Short Rows, Argggh!

Struggling with short rows? This completely FREE Short Rows class includes a series of high quality video classes that are easy understand and follow along. Didn’t quite catch a step? Click the 15 second rewind button as many times as you need to to view it again.  You’ll also get the downloadable and printable .pdf class materials containing step-by-step instructions, illustrations included. You’ll learn several different styles of short rows, including how to make those wraps invisible. The tutorial includes sweater back and sleeve cap shoulder shaping. Yes, both sides at the same time! Along with cardigan left and right panels and bust shaping.

I’m in the middle of knitting this free Sucre cardigan pattern. I’m making it a few inches longer to about mid-hip. It uses category 5 bulky yarn. Sucre is almost identical to the Bernadette cardigan. Bernadette is in Danish Google’s English translation is almost as cryptic.

The Sucre cardigan has slight shoulder shaping and I wanted to try short rows instead of the star-step bind-offs. Technically, I could skip the shaping and just make straight rectangles. The sweater already has dropped shoulders and I really don’t think it would make any difference at all. I just might end up doing that. Love me some mindless knitting.