I’ve edited my response to LiLo to show the correct multiplier and avoid further confusion.

Thanks for catching that!

It should be p2 — the scarf is symmetric and the written directions match the chart. Are you getting extra stitches?

M1 means do a “make 1″ type of increase. Knitting Help has videos of a bunch of different M1 increases here.

Thanks.

There’s a pretty good tutorial for adding fringe here.

How do you add fringe?

Just look at the middle pictures on this post. You can clearly see the halo and bloom around the 100% alpaca yarn. This is a characteristic of many alpaca yarns on the market, even alpaca blends.

I say alpaca isn’t suitable for this pattern because to get the shiny/striping effect from the herringbone, it works best if the yarn doesn’t bloom much. I didn’t say alpaca is a bad fiber, but it is not what I would recommend for this pattern. There are many patterns out there that take advantage of the wonderful properties of alpaca. This isn’t one of them.

T2F and T2B stand for twist 2 front and twist 2 back, respectively.

The key to chart and pattern abbreviations is on the last page of the
pattern pdf.

Please let me know if you have any other questions!

This patterns book is perhaps not as appealing to people who are looking for something young and trendy, but the more mature knitter, some with more mature figures, will find much to admire. After I knit one of the jackets, with colors of my own choosing, I modeled it in a large knitting event fashion show. When I walked out on stage, the entire room erupted in a big group “OH!!!!!” accompanied by applause.

I do think the above abbreviated directions for accomplishing the 4 rows that create the pattern are very good and helpful. There are so many different ways to learn and understand any pattern. Some people are visual learners, who benefit from charts. Some are text learners, who do better with words. And then there are people like me, who benefit from both.

Yvonne, you are right. It would be nice to have a book written about how to create your own pattern for shadow knitting. Until someone does it, Google “shadow” or “illusion knitting”; there are a ton of websites since this review was written 4 years ago, as well as videos. Perhaps someone has figured out how to put some flattering shape into a shadow knit sweater by now.

I just keep knitting, and then at the very end I go back and tug on the stitches on either side of the hole to tighten it all up. I get the same holes when I’m working regular socks, and do the same there. I hope that helps!

Do you have any suggestions to keep this from happening. I think I must be doing something wrong.

Thanks for your help!