Tabard, cotton, rib stitch border, stockinette body, size 7 cable needle, 24 in
I joined a knitting group in 2018 and chose this project for my "social knitting". I often get very involved in the conversations of a knitting group and my knitting suffers unless I choose something very simple. I wanted to get back to a nice smooth sockinette stitch for this tabard.
I didn't need a pattern because this is a rectangle with a hole in the middle. Tabards do not have side seams or sleeves. Usually they extend to the shoulder or a little beyond. The sides can be buttoned or held together by any number of fasteners. Often tabard style aprons are tied at the sides
The casting off and rebinding in the middle leaves a neck hole. By picking up the neck hole stitches and knitting a ribbed edging a nice finish is given to the neck.
I knitted the rib stitch edging into the fabric at the bottom of the front and back by changing the stitch pattern, then I picked up stitches along the sides and knitted the 3 inch edge in rib stitch.
This the the finished tabard.
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