{"id":4505,"date":"2020-01-23T11:56:59","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T11:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/?p=4505"},"modified":"2025-09-04T12:01:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T12:01:20","slug":"octans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/octans\/","title":{"rendered":"Octans"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4505\" class=\"elementor elementor-4505\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62ea24e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"62ea24e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-878cddd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"878cddd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">To download Octans, sign up for Christine's newsletter<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd208b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"dd208b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ml-embedded\" data-form=\"Q7GlQN\"><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-38d0763c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"38d0763c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-192ed8c3\" data-id=\"192ed8c3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-263653c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"263653c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Octans is a self edged blanket (in many sizes) or a shawl (in two sizes).\u00a0 You cast on, work in a rectangle then bind off.\u00a0 The construction is simple, because the patterning is exciting.<\/p><p>My Mom&#8217;s favorite part of these patterns (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/octans\">Octans<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/habibi\">Habibi<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/andalus\">Andalus<\/a>) is the corners.\u00a0 By extending the ribbing an inch, the natural curl of the short row slides calms down, and you get a pattern inside a right angle.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-05cfc40 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"05cfc40\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e56182d\" data-id=\"e56182d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff506d3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ff506d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_6205-e1579783235914-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-4518\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_6205-e1579783235914-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_6205-e1579783235914-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_6205-e1579783235914.jpg 1944w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9bb97d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d9bb97d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Someday I&#8217;ll explore using short row slides to make an intentional curly edge.\u00a0 Maybe you will beat me to it.<\/p><p>There are 4 grounds in the shawl, stockinette, reverse stockinette, garter and 1,1 rib.\u00a0 This means that whichever side you look at, you&#8217;ll be seeing stars.\u00a0 Here is a hint for keeping track of which side you are on, because that is the tricky part of reversibility:\u00a0 Put a locking stitch marker on the right side of the fabric and move it up from time to time.\u00a0 That way you know if you are working an odd row or an even row.<\/p><p>In a pattern named for a navigation devise, I don&#8217;t want anyone to get lost.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9b98afc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9b98afc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3adabc0\" data-id=\"3adabc0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc7f530 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fc7f530\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/smIMG_6225-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4521\" alt=\"Christine wearing Octans in the community garden\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/smIMG_6225-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/smIMG_6225-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/smIMG_6225-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9dc3447 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9dc3447\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>When I figured out how to work <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/short-row-slides\/\">Short Row Slides<\/a> (it must have been the country music in my dentist&#8217;s office \ud83d\ude09 I was excited that I could make tessellations with stars, but first I wanted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/habibi\">ogees,<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/andalus\">Arabian Ogees. \u00a0<\/a> Octans is the first of these star patterns (I am working on more).\u00a0 Octans also is the name of a constellation in the Southern Hemisphere, so it&#8217;s a stellar name.<\/p><p>The stars are outlined in ribbing, that is moved through the fields with increases on one side, decreases on the other.\u00a0 Until the short row slide rows.\u00a0 Then it is moved with a combination of increases, decreases and short rows, with slipped stitches instead of wraps to keep the fabric mostly solid.\u00a0 I linked to Jill Wolcott&#8217;s tutorial on knitting back backwards because flipping a big blanket that much is really athletic.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf63939 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bf63939\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1152\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/GuestMD-4-of-7-768x1152.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-4523\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/GuestMD-4-of-7-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/GuestMD-4-of-7-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/GuestMD-4-of-7-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/GuestMD-4-of-7.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-324a76c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"324a76c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fb25f60\" data-id=\"fb25f60\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d386ee3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d386ee3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>When you finish those rows of short row slides, celebrate!\u00a0 They use as much yarn and time as 3 regular rows so they count as a side quest.\u00a0 Be sure you look at your knitting and feel accomplished, you made a ribbing go sideways, and that ribbing looks good on both sides of the fabric!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5591f11 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5591f11\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e543957\" data-id=\"e543957\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fc7f9b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6fc7f9b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>My husband and my friend Loni both saved tissue boxes for me with a variation of this pattern on it.\u00a0 I love how my friends and family help me figure out designs.\u00a0 If you have ideas for sideways ribbing patterns, e-mail me, I&#8217;d love to hear your thoughts too.\u00a0 christine at christineguestdesigns dot com<\/p><p>And if you are a designer who wants to work with short row slides, go forth and make beautiful things with them.\u00a0 And let me know so I can let other people know about your work too.<\/p><p>Thank you for your kind comments on Instagram and Ravelry!<\/p><p>And thank you to all the people who signed up for my mail list too!<\/p><p>That list really grew last night, like the vegetables in the community garden near my apartment where we took these photos.<\/p><p>I&#8217;m delighted.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 15px; font-weight: 300;\">May we all navigate wisely.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae42d24 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ae42d24\" data-element_type=\"container\" 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