Tiong Bahru
Elegant and stylish with a spectacular lace border, this top-down semi-circularish shawl transitions from stocking stitch to the billowing border all in single rows. A lacy edging is knitted along as you go. Shaping is made by paired increases — for comparison: Tiong Bahru1 is a bit more crescent-y than Bakau.
The insructions are both written out line by and charted. You can work from the charts or the written instructions only – or use both to guide you through the lace. Åsa’s Tab Cast on (first featured in the Bakau pattern) makes another appearance here. There are two sizes to choose from, a generous shawl and a slightly smaller version (but rather bigger than a shawlette). The pattern can easily be scaled up or down. Stitch counts and calculations for this are provided. For a beaded Bind Off as in KimDenise’s gorgeous Tiong Bahru: Small: 176 beads Large: 197 beads As for yarn choices, Tiong Bahru can be worked in cobweb to heavy laceweight in silk, silk-blends or wool. The red (slightly larger) shawl in the photos was knitted with Wollmeise Lace-Garn. The grey with DyeForYarn Lace Silk. Gauge for WM Lace: approx 19 sts x 32 rows = 10 cm/4in Gauge for DFY Silk: approx 20 sts x 27 rows = 10 cm/4in A Japanese translation is available at Atelier Knits.
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- Tiong Bahru is a suburb and subway stop on the East-West Line in Singapore — I just like the name, especially the way it’s enunciated with gravitas and faultless clarity on the tube. Tiong Bahru is also a simpler version of Jamie’s Shawl which will take while longer to write up and test knit.
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I am having difficult with Chart 3, row 24, make 16 stitches in the treble. I have never done lace knitting before, so I cannot comprehend how to make 16 stitches in the yarn overs. Can you help me or direct me to a link that would show me how to do this? Would like to finish this for a Christmas gift.
Thank you.
Suzie
Hello Suzie!
What a generous and lovely Christmas gift – she must have been a very, very good girl this year… 😉
I’ve just looked around for links or tutorials, but haven’t found any. I’ll have to make one.
But you need this now, so let me try to explain it as best I can in words.
Oh by the way, did you post your question on Ravelry? (Are you a member of Ravelry?)
I’m asking that again because usually other knitters give better answers than I do – they may have had the same problem, a problem that I perhaps don’t have the imagination to see. Besides, any answer you receive could help yet other knitters.
My attempt at an explanation:
The treble yarnover from row 23 is treated like ONE big stitch on row 24.
A verrrrry big stitch.
You want to make 16 sts into this one big loop.
To do this, you must alternate between knit and purl sts.
That is: (k1, p1) 8 times into that ONE loop.
When I do this, I leave the wraps of the treble YO on the LN and start with a two or three (k1, p1) into the first wrap (while holding the remaining two wraps in place on the LN With my left thumb).
When that first wrap is used up or becomes too tight, I slide it off the LN and make the remaining (k1, p1) into the next wrap(s) –still into that same big yarn over.
You should now have 16 stitches going into the treble yarn over.
It doesn’t matter if they look a bit wonky and are not evenly distributed in that big loop.
Knit the next 4 sts in a normal way.
Good luck!
åsa
p.s. An alternative way of creating multiple stitches into one loop: (k1, yo) 8 times. I think this doesn’t look quite as neat as the (k1, p1) 8 times.
Hi
I just had to comment on your answer with this :oD
I have no problem understanding what you mean, that is the funniest answer i have ever read, i look forward to buying more of your designs they are beautiful and difficult, just what i want to sink my teeth into.
Kind regards Inge
In 1995, I accompanied my husband to Singapore where he had to work – and we wound up being there for 2.5 months instead of 2 weeks.
I am familiar with the MRT. Nice to reconnect in some way to a special time of my life – and the foods of S’pore. Oh my!!!
How lovely! I miss so many things about Singapore and hope to at least come back to visit some day.