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Knitting and More: September 2014
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Tuesday, 30 September 2014. Picking up stitches for the Neckband on a Round Neckline. In my last post I explained how I knitted a round neckline to make it as easy as possible to pick up the stitches for the neckband and achieve a neat clean finish. In this post I will show you how I pick up stitches around this neckline for the neckband. Once I have picked up 3 stitches, I miss one row from the neckline (3 stitches to 4 rows) and then pick up another stitch in each of the next 3 rows. The image abov...
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Knitting and More: Is it ever too hot to knit?
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Monday, 22 July 2013. Is it ever too hot to knit? Socks are always a good alternative in hot weather or as a project to carry around with you. I have several socks started, usually as the result of teaching a workshop. Quite often they stay in their 'just started' state for quite a while or if I finish the first sock, the second one can often take quite a while to complete. Another piece I have been working on, off and on since June is the 'Dreambird Shawl' pattern from Ravelry. it is a variation on ...
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Knitting and More: December 2014
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Thursday, 4 December 2014. Understanding pattern instructions FRONT and BACK of the knitted fabric. There are lots of areas within a pattern where confusion can arise when describing how to do something. When knitting a garment you will often have a Front and a Back but the words FRONT and BACK are also used when explaining how to work a particular stitch or technique e.g. With the yarn at the front' or 'take the yarn to the back'. Slip the last stitch purl wise with the yarn at front. Means you have to ...
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Knitting and More: March 2014
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Saturday, 29 March 2014. Decreases on the knit side of the fabric; which one to use. If you work the k2tog decrease at the beginning of a knit row i.e. knit 2, k2tog, the decrease will still lean to the right although the edge itself is decreasing towards the left. Working this decrease at the beginning of a row will give a less defined edge as can be seen in the image below. Because this decrease does not look as smooth as the k2tog decrease, knitters over the years have tried other methods of working a...
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Knitting and More: October 2014
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Thursday, 23 October 2014. Knit 1 Purl 1 Rib Neckband for a V-neckline. I have just uploaded a new demo to my YouTube channel. Showing you how to knit a mitred v-neckband in knit 1 purl 1 rib using a centre double decrease. In my last post I wrote about picking up stitches for a round neckband so I have not demonstrated the picking up in this video but if you what my 'Finishing a Round Neckline' video you will see how I prefer to pick up stitches. Knit the next stitch. They must be passed over the knit s...
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Knitting and More: Decreasing on then purl side of the fabric to match the knit side
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Monday, 12 May 2014. Decreasing on then purl side of the fabric to match the knit side. I recently wrote about different methods of decreasing on the knit side of stocking stitch fabric and explained why you may want to use different methods of decreasing particularly when shaping areas of knitting e.g. armholes and necklines. P2tog) - right leaning decrease on the knit side. Purl 2 together through the back loop. P2togtbl) - left leaning decrease on the knit side. Once the right needles in place through...
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Knitting and More: March 2013
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Thursday, 7 March 2013. Circular Shawl Cardigan finished. In the last post I talked about re-knitting my new version of the circular shawl cardigan that was published in Knitting magazine last year. well I have now finished the re-knitted garment and if any of you came to the Unravel Knitting Festival at the end of February you may have seen me wearing the garment. The garment was knitted in Knitting4fun. Aran Alpaca. I haven't re-written the pattern for this yarn yet but the pattern for the DK weigh...
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Knitting and More: Knit 1 Purl 1 Rib Neckband for a V-neckline
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Thursday, 23 October 2014. Knit 1 Purl 1 Rib Neckband for a V-neckline. I have just uploaded a new demo to my YouTube channel. Showing you how to knit a mitred v-neckband in knit 1 purl 1 rib using a centre double decrease. In my last post I wrote about picking up stitches for a round neckband so I have not demonstrated the picking up in this video but if you what my 'Finishing a Round Neckline' video you will see how I prefer to pick up stitches. Knit the next stitch. They must be passed over the knit s...
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Knitting and More: Picking up stitches for the Neckband on a Round Neckline
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Tuesday, 30 September 2014. Picking up stitches for the Neckband on a Round Neckline. In my last post I explained how I knitted a round neckline to make it as easy as possible to pick up the stitches for the neckband and achieve a neat clean finish. In this post I will show you how I pick up stitches around this neckline for the neckband. Once I have picked up 3 stitches, I miss one row from the neckline (3 stitches to 4 rows) and then pick up another stitch in each of the next 3 rows. The image abov...
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