Uploaded November 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Learn how to embellish your hand knits using this fast and fun technique!
This Highlighted Ladder (or embroidered columns) technique is used in in my latest shawl design, For the Love of Garter V2.0, available now on Ravelry or my website:
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The Unapologetic Knitter:
If you're a lover of garter stitch shawls like I am, check out the entire collection, For the Love of Garter V1.0, 2.0 and 3.0:
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Like the yarn? It's the perfect yarn for learning brioche!
Check out Ewe Ewe Yarns: eweewe.com
Learn how to embellish your hand knits using this fast and fun technique!
This Highlighted Ladder (or embroidered columns) technique is used in in my latest shawl design, For the Love of Garter V2.0, available now on Ravelry or my website:
Ravelry:
The Unapologetic Knitter:
If you're a lover of garter stitch shawls like I am, check out the entire collection, For the Love of Garter V1.0, 2.0 and 3.0:
Friend me on Ravelry: ravelry.com/people/notsorryknitter
Find me on social media!
Instagram: instagram.com/notsorryknitter
Twitter: twitter.com/notsorryknitter
Pinterest: pinterest.com/notsorryknitter
Facebook: facebook.com/unapologeticknitter
Like the yarn? It's the perfect yarn for learning brioche!
Check out Ewe Ewe Yarns: eweewe.com





![How To: Place a Lifeline Through a Sl1, K2tog, Psso Decrease
Take your lifeline skills one step further and learn how to place it through the common 2-stitch decrease sk2p or sl1, k2tog, psso.
*To learn more about placing lifelines, check out my full tutorial here:* https://youtu.be/hU1AQ06Ijv0?si=xX67c8JiEkpnZ26Y
*If you want to knit a swatch and test the method with me:*
Using a DK weight yarn and 2 - US 6 (4 mm) DPNs, cast on 23 sts using the long tail cast on method. Do not join to work in the round.
Knit 3 rows (garter edging).
Row 1 (RS): Knit.
Row 2 (WS): K3, p17, k3.
Row 3: Knit.
Row 4: K3, p17, k3.
Row 5: K6, sl1, k2tog, psso, k5, sl1, k2tog, psso, k6. [19 sts rem]
Row 6: K3, p13, k3.
Row 7: Knit.
Row 8: K3, p13, k3.
Place the lifeline on Row 5 through the decrease stitches and rip back to make sure you picked up all of the stitches in the correct orientation!
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