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European yoke 1/4 – Back piece
Cast on stitches for the back of the neckline and work the yoke back and forth, top down, while increasing each side until the number of stitches for the required shoulder width are achieved. The back piece has slightly diagonal shoulders. We show 4 increase-rows as follows:
ROW 1 (wrong side): Purl.
ROW 2 (right side): Read INCREASE TIP-1. Knit 3, increase 1 stitch towards the left, knit until there are 3 stitches left on the row, increase 1 stitch towards the right, knit. 3.ROW 3 (wrong side): Read INCREASE TIP-2. Purl 3, increase 1 stitch towards the left, purl until there are 3 stitches left on the row, increase 1 stitch towards the right, purl 3.
AFTER ROW 3:
Work ROWS 2 and 3 a total of 7 times. Cut the strand. Place the stitches on a stitch holder.
INCREASE TIP-1:
INCREASE 1 STITCH TOWARDS THE LEFT – from right side: Use the left needle to pick up the front strand between 2 stitches from the previous row, knit through from the back.
INCREASE 1 STITCH TOWARDS THE RIGHT – from right side: Use the left needle to pick up the back strand between 2 stitches from the previous row, knit through from the front.
INCREASE TIP-2:
INCREASE 1 STITCH TOWARDS THE LEFT – from wrong side: Use the left needle to pick up the back strand between 2 stitches from the previous row, purl through from the front.
INCREASE 1 STITCH TOWARDS THE RIGHT – from wrong side: Use the left needle to pick up the front strand between 2 stitches from the previous row, purl through from the back.
Yarn used: DROPS Andes.
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Video #1822, listed in: Learn to knit, European yoke
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