Mary but I think it will be OK. That golden color one is a considerably heavier yarn and the scallop DOES have those concave places that invite a convex curve. AND it's the same number of sts and rows so I think it will work that are supposed to bow out instead of in. The gold Manos del Uruguay has about 135 to 140 yards per 100 grams and the rest of the worsted weights are closer to 200 to 230 (all are all wool). The mohairs are way off too for gauge but I wanted to test the possibilities.

[@MaryVivit]

Knitting with Cheryl Brunette Ah - that should be perfect.

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

You know, Mary, as a teacher I think it's VERY important to show the "failures" or the experiments that showed promise in our heads but didn't work out. I think this models problem-solving skills and perseverance for any subject. Edison is purported to have tried 1000 solutions to invent the light bulb before he succeeded in getting it to work (e.g. trying different filaments for the incandescence). "How did it feel to fail 1,000 times?" Edison replied when asked the question. "I didn’t fail 1,000 times. The light bulb was an invention with 1,000 steps."

[@nicolecharcosset8291]

la dernière partie n est pas assez expliquée pour celles qui maîtrisent mal l anglais.dommage le reste par les gestes était bien.peut être pourriez vous sous titrer en anglais. merci

[@rossyalva12]

Today is more easy

[@saritakhosla4818]

It's fantastic

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

Thanks you Sarita! I'm glad you like it. Have you joined my email newsletter tribe over at cherylbrunette.com yet? If not, I hope you'll consider it. That's where I keep in closest touch with knitters and I give out a ton of good information.

[@vildansen1808]

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