The presence of a shuttlecock gives some romance and femininity to any knitted thing. It can serve as both an element of decoration and an independent part of a knitted product. It can be a skirt consisting of a flounce or several flounces tied in tiers. Or the details of the product in the form of a collar and cuffs.
It is necessary
Yarn, knitting needles, tape measure
Instructions
Step 1
Since the shuttlecock is not an independent thing, but only a part of it, you need to decide where the shuttlecock will be located on the finished product and what size it should be.
Step 2
In order to calculate the required number of loops to obtain the desired dimensions of the product (or part of the product), you must first tie the sample. To do this, type on the knitting needles loops in the amount of two or three pattern rapports and knit one or two lengths of the pattern. Make the appropriate measurements on the resulting sample and make calculations for the required number of loops for the part of the product.
Step 3
The basic principle of knitting a shuttlecock is either symmetrical addition of loops in the pattern repeat, or their reduction. It all depends on how you knit the shuttlecock. From the top or bottom.
Step 4
If you are knitting from the bottom edge, then you must set the required length of the shuttlecock for yourself in advance. With this method of knitting, the number of loops is reduced. And at some point, the limit for reducing the loops comes and knitting of the already straight fabric of the product begins. The limit for the reduction of the shuttlecock loops will be the conditional border of the end of the shuttlecock knitting.
Step 5
If you knit a shuttlecock from the top, i.e. this knitting completes any already knitted detail, in this case the length of the shuttlecock can be set at your discretion at any stage of knitting. Thus, you can increase or decrease the length of the shuttlecock relative to the original idea.
Step 6
If the number of loops in the rapport allows, and this does not violate the overall style of the product, then the middle loops of the shuttlecock can be knitted with an openwork pattern. And you can designate the boundaries of dividing the rapport of the shuttlecock pattern by knitting the first and last loops in the rapport with the opposite loop in the pattern (purl loop on the front surface).
