And Another Thing

I knit several extra yo-yos with the purl bump loops on Round 6 so, of course, I had to use them. How would I do that? Placing the loops on needles is analogous to picking up stitches along an edge in that it gives you stitches to start working from. Since the loops have a left and right edge, I treated them as actual stitches with the right edge over the front of the needle. As in the previous post, the white stitches in the diagram represent the decrease lines and the light gray stitches are the ones in between. The dark sections are those stitches hidden by the decreases in Round 7.

This would be a perfect place to add an edging. Most edgings, though, are knit as long strips and attached to the main piece. (If you'd prefer to do this, you would do it similarly to attaching one side of the I-cord as in the last post.) I wanted an edging that goes out from the center. Enter "Cobweb Frill" from page 341 of A Second Treasury of Knitting Patterns by Barbara G. Walker. It's written as a flat piece that continues into a main section so I had to make a few adjustments to get it to work here.

Make a Basic Yo-Yo but replace Round 6 with a purl round. Block the yo-yo before going any further. There will be forty loops around the edge of the yo-yo, so put 10 on each of four dpns. I find this most easily done with the flat side of the yo-yo facing up.

Round 1: With the side you want as the right side facing you, k40. (In the example above, I used the gathered side as the public side.)
Round 2: (K1 tbl, p1, yarn over) 20 times. 60 sts.
Round 3: (K1 tbl, p2) 20 times.
Repeat Round 3 for the desired width.

Bind off as follows: [K1 tbl, p1, pass the first st over the second. (Yarn over and pass the st on the RN over it) 2 times. Drop the next st on the LN and let it unravel all the way down to the base yarn over.] 20 times. Cut and secure the end.

Wet and block the edging well. Allow to dry. Add an embellishment to the front and a pin-back or hook and enjoy!