The Herringbone Toque, Herringbone Cowl, and Herringbone Mittens are all knit on the bias with i-cord edging. I’ve had some pattern support questions about the edging, so I thought I’d shoot some photos so you can see the big picture before following the line by line instructions; because even if you know that after a lot of repetition a new technique will make sense, it’s a whole lot nicer if you don’t have to wait.
The bias edging needs to be longer than the rest of the fabric; because the fabric is being increased, but the edging is still being build row by row, and the legs of a right angle triangle are always shorter than the hypotenuse.
When you reach the i-cord edge, slip 3 stitches with yarn in front, turn.
Knit 3, do not turn.
Slip 3 sts back onto the left needle with yarn in back. Do not turn.
Knit 3, continue on with the rest of the fabric.
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How would you decrease with the I-Cord on the bias
Hi Liz!
If you are increasing with i-cord on the edge, the overall shape of the fabric is a triangle. It is the same if you are decreasing. So the i-cord part needs to be longer than the rest of the fabric because it is going diagonally.
It’s like when you pick up stitches along a v-neck, you need more per row than you do along a straight cardigan front.
I’d work the decreases in the body of the piece, then extra rounds in the i-cord edge. The exact proportion of extra rounds of i-cord to edges will vary with the angle, there will be some experimental swatches and frogging. I’d start by making an i-cord free of the fabric, laying across a sample of the body of the piece you are working on, and seeing how many rounds of i-cord you need to match up with your main fabric. you can add stitch markers at so many rounds so it’s like a ruler.