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Tawashi Tutorial

A friend of mine recently asked for a few pointers for finishing the tawashis I've been so fond of making since last December, so I thought I'd share this photo tutorial for anyone else who is interested.  I've knit several versions of Maryann Walsh's Two-Tone Tawashis, a great free pattern I found on Ravelry.  I became obsessed with this pattern!  If you are having a hard time picturing what the finishing instructions are telling you to do (as I did at first, too), hopefully this blog post will point you in the right direction.

1.  Lay your tawashi out as below:
2. Fold left side of piece over (fold line will be where arrow A indicates above - your piece should look like the photo below):
3.  Fold right side of piece over:
4.  Piece should now look like so:
5.  Using one of your ends and a tapestry needle, whip-stitch pieces together:
6. Your piece should now look like this:
7.  Now, use one of your ends or a new piece of yarn to gather the top edges together:
8. Once you have looped around the top edge (I pick up approx. every 4th stitch), gather all of the stitches together with a tug of the yarn: 
9.  Repeat for other side, then take the ends of the yarn and tack both ends together:
10.  Attach i-cord:
11.  Now you're done! 



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  1. JulieApril 30, 2012 at 8:26 PM

    Thank you so much for this! You are the bestest knitting guru ever!

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  2. Handmade by StefanieApril 30, 2012 at 8:49 PM

    You're welcome, I'm glad it could help!

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  3. AnonymousJune 22, 2014 at 6:43 PM

    I was totally lost - thanks so much

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  4. AnonymousJuly 16, 2015 at 4:01 PM

    Thank you so very much!! The written instructions were no enough for me. So glad you make this tutorial!

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  5. AnonymousApril 14, 2017 at 1:07 PM

    I was lost also. I kept re-reading the directions and just didn't get it. Thank you so much for the tutorial. I greatly appreciate it.

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  6. Lisa HayesJanuary 23, 2018 at 12:02 AM

    Makes perfect sense now ... Thanks!

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