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Permalink Reply by angelkarhu on July 15, 2010 at 2:37pm

Are you picking up stitches along the white square? It's been awhile since I have done entrelac.

Permalink Reply by Tamara Sutton on July 15, 2010 at 7:22pm

Yes, I am picking up stitches along the white square to the left of the purple/

Permalink Reply by Susan the Blue Lake Knitter on July 15, 2010 at 3:05pm

You should have started your purple on the left side of the piece where the white triamgle leaves off... with entrelac you will work your way across the piece from left to right (beginning triangles), then from right to left (end triangles and right leaning rectangles), then from left to right again (left leaning rectangles)... If this doesn't help, I'll try to think of another way to explain it. ♥s

Permalink Reply by Tamara Sutton on July 15, 2010 at 7:28pm

I started left to right. So should I undo the purple to the right and start it on the left triangle?

Permalink Reply by Susan the Blue Lake Knitter on July 15, 2010 at 7:30pm

Yes you should, with the stitches on that needle on the left side of the picture... you will pick up the stitches on the wrong side of the piece.

Permalink Reply by Susan the Blue Lake Knitter on July 15, 2010 at 7:34pm

You will NEVER be leaving any stitches on a needle not used, like you show in your picture.

Permalink Reply by cherylbwaters on July 15, 2010 at 10:22pm

Tamara, I think you have started this correctly. Your right-slanting rectangles will be worked from the left to right. The left-slanting rectangles will be worked from right to left. You will pick up the next purple left-slanting rectangle along that first white rectangle on the right side of your work.

So the first "row" will be picking up the knit sts from right to left.
The second "row" will be purl.
The third "row" will be K8, SSK [the first slipped st will be your last purple st and the second slipped st will be from the live sts on the next white rectangle]
The fourth "row" will be purl.
Repeat rows 3 and 4 until all the live sts from the white rectangle are used.

The last purple rectangle will be done the same but using the live sts from the left side triangle.

You will then repeat the white row again as you did the first time.

Then you will do another group of purple triangles.

Let us know if you need further help.

PS: Some patterns will call it a square and others will call it a rectangle. It is really shaped more like a rectangle because there are about twice as many rows as sts per rectangle.

Permalink Reply by Debbie Ross on February 22, 2012 at 5:18pm

Tamara,

Have you tried going on you tube??? well when you go to the website of you tube type in planetpurl.com/classes???? And this lady will guide you through the steps. Don't know if that is helpfull to you.

Debbie