Stephen WestJoin my How to Knit Socks online workshop and watch over 2 hours of inspirational videos! The workshop includes the Scrappy DK Socks pattern and the Westknits Simple Socks pattern for your fingering weight sock yarns.
Sock Fit TipsStephen West2023-01-20 | Join my How to Knit Socks online workshop and watch over 2 hours of inspirational videos! The workshop includes the Scrappy DK Socks pattern and the Westknits Simple Socks pattern for your fingering weight sock yarns.
Collect sock yarn at Stephen & Penelope! We ship worldwide! stephenandpenelope.com/collections/yarn-by-brandNever Run Out of Yarn While Casting OnStephen West2023-06-09 | Learn lots more tips like this in my new workshop called Westknits Best Tips. This beginner friendly workshop is filled with lots of tips and tricks for you to watch at your own pace.
You will learn how to… - Create beautifully harmonious and dynamic color combinations - Fade colors together for perfectly blended shawl and sweater fabrics - Substitute different yarns for your projects using your stash and LYS - Incorporate mohair into your knitting - Customize the size of shawls - Create sweaters that fit with my top sweater fit tips - Venture into the design world with my top design tips - Understand the importance of gauge - Knit I-cords and make the edges looser - Cast on with my favorite cast ons - Bind off with my favorite bind offs - Fix mistakes in your knitting - Weave in ends - Block your shawls - How to wear your shawls
Get €10 off when you sign up this month. Sign up here! westknits.com/products/2307543-1I-cord Boost for Stretchy Wingspan Shawl EdgesStephen West2023-06-09 | Learn lots more tips like this in my new workshop called Westknits Best Tips. This beginner friendly workshop is filled with lots of tips and tricks for you to watch at your own pace.
You will learn how to… - Create beautifully harmonious and dynamic color combinations - Fade colors together for perfectly blended shawl and sweater fabrics - Substitute different yarns for your projects using your stash and LYS - Incorporate mohair into your knitting - Customize the size of shawls - Create sweaters that fit with my top sweater fit tips - Venture into the design world with my top design tips - Understand the importance of gauge - Knit I-cords and make the edges looser - Cast on with my favorite cast ons - Bind off with my favorite bind offs - Fix mistakes in your knitting - Weave in ends - Block your shawls - How to wear your shawls
Get €10 off when you sign up this month. Sign up here! westknits.com/products/2307543-1Westknits Best Tips - Workshop TrailerStephen West2023-06-06 | Sign up for my new Workshop called Westknits Best Tips to learn all about combining colors, creating faded color palettes, knitting with mohair, and lots of design tips! I also share my favorite tips for cast ons, bind offs, I-cord, fixing mistakes, shawl blocking, and more!
WESTKNITS WORKSHOPS Join a Westknits Workshop and learn all of my favorite techniques online with up close-up video tutorials. Sign up for my workshops here... westknits.com/collections/workshopsQuilting Triangles - Knitting TutorialStephen West2023-04-25 | Download the Quilting Triangles Shawl in the Modular Coloring Shawls e-book on Ravelry here... ravelry.com/patterns/sources/modular-coloring-shawls
Click on any timestamp below to skip ahead in the video to your location in the Fragmentation Shawl pattern. 2:21 How to pick up sts for Triangle 3, 5, etc... 4:16 How to slip a picked up selvedge st wyif at the end of Row 1 4:40 Row 2 of Triangle 3 or 5 doing the M1L increases 6:04 Triangle 16 picking up sts and attaching this triangle to Triangle 2 11:55 Triangle 18 13:58 Row 2 Triangle 18 15:30 Row 3 Triangle 18 16:07 Row 4 Triangle 18
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WESTKNITS WORKSHOPS Join a Westknits Workshop and learn all of my favorite techniques like Brioche Basics or how to Design Your Own Top-Down Shawl. My workshops are available online with up close-up video tutorials, so you can watch them as many times as you like. Sign up for my workshops here... westknits.com/collections/workshopsDouble Decreases - Knitting TutorialStephen West2023-04-13 | Download all my patterns on Ravelry here... ravelry.com/designers/stephen-west
WESTKNITS WORKSHOPS Venture into the world of Westknits with my series of online workshops. Westknits Workshops can be watched as many times as you like and at your own pace as you learn new knitting skills. Sign up here! westknits.com/collections/workshops
WESTKNITS WORKSHOPS Join a Westknits Workshop like How to Knit Socks or Design Your Own Top-Down Shawl and learn all of my favorite techniques online with up close-up video tutorials. Sign up for my online workshops here... westknits.com/collections/workshopsGerman Short RowsStephen West2023-04-04 | Download my designs on Ravelry here... ravelry.com/designers/stephen-west
WESTKNITS WORKSHOPS Join a Westknits Workshop like How to Knit Socks or Design Your Own Top-Down Shawl and learn all of my favorite techniques online with up close-up video tutorials. Sign up for my online workshops here... westknits.com/collections/workshopsWoolly World of Westknits - Episode 8Stephen West2023-04-03 | PAINTING HONEYCOMBS SOCKS come out April 6!!
WESTKNITS WORKSHOPS Venture into the world of Westknits with my series of online workshops. Westknits Workshops can be watched as many times as you like and at your own pace as you learn new knitting skills. Sign up here! westknits.com/collections/workshops
#westknitsDustland CardiganStephen West2023-04-01 | THE DUSTLAND DOG SWEATER COMES OUT IN MAY! It will be part of my Westknits Petknits 1 e-book that you can sign up for starting April 4!
WESTKNITS WORKSHOPS Venture into the world of Westknits with my series of online workshops. Westknits Workshops can be watched as many times as you like and at your own pace as you learn new knitting skills. Sign up here! westknits.com/collections/workshops
#westknitsCable Cast On - Knitting TutorialStephen West2023-03-09 | 0:18 Cable Cast On at the beginning of a row Continental style knitting 1:37 English style knitting 2:16 Cable Cast On during a round. This is the method used for Body Rnd 1 of my sweater patterns. Continental style. 3:17 English style knitting
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These are the sweater patterns I mention in this video… Dustland Sweater The Basketweaver SweaterPainting Triangles SweaterStephen West2023-03-09 | Download all my patterns on Ravelry here... ravelry.com/designers/stephen-west
WESTKNITS WORKSHOPS Join a Westknits Workshop and learn all of my favorite techniques online with up close-up video tutorials. Sign up for my workshops here... westknits.com/collections/workshopsDesign Your Own Top-Down Socks - Workshop TrailerStephen West2023-03-07 | Sign up for my new online workshop and learn how to design your own top-down socks!
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Download the Fragmentation Shawl on my website here... www.westknits.com
Click on any timestamp below to skip ahead in the video to your location in the Fragmentation Shawl pattern. 1:59 Using the illustration on page 3 to help plan your colors 4:25 CO with color A 6:42 Next Row (WS) picking up 3 sts along the I-cord CO edge 7:51 Row 1 (RS) 9:06 Row 2 (WS) 10:01 Row 3 (RS) 11:07 Row 4 (WS) 11:35 Row 5 (RS)
13:32 WEDGE 1 15:29 Row 1 (RS) Using color B 16:31 Row 2 (WS) 16:56 Row 3 (RS) 17:40 After completing Row 14 Break color B 18:39 Row 15 (RS) using color C. I show the Weavin' Stephen method here so you don't have to weave in ends! 20:33 Row 16 (WS) 21:02 Row 17 (RS) 21:45 Stripe 2 completed after Row 28 23:49 Next Row (RS) This is the final row before binding off on the WS. 24:07 Next Row (WS) I-cord BO 24:50 End of I-cord BO. Place the final 3 sts onto waste yarn.
25:39 WEDGE 2 27:14 Row 1 (RS) Using color C 28:19 Row 2 (WS) 29:03 Row 3 (RS) 29:40 Row 4 (WS) 30:16 Row 5 (RS) 30:52 Row 6 (WS) 32:00 Row 15 (RS) Using color D 33:03 Row 16 (WS) 34:27 End of Stripe 2 Row 28 35:48 Next Row (RS) This is the final row before binding off on the WS 37:10 Next Row (WS) I-cord BO 38:18 End of I-cord BO. Place the final 3 sts onto waste yarn
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Join a Westknits Workshop like How to Knit Socks or Design Your Own Top-Down Shawl and learn all of my favorite techniques online with up close-up video tutorials. Sign up for my online workshops here... westknits.com/collections/workshopsKnitting with DPNsStephen West2023-01-23 | Join a Westknits Workshop like How to Knit Socks or Colorplay the Westknits Way and learn all of my favorite techniques online with close-up video tutorials. Sign up for my workshops here... westknits.com/collections/workshops
We have kits for dozens of my designs with pre-selected color palettes ready to inspire your next cast on. We ship worldwide! stephenandpenelope.com/collections/westknits-kitsHow to Knit Socks - Workshop TrailerStephen West2023-01-19 | Join my How to Knit Socks online workshop and watch over 2 hours of inspirational videos! The workshop includes the Scrappy DK Socks pattern and the Westknits Simple Socks pattern for your fingering weight sock yarns.
I have lots of Westknits Workshops where you can learn all of my favorite techniques online with up close video tutorials. Sign up for my workshops here... westknits.com/collections/workshopsMattress Stitch - Knitting TutorialStephen West2023-01-13 | Download all my patterns on Ravelry here... ravelry.com/designers/stephen-west
Share your projects on Ravelry and on Instagram with #westknits #WestknitsAreTheBestknits!Woolly World of Westknits - Episode 7Stephen West2023-01-09 | These are the patterns I shared in this video...
Collect some gorgeous sock yarn at Stephen & Penelope. We ship worldwide! stephenandpenelope.com
Join a Westknits Workshop and learn all of my favorite techniques online with up close-up video tutorials. Sign up for my workshops here... westknits.com/collections/workshops
#WestknitsYearofSocks2023Westknits 2022 HighlightsStephen West2022-12-29 | Happy New Year! I can't wait to share another year filled with fun new patterns and knit alongs.
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Share your HKAL progress in the HKAL 2022 Ravelry group here... ravelry.com/groups/hiberknitalong-2022?s=tabPainting Columns Jacket Side StripsStephen West2022-12-19 | Follow this video along with your Painting Columns Jacket PDF as you knit the garter stitch Side Strips.
Share your Westknits projects on Instagram with #Westknits!Stashbusting - Workshop TrailerStephen West2022-11-21 | Join my Stashbusting workshop and watch over 2 hours of inspirational videos. The workshop includes my new Rain or Shine Sweater & Painting Bricks Scarf patterns.
I have lots of online workshops where you can learn all about colorplay, shawl design, brioche knitting, and more! Sign up for my online Westknits workshops here... westknits.com/collections/workshops
#westknitsWoolly World of Westknits - Episode 6Stephen West2022-11-03 | Hiberknitalong 2022 Sign up for the Hiberknitalong starting November 4 at 4pm Amsterdam time!
Share your projects on Ravelry and on Instagram with #westknits #wesktnitsarethebestknits!Hiberknitalong 2022Stephen West2022-11-02 | Hiberknitalong (HKAL) Kits launch Friday, November 4 at 4pm Amsterdam time at Stephen & Penelope. Kits will be available here… stephenandpenelope.com/pages/westknits-hiberknitalong
Each Hiberknitalong Kits includes... - 5 colors of fingering weight yarn to knit the Aurora Cabin Shawl - Hiberknit candle - Notions Nest (3 cute little felt containers to house your knitting notions) - Hiberknitting 3 print book (contains the Aurora Cabin Shawl pattern and a PDF e-book download code for all 8 patterns)
We will start shipping Hiberknitalong kits at the end of November, so you receive them in plenty of time before the December 26 cast on date.
#Hiberknitalong2022Clue 4 - Twists & TurnsStephen West2022-10-27 | SECTION 8 00:38 Row 1 (RS) 1:43 closing the short row gaps 4:07 end of Row 1 pick up and k1 st from the MC SECTION 3, sl1 wyif 5:37 Row 2 (WS) 6:15 Row 3 (RS) 6:35 end of Row 3 sl3 wyif 7:17 Row 4 (WS) K3tog 8:00 Row 5 (RS) 8:20 end of Row 5 sl3 wyif 8:54 Row 6 (WS) k3tog 9:30 Row 7 (RS) 9:45 end of Row 7 sl3 wyif 10:13 Row 8 (WS) k3tog 11:35 end of Row 8 11:44 Row 9 (RS) 12:16 end of Row 9 sl2 wyif 12:43 Row 10 (WS) k2tog 13:45 Row 11 (RS) 14:02 end of Row 11 sl3 wyif 14:22 Row 12 (WS) k3tog 15:20 Row 12 completed 15:56 carrying yarns along the edge as you repeat Rows 5 – 12 16:40 Pattern Repeats complete with 7 sts remaining 18:08 Next Row (RS): K5, sl3 wyif. 8 sts. 18:36 Next Row (WS): K3tog, k2, sl3 wyif. 6 sts. 19:00 Next Row (RS): K4, sl3 wyif. 7 sts. 19:22 Next Row (WS): K3tog, k1, sl3 wyif. 5 sts. 19:40 Next Row (RS): K2, k2tog tbl, sl3 sts onto left needle, k2, k2tog tbl. 3 sts. 21:08 Weave in the MC tail of yarn into the WS of the AC I-cord edge.
SECTION 9 22:42 Row 1 (RS)23:35 Row 1 pick up and k1 st fro the right I-cord edge of SECTION 2 24:09 closing the short row gaps during Row 1 25:29 Row 2 (WS) 25:44 end of Row 2 ssk 26:32 Row 3 (RS) 26:51 Row 4 (WS) 27:14 end of Row 4 sssk 28:25 Row 5 (RS) 28:56 Row 6 (WS) 29:15 end of Row 6 sssk 30:13 Row 7 (RS) 30:33 Row 8 (WS) 30:47 end of Row 8 sssk 31:47 Row 9 (RS) carrying yarns along the edge 32:37 Row 10 (WS) 32:56 end of Row 10 ssk 34:03 Row 11 (RS) 34:21 Row 12 (WS) 34:36 end of Row 12 sssk 36:49 After completing Pattern Repeats. 7 sts remain. 37:15 Next Row (RS) 38:10 Next Row (WS): K5, sssk. 6 sts. 38:49 Next Row (RS): Sl1 wyif, place MC in back, k2, sl3 wyif 39:11 Next Row (WS): K4, sssk. 5 sts. 39:49 Next Row (RS): Sl1 wyif, place MC in back, k1, sl3 wyif. 40:05 Next Row (WS): K2, k2tog tbl, sl3 sts on to left needle, k2, k2tog tbl. 3 sts remain. 41:34 Weave in the the MC tail of yarn into the WS of the AC I-cord edge 43:13 finished Section 9
WEAVING IN ENDS 43:24 How to weave in ends
SECTION 10 45:16 Row 1 (RS) 46:31 picking up sts during Row 1 49:08 picking up sts for Row 1 and making sure you are on track 50:34 yo twice 51:22 pick up and k37 during Row 1 56:52 end of Row 1 57:33 Row 2 (WS) 1:00:44 k1/p1 into double yo during Row 2 1:02:59 Row 3 (RS) 1:07:35 end of Row 3 1:08:28 Row 4 (WS) 1:11:36 Row 5 (RS) 1:15:24 Rows 1 – 12 completed 1:16:05 Row 13 (RS) 1:17:42 pick up and k3 sts from the top centre of the MC I-cord loop from SECTION 1 during Row 13 1:22:25 end of Row 13
1:23:08 Early Bind off if you want to stop now
1:24:09 Row 14 (WS) to continue knitting to make the shawl a bit bigger. 1:27:18 Row 15 (RS) 1:31:08 Row 17 (RS) 1:35:04 Row 48 completed
I-CORD BO 1:35:45 I-cord BO 1:37:26 Graft the final 6 sts together using Kitchener stitch 1:39:02 Weaving in ends
FINISHING 1:40:06 Using MC, seam the first and last I-cord loop from SECTION to the AC edge of SECTION 10 1:48:17 Blocking the FINISHED shawl
FINAL SHAWL REVEAL!! 1:54:59 Wear your finished shawl!
Share your progress on Instagram with #TwistsandTurnsMKAL #WestknitsMKAL2022Clue 3 - Twists & Turns ShawlStephen West2022-10-20 | Follow along with your Twists & Turns PDF pattern while watching this video tutorial to learn all of the fun new techniques for SECTIONS 6, 7, & the I-cord Embellishment.
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10:48 How to C2B without a cable needle 13:25 Row 19 (RS) 15:50 Row 25 (RS) 18:37 Row 26 (WS) 19:47 Row 27 (RS) 20:00 How to C2F without a cable needle 23:11 Completed SECTION 6
I-CORD EMBELLISHMENT (optional) 34:36 How to knit the I-cord tails 36:35 I-cord tail completed 37:37 Weaving the the I-cord tail through the antler cables of SECTIONS 4 & 5 40:23 Seaming the I-cord tips together 42:58 This is what the finished I-cord Embellishment looks like. Do this into each antler cable (5 times on each cabled section).
Share your progress on Instagram with #TwistsandTurnsMKAL #WestknitsMKAL2022Clue 2 - Twists & Turns ShawlStephen West2022-10-13 | Follow along with your written instructions while you watch this video to assist with SECTIONS 2, 3, 4, & 5 of Twists & Turns.
SECTION 2 - Left Short Row Rays Garter Stitch (first short row wedge) 00:33 Row 1 (RS) Picking up sts 2:36 m1 increase during Row 1 4:32 end of Row 1 4:54 Row 2 (WS) 6:03 end of Row 2 6:19 Row 3 (RS) 6:34 Row 5 (RS): K to last 8 sts, turn to work WS 7:16 Row 6 (WS) 7:44 Row 7 (RS) 8:01 Row 8 (WS) 9:35 16 garter ridges complete
Twisted Rib 10:12 Row 1 (RS) Using AC 10:43 closing the short row gaps 12:13 end of Row 1 12:24 Row 2 (WS) 13:52 end of Row 2 14:04 Row 3 (RS) and carrying yarn along the edge 16:54 Row 4 completed and carrying yarn along the edge 17:32 completed Twisted Rib
Garter Stitch (second short row wedge) 17:55 Row 1 (RS) 18:59 carrying the AC along the edge
SECTION 3 - Right Short Row Rays Garter Stitch 20:33 Row 1 (RS) picking up sts 24:30 end of Row 1 24:44 Row 2 (RS) THIS IS ANOTHER RS ROW 26:06 Row 3 (WS) 26:56 end of Row 3 27:06 Row 4 (RS) 27:45 Row 5 (WS) 28:00 Row 6 (RS) 29:19 end of garter stitch repeats resulting in 16 garter ridges for the first short row wedge
Twisted Rib 30:16 Row 1 (WS) Using AC 31:04 closing a short row gap 31:52 end of Row 2 (RS) 32:07 Row 3 (WS) carrying yarn along the edge
33:33 SECTION 3 completed 33:56 weaving in ends 34:40 place 79 sts onto a spare circular needle waste yarn.
SECTION 4 - Right Cables 35:08 Row 1 (RS) 36:17 Row 1 (RS) Using CC, k the 3 I-cord sts at the top left corner of SECTION 3 37:07 Row 1 (RS) picking up sts 41:44 end of Row 1 43:36 Row 2 (WS) 45:16 end of Row 2 46:37 Row 3 (RS) 47:57 end of Row 3 48:33 Row 4 (WS) 49:24 end of Row 4 49:33 Row 5 (RS) CABLES YAY! 50:32 C8B 51:26 C8F 54:53 end of Row 5 55:30 Row 6 (WS) 56:09 This is what the section looks like after completing the first cable row 57:12 Row 32 completed showing all of the cables 57:28 Row 33 (RS) 58:52 end of Row 33 59:32 Row 34 (WS) 1:01:22 end of Row 34 Graft the remaining 6 sts together using Kitchener stitch. 1:03:24 FINISHED SECTION 4
SECTION 5 - Left Cables 1:03:55 Row 1 (RS) 1:08:43 end of Row 1 1:10:22 Row 2 (WS) 1:11:04 end of Row 2 1:12:20 Row 3 (RS) 1:13:01 end of Row 4 (WS) 1:13:40 Row 5 (RS) 1:14:16 C8B 1:15:06 C8F 1:16:26 FINISHED SECTION 5 1:16:56 end of the I-cord BO. Break CC and pull it through the 3 I-cord sts. 1:17:26 Seam the end of this I-cord BO into the WS I-cord edge of SECTION 1. 1:18:15 weaving in ends
Share your progress on Instagram with #TwistsandTurnsMKAL #WestknitsMKAL2022Clue 1 - Twists & Turns ShawlStephen West2022-10-06 | Follow along with your written instructions while you watch this video to assist with SECTION 1 of Twists & Turns.
00:40 Color placement advice 2:32 Cast On with MC 4:28 finished I-cord tail cast on 4:52 Row 1 (RS) 6:28 Row 1 Cable CO technique 10:21 end of Row 1 11:46 Row 2 (WS) 15:07 end of Row 2 15:26 Row 3 (RS) 20:17 end of Row 3 20:29 Row 4 (WS) 25:35 end of Row 4 25:50 Row 5 (RS) and how to carry yarns along the edge 29:43 Row 6 (WS) 31:13 Row 7 (RS) 33:03 Row 8 completed and using a split ring marker to help mark the decrease sts 33:47 Row 9 (RS) You should have 150 sts after completing Row 9 for the first time. 36:18 Row 11 (RS) "k to 1 st before the center decrease st" 38:35 Row 13 (RS) s2kp
Row 13 should be... Row 13 (RS): Using MC, k2, ssk, k to m, M1R, slm, k1, CO 12 sts using the cable CO method, k1, slm, (M1L, k to 1 st before the center decrease st, S2KP, k to m, M1R, slm, k1, CO 12 sts using the cable CO method, k1, slm) 4 times, M1L, k to last 3 sts, sl3 wyif. 1 st increased + 60 sts cast on.
39:48 Row 14 (WS) "k to center decrease st" 42:35 This is what the section looks like after completing 3 stripes of each color. 43:00 LOOPS technique 45:47 Next Row (WS) This is what the fabric looks like after completing 14 CC stripes followed by a final MC garter stitch stripe. 47:08 I-cord BO 48:48 Graft the remaining 6 sts together using Kitchener stitch. 50:36 Weaving in ends 51:30 Pulling the final Loops through 52:00 FINISHED SECTION 1
Share your progress on Instagram with #TwistsandTurnsMKAL #WestknitsMKAL2022Shawl After ShawlStephen West2022-09-22 | Join the 13th annual Westknits Mystery Shawl Knit Along. We're going to knit a beautiful mysterious new shawl together during October as the pattern is revealed section by section.
#TwistsandTurnsMKAL #WestknitsMKAL2022Carl is excited for MKAL 2022Stephen West2022-09-02 | Get ready for a super fun Westknits MKAL season filled with exciting Twists & Turns!
If you want any of our other regular S&P products, add them into your shopping cart before the kits launch. Then, when the kits launch, select your chosen kit/s and checkout immediately with any other additional items that are already in your cart.
On each MKAL kit product page, you will see an optional needle/notion “add-on” image that you can select if you want metal or bamboo needles (US 4 / 3.5mm) + stitch markers + cable needle. Tick the needle/notion add-on box on your chosen kit page and then click “add to cart”. You should see your kit and the optional needle/notion pack in your shopping cart.
Each kit includes… • 500g fingering weight yarn • Project Pod • Sticker • Needle Gauge • Foldover Tag