Cowltopus Mystery Knit-a-long: Clue 1 Tips and Tricks

[@DawnMoe]

I bought the pattern last week and have spent so much time watching your videos this holiday weekend that I feel like we are now friends, lol! I’m finished with 2 repeats of part 1 and am really enjoying this fun project!! 😊

[@LauraNelkin]

LOL! So glad you are enjoying it!

[@deannamoretz]

Love your shirt in this video - so vibrant! Just like you!

[@LauraNelkin]

Oh thank you! I'll tell you more about it it next week's live!!!

[@janstaples4891]

I love your cable needle! No way stitches will fall off! Would you mind sharing where you purchased it? Thank you! So enjoying the Cowltopus!

[@Keldertrapje]

I really like the sucker. the effect is great.

[@LauraNelkin]

Aw, I like the sucker too!!!!

[@lindadelcamp6686]

Do you have a crocheted pattern for this? If not, do you know how high it is in inches? I could convert it to crochet. I believe it's just to large rectangle that you fold over and stitch up.

[@SusanHeath-ef4rt]

Thank you for this video.

[@LauraNelkin]

Of course!!!

[@JordanLeigh]

Ooooooh this looks fun... brb going to my local yarn shop

[@LauraNelkin]

SO FUN!

[@karengolding6657]

Tried to log onto pattern request but advert is in the way. How can I get this pattern? How much is it? Can I use it to make multiple cowls to send to charities?

[@Keldertrapje]

I just got your pattern. I have a question : Can you explain better when you start knitting back and force in WS rows and RS rows. IStarted it and thought that it would be an attached ,due to the Judy's cast on, that I use for toe up sock knitting. The description leaves the WS and RS out after the first 2 rows. That way I also read the chart from right to left and left to right, but not reversing the purl to the knit and reverse in the second row. I thought that they were all RS rows. Redid it after 16 rows. Also the slip one with the yarn in the front (sl1yf) seemed to be making a brioche stitch and when I went back, knitted that stitch with the yarn over. Adding: bring the yarn back to knit the second stitch makes sense. It is not clear that it is a slipped stitch only. You are getting a nice edge, but it was supposed to be different. .

[@LauraNelkin]

Hi! ... what is different about this pattern is that though you do JMCO you aren't working in the round. All odd number rows are RS rows and all even number rows are WS rows. RS rows (odd) are read right to left, and WS (even) are read from left to right. I hope this ehlps

[@Keldertrapje]

@@LauraNelkin figured that out the hard way. the difference is that with Judy's cast on, it works to make a pouch kind. It was not clear that you have to leave an opening and you have to work back and forth.

[@Michwelle]

Juggling our yarn balls!!! Lmao!! Much love to you Laura, and to Lola too

[@LauraNelkin]

I was PSYCHED when that was our fortune... though I wish I had grabbed the skeins off of the octopus behind me and attempted to juggle them!

[@Michwelle]

@@LauraNelkin that would've beeb epic!!!!

[@skhelmick]

Laura’s - thank you, thank you, thank you! I read through the pattern early this morning and must confess I was a little confused. This video has cleared up all my questions, and I am ready to “Get Kraken”!

[@LauraNelkin]

Yeah! I am so glad the video helps clarify!!!!

[@elisa.m67]

I just died with the magic 8 ball 😂🎉😅😂😂😂😂

[@LauraNelkin]

I do love a little nugget at the end of a video!!!

[@divemistress]

I am grateful for the video! I have all the skills but I admit I was very intimidated when i read the 1st clue. The video made me calm again. Now i am casting on and hoping for the best!!

[@LauraNelkin]

You can do it!!!

[@divemistress]

I am doing it! We had Covid when the first clue dropped. We were driving home 14 hours when clue two dropped. I have the cast on down great. Now, I am doing my best to learn the sucker stitch so I can complete clue 1, move on to 2 and maybe get a photo in for the deadline. #aplantodeviatefrom

[@xstlady52]

Wow, how did you come up with the sucker stitch---cool 😂

[@LauraNelkin]

I played around ALOT!!!!

[@claudiaholaday]

Hi, On road to towards the end you slip 2 stitches with the yarn in front, That leaves a bit of a bar. Which I can see on my work. I don't see it on the sample you're working on. Am I doing this correctly?

[@LauraNelkin]

Hi! On RS rows you slip those 2 sts with the yarn in back which puts a float on the back and on WS rows those same two sts are slipped with yarn in front, so you'll see 2 bars on WS of the work!

[@willowtaylor3158]

Can this be started with Turkish cast on instead? I always steuggle with Judy's

[@LauraNelkin]

definitely!

[@suebane3383]

Great video! Thank you. If you could stop and spread your work out every so often it would give me the visual comparison I need. 😊

[@LauraNelkin]

Thanks for the feedback, I'll try to remember to do that in future videos!!!!

[@lyndaturcotte3604]

On row 9 - pattern and chart don't match.🤔 After the 12 stitches. Written k1, Sk, k4, k2tog twice but chart is k4, k2tog x3

[@amandak1683]

And Shello! To you, too!! ❤😂🐙

[@LauraNelkin]

Shello backatcha!!!

[@silviasimeoni1606]

Si potrebbe avere sottotitoli anche in italiano. Grazie

[@lisavandewater6036]

I’m feel daft. If we’re casting a total of 130 stitches for JMCO, don’t we need to multiply that 10-wrap length by 13. What am I missing?

[@JanetGreenley]

You only need to count the wraps for the half of the stitches that go on the needle that are coming from the tail, not the whole amount of stitches. (If that makes sense!)

[@catherinemyers7646]

Where/how did you get a custom answer magic 8 ball??? 😂

[@LauraNelkin]

Isn't it grand??? creatoriq.cc/4ezF3Gs

[@LauraNelkin]

sorry, I meant to say TOP DRAWER!!!

[@glendaharrison2343]

Lola, did you just call us “SHALLOW”? Sorry, bad joke, I know you didn’t, but it’s late… I’m tired and sometimes hear things wrong, so I had to go back and caught it the second time. But I thought you might get a laugh at my”need to pay attention” moment. 😊

[@glendaharrison2343]

I was trying to edit to say “I think I need to go to bed… but I’m so tired that I couldn’t get the ‘edit’ button to work…definitely time to go to bed!

[@LauraNelkin]

@@glendaharrison2343 LOL... I would never! I said SHELLO!!!!

[@claudiaholaday]

Sorry that should say row 2

[@LauraNelkin]

Gotcha, that's the WS row!