Garter Tab

A garter tab makes the top edge of a top-down shawl smoother.

Garter tab. In this video I demonstrate this method which can be done with or without a provisional cast on. This video tutorial shows one of my favorite ways to begin a shawl - the Garter Tab Cast On. Learn how to knit the Garter Tab Cast On a technique used for shawls knit from the top-down.

If you were to just cast on for a shawl and start increasing youd get a gap at the center top caused by the shaping of the increases. This cast on method creates a small square of garter stitch that will be used at a later point to join in the garter stitch edging from your shawl and fill out that gap in your shawl. If youve looked at any top-down shawl patterns you have probably seen the garter stitch tab.

Basically all one is doing with a garter tab is creating the first few stitches in the top border of the shawl a little rectangular starting point. This serves two purposes. The garter tab is a great knitting technique to begin a shawl thatll be worked from the top-down and centre-out.

STEP 2 Rows 1-6. Traditional triangle shawls half pi shawls and other shapes use this technique. Garter Tab or Lace Shawl Beginning - VeryPink offers knitting patterns and video tutorials from Staci Perry.

In the final shawl the garter tab is sideways relative to the body of the shawl. It adds a stitch between the picked up stitches which gives a little more stretch. Many Garter Tab directions have you work this step as a provisional cast-on but we have found that since this little tab is so small you dont actually see the cast-on edge and it is much simpler to work a long-tail cast on rather than go through the fuss of provisionally casting on the 3 stitches.

The most popular color. Um Dreieckstücher aus der langen Mitte heraus anzustricken eignet sich der dreiseitige Maschenanschlag durch den die lange Seite keine unschöne Unterbrechu. Step 1 Begin by casting on a multiple of 3 sts longtail.