Something New to Learn About Lace: Garter Tab Cast On @ACTechniques

Something New to Learn About Lace: Garter Tab Cast On @ACTechniques

Uploaded May 2018 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

The garter tab cast-on gives a stretchy edge to start triangular shawls and it results in three sets of stitches facing in three different directions. This tutorial features the Bithynica Shawl by Jen Arnall-Culliford from Something new to Learn About Lace.
Print and ebook options available from purlescence.com/Brochure/Patterns/Arnall-Culliford-Knitwear/Something-New-To-Learn-About-Lace (UK) and strickmich-shop.de/en/Jen-Arnall-Culliford-Something-New-to-Learn-About-Lace-BU3004EN (EU).

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