tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2518861095103817322024-03-18T20:09:07.935-07:00The HearthWelcome Friends! The Hearth is a place to gather and enjoy the simple gifts of home. Knitting, crocheting, weaving, sewing, and cooking are ways I share my love for life. I hope you will find something to love here, too!Eastern_Peregrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12722805702520747122noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-251886109510381732.post-89358550541378433442021-06-02T06:26:00.004-07:002021-06-06T07:30:02.570-07:00<p></p><p style="background: white;"><span face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span>This post has links to techniques and tutorials I use for knitting and crochet. </span></span></p><p style="background: white;"><strong><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black;">Links to Techniques and Tutorials</span></strong><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black;"><br />
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<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--line-height-base); margin-bottom: var(--line-height-base-rem) !important; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><strong><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black;">For Beginning Knitters and Crocheters:</span></strong><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--line-height-base); margin-bottom: var(--line-height-base-rem) !important; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black;"><a href="http://rovingcrafters.com/2016/01/10/crochet-lessons-for-knitters/" style="color: var(--color-link-default);">http://rovingcrafters.com/2016/01/10/crochet-lessons-for-knitters/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--line-height-base); margin-bottom: var(--line-height-base-rem) !important; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black;"><a href="http://rovingcrafters.com/2016/01/04/knitting-lessons-for-crocheters/" style="color: var(--color-link-default);">http://rovingcrafters.com/2016/01/04/knitting-lessons-for-crocheters/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--line-height-base); margin-bottom: var(--line-height-base-rem) !important; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><strong><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black;">Casting On and Binding Off in Knitting:</span></strong><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--line-height-base); margin-bottom: var(--line-height-base-rem) !important; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black;">Alternating Long-Tail Cast-on<br />
<a href="http://knittingnuances.com/resources/Tutorials/Alternating_Long_Tail_CO.pdf" style="color: var(--color-link-default);">http://knittingnuances.com/resources/Tutorials/Alternating_Long_Tail_CO.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--line-height-base); margin-bottom: var(--line-height-base-rem) !important; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black;">Double-Chain Cast-on<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Qe5Spoes-s" style="color: var(--color-link-default);">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Qe5Spoes-s</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--line-height-base); margin-bottom: var(--line-height-base-rem) !important; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black;">Ann Kingstone, “Double-Chain Bind-off”<br />
<a href="https://annkingstone.com/obsessive-cast-off/" style="color: var(--color-link-default);">https://annkingstone.com/obsessive-cast-off/</a><br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns30iCTkNFg" style="color: var(--color-link-default);">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns30iCTkNFg</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--line-height-base); margin-bottom: var(--line-height-base-rem) !important; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black;">Sarah E. White’s Three-Strand Two-Color Cast-On<br />
<a href="https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/two-color-cast-on-2115691" style="color: var(--color-link-default);">https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/two-color-cast-on-2115691</a></span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--line-height-base); margin-bottom: var(--line-height-base-rem) !important; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black;">This cast-on can be used for double-knitting. See also the Double-knitting heading, below.</span></p></blockquote>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--line-height-base); margin-bottom: var(--line-height-base-rem) !important; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black;">Impeccable Knits I-cord Cast-on<br />
<a href="https://impeccableknits.wordpress.com/tutorials-tips-tricks/i-cord-cast-on/" style="color: var(--color-link-default);">https://impeccableknits.wordpress.com/tutorials-tips-tricks/i-cord-cast-on/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--line-height-base); margin-bottom: var(--line-height-base-rem) !important; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black;">I-cord on All Four Sides<br />
<a href="http://confidentknitter.com/2s2p/i-cord-puzzler/" style="color: var(--color-link-default);">http://confidentknitter.com/2s2p/i-cord-puzzler/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--line-height-base); margin-bottom: var(--line-height-base-rem) !important; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black;">Elizabeth Zimmerman’s (EZ’s) Sewn Bind-off<br />
<a href="http://knitty.com/ISSUEsummer06/FEATsum06TT.html" style="color: var(--color-link-default);">http://knitty.com/ISSUEsummer06/FEATsum06TT.html</a><br />
<em><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif">(scroll to the bottom of
the article)</span></em><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--line-height-base); margin-bottom: var(--line-height-base-rem) !important; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black;">“Ribbed Sewn Bind Off: 1 x 1 |Purl Soho”<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UY0xEX7A6RQ" style="color: var(--color-link-default);">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UY0xEX7A6RQ</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--line-height-base); margin-bottom: var(--line-height-base-rem) !important; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><strong><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black;">Design Inspiration:</span></strong><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--line-height-base); margin-bottom: var(--line-height-base-rem) !important; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black;"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170204155304/http:/www.aemma.org/onlineResources/bayeux/bayeuxIntro.html" style="color: var(--color-link-default);">https://web.archive.org/web/20170204155304/http://www.aemma.org/onlineResources/bayeux/bayeuxIntro.html</a><br />
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170106190833/http:/www.aemma.org/onlineResources/bayeux/bayeuxIndex1.html" style="color: var(--color-link-default);">https://web.archive.org/web/20170106190833/http://www.aemma.org/onlineResources/bayeux/bayeuxIndex1.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--line-height-base); margin-bottom: var(--line-height-base-rem) !important; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black;">“How to Knit a Mitered Corner WITHOUT Wrap and Turns - part 1”<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcgDBGAiP2o" style="color: var(--color-link-default);">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcgDBGAiP2o</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--line-height-base); margin-bottom: var(--line-height-base-rem) !important; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black;"><a href="http://alessandrina.com/category/circles_squares/" style="color: var(--color-link-default);">http://alessandrina.com/category/circles_squares/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--line-height-base); margin-bottom: var(--line-height-base-rem) !important; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><strong><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black;">Charts:</span></strong><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--line-height-base); margin-bottom: var(--line-height-base-rem) !important; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black;">Ariel Barton, “Charts Are Your Friends”<br />
<a href="http://knitty.com/ISSUEwinter04/FEATcharts.html" style="color: var(--color-link-default);">http://knitty.com/ISSUEwinter04/FEATcharts.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--line-height-base); margin-bottom: var(--line-height-base-rem) !important; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black;"><a href="http://rovingcrafters.com/2016/09/15/knitting-with-charts-part-2/" style="color: var(--color-link-default);">http://rovingcrafters.com/2016/09/14/knitting-with-charts-part-1/</a><br />
<a href="http://rovingcrafters.com/2016/09/15/knitting-with-charts-part-2/" style="color: var(--color-link-default);">http://rovingcrafters.com/2016/09/15/knitting-with-charts-part-2/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--line-height-base); margin-bottom: var(--line-height-base-rem) !important; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><strong><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black;">Color-work and Stranded Knitting</span></strong><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--line-height-base); margin-bottom: var(--line-height-base-rem) !important; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black;">Suzanne Bryan, “Stranded Knitting – Methods of Holding Yarns”<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSzvGSlMU94" style="color: var(--color-link-default);">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSzvGSlMU94</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black;">Ashley Little, “Colorwork Help: How to Hold Your Yarn for Stranded
Knitting”<br />
<a href="https://www.mybluprint.com/article/holding-yarn-for-stranded-knitting" style="color: var(--color-link-default);">https://www.mybluprint.com/article/holding-yarn-for-stranded-knitting</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black;">Brooklyn Tweed, “Stranded Colorwork 101”<br />
<a href="https://brooklyntweed.com/pages/stranded-colorwork-101" style="color: var(--color-link-default);">https://brooklyntweed.com/pages/stranded-colorwork-101</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--line-height-base); margin-bottom: var(--line-height-base-rem) !important; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><strong><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black;">Double-Knitting</span></strong><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--line-height-base); margin-bottom: var(--line-height-base-rem) !important; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black;">Introduction to Double Knit Colorwork by Ellen Thomas from The Chilly Dog </span><a href="https://www.thechillydog.com/2021/04/double-knitting-english-and-continental.html">https://www.thechillydog.com/2021/04/double-knitting-english-and-continental.html</a> </p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--line-height-base); margin-bottom: var(--line-height-base-rem) !important; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--line-height-base); margin-bottom: var(--line-height-base-rem) !important; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Ellen Thomas demonstrates two ways to hold your yarn for double knitting.</p></blockquote><p></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--line-height-base); margin-bottom: var(--line-height-base-rem) !important; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black;">Two-Color Chained Cast On by Ellen Thomas from the Chilly Dog <a href="https://www.thechillydog.com/2021/04/two-color-chained-cast-on.html">https://www.thechillydog.com/2021/04/two-color-chained-cast-on.html</a></span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--line-height-base); margin-bottom: var(--line-height-base-rem) !important; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black;">Ellen Thomas shares an easy and beautiful two-color cast-on that can be used for double-knitting.</span></p></blockquote><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--line-height-base); margin-bottom: var(--line-height-base-rem) !important; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black;">Two-Color Gathered Bind Off by Ellen Thomas from the Chilly Dog <a href="https://www.thechillydog.com/2021/05/two-color-gathered-bind-off.html">https://www.thechillydog.com/2021/05/two-color-gathered-bind-off.html</a></span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--line-height-base); margin-bottom: var(--line-height-base-rem) !important; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black;">Ellen Thomas gives instructions for a bind-off, similar to a regular in-pattern bind-off but better.</span></p></blockquote><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--line-height-base); margin-bottom: var(--line-height-base-rem) !important; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black;">Combination Knitting and Four Reasons to Try It by Ellen Thomas from The Chilly Dog<br /><a href="https://www.thechillydog.com/2018/12/combination-knitting-and-4-reasons-to.html" style="color: var(--color-link-default);">https://www.thechillydog.com/2018/12/combination-knitting-and-4-reasons-to.html</a><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WP2MlICOWU" style="color: var(--color-link-default);">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WP2MlICOWU</a></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--line-height-base); margin-bottom: var(--line-height-base-rem) !important; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--line-height-base); margin-bottom: var(--line-height-base-rem) !important; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">This article and accompanying video explains combination knitting and some of the many ways it can be useful. I like combination knitting for my double-knitting projects to make it easier to hold colors in both hands. </p></blockquote><p></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--line-height-base); margin-bottom: var(--line-height-base-rem) !important; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black;">A Sockmatician Tutorial: Two-Colour, Alternating Long-Tail Cast On
for Double Knitting<br />
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This brief tutorial explains how I designed my <i><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/moose-and-squirrel---moose-hero">"Moose and Squirrel - My Moose Hero"</a></i> mosaic-knitted towel pattern by using templates for copying and pasting dark-colored and light-colored areas in Microsoft "Excel."<br />
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You could use similar steps in other spreadsheet programs like Apple "Numbers" or Google "Sheets" to do the same things.<br />
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(Google "Sheets" is a free program on line - you can read about it at <a href="https://www.google.com/sheets/about/">https://www.google.com/sheets/about/</a>)<br />
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If you're already familiar with mosaic knitting, you know how each color is used, one at a time, for two rows. (If you're new to mosaic knitting, I recommend J.G. Miller's tutorial, <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/mosaic-charts-explained">"Mosaic Charts Explained,"</a> free to download on Ravelry.)<br />
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I will be talking about mosaic garter-stitch in this tutorial; in a future tutorial, I'll talk about mosaic stockinette-stitch.<br />
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Here are two charts for mosaic garter-stitch, made with 1s and 0s and "conditional formatting":<br />
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In this chart, the background is light and the foreground dots are dark. Each light-colored row in the chart is knitted across in the light-colored yarn for two rows.<br />
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The "dotted" rows are worked with knit stitches for the dark dots and slipped stitches for the light background in between the dots.<br />
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In this chart, the background is dark and the foreground dots are light. Each dark-colored row in the chart is knitted across in the dark-colored yarn for two rows.<br />
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The "dotted" rows are worked with knit stitches for the light dots and slipped stitches for the dark background in between the dots.<br />
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By copying and pasting from one chart to the other, you can "paint" a design. Here's an example.<br />
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Copying the elements from one chart and repeatedly pasting into the other chart let's you create shapes, <i>as long as you paste elements in line with their matching rows and columns. </i><br />
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<b>Note: these Excel mosaic coaster templates will be free on line through my Ravelry store soon.</b><br />
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For <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/moose-and-squirrel---moose-hero">"Moose Hero,"</a> I "sketched" in large blocks of dark color for my Moose's body, face, and antlers. Then I added his top hat, his magic bunny, and details for his eyes and his tuxedo coat.<br />
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I took my time and worked with my Moose until his arms, legs, and feet were in a proportion I liked before I knitted a sample to test my design.<br />
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<a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/moose-and-squirrel---moose-hero">"Moose Hero"</a> has meaning for me because, no matter how many times he tried and failed in the past, he tried again and "Pulled a rabbit out of his hat!"<br />
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His "Squirrel Buddy" has been a design challenge for me, but I'll "Keep on trying!"<br />
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If you would like to knit your own <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/moose-and-squirrel---moose-hero">"Moose Hero,"</a> the pattern is available for immediate download in my Ravelry store:<br />
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The pattern includes written instructions, helpful tutorial links, full and expanded charts and complete row-by-row stitch counts.<br />
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You may use the pattern to knit for yourself, for charity, or for sale (please credit Janet Bailey Designs for the pattern).<br />
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You may not sell the pattern or give it away. Thank you for supporting my designs!<br />
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I hope you will enjoy knitting and using your own "Moose Hero" towel!<br />
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<br />Eastern_Peregrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12722805702520747122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-251886109510381732.post-86847879804263924002020-03-22T12:38:00.000-07:002020-03-23T14:43:21.992-07:00Mosaic Knitting - "Here Be Dragons"<br />
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<span style="color: #002060; font-family: inherit;">These mosaic-patterned towels, worked in dk-weight cotton or linen
are sturdy and practical with great drape and texture.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #002060; font-family: inherit;">The Dragon motif is designed to be displayed when folded over a
towel bar. The side edges of the towel can be folded to the middle in back, centering
the Dragon’s crest in the lower front half of the towel. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #002060; font-family: inherit;">Signature towels or mirrored pairs in dark and light colors can
be coordinated with the four included options.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: inherit;">The pattern is an engaging project for experienced knitters and
is suitable for advanced beginners who are familiar with mosaic-knitting
techniques. Written instructions and tutorial links for the cast-on, beginning
rows, suggested side edgings, and bind-off are provided, followed by charts for
the decorative upper and lower edgings and the left- and right-facing Dragon
motifs in both dark-on-light and light-on-dark options. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #002060; font-family: inherit;">The Dragon’s scales can be challenging to knit. Stitch markers in
your knitting, and a highlighter to mark completed rows, are recommended to
help you to keep your place. Taking a minute to check your work as you complete
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<span style="color: #002060; font-family: inherit;">Gauge is not critical for this project, so use the most
comfortable needle size for your choice of yarn. Choose colors for a strong
contrast between image and background. For absorbency and good stitch definition,
I recommend cotton, linen or blended fibers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #002060;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The pictured sample was knitted on U.S. size 6 (4.0 mm) needles in
“Midnight Blue” Paintbox 100% Cotton DK (size 3, light) and “Sorbet” Wendy
Supreme 100% Luxury Cotton DK (size 3, light). With these needles and yarns, at
a gauge of 26 stitches and 48 rows in 4 inches, your finished towels will
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<span style="color: #002060;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I like the “double-chain cast-on” to
give a firm edge that is matched perfectly by a “double-chain bind-off.” Two
methods for the “double-chain cast-on” are explained in these tutorials:</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #002060;">Double-Chain
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #002060;">“Chinese
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<i>“Bishops and Rooks" </i>is the fourth pattern release from the <b><i>Chess Set</i></b> of double-knitting patterns.<br />
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<li><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/kings-and-queens---the-royal-couples" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><i>“Kings
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<li><i><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/pawns-attack-or-defend">“Pawns! Attack… or Defend?” (free pattern!</a>)</i></li>
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<li><b>worsted-weight yarn (one skein each in dark and light),</b></li>
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at a gauge of 21 stitches and 30 rows in 4 inches<o:p></o:p></div>
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will produce a hot pad measuring about <b>6 ¼ inches square.<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Hobby Lobby “I Love this Cotton” (100% Cotton)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Knit Picks Wool of the Andes (100% Wool)<o:p></o:p></div>
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at a gauge of 30 stitches and 38 rows in 4 inches<o:p></o:p></div>
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will produce a coaster measuring about <b>4 ½ inches square</b>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Cascade Heritage (75% Wool, 25% Nylon)<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>Choose 100% <b>cotton </b>or <b>wool </b>yarns to make your <b>Chess Set </b>squares heat-resistant and moisture-absorbing. </i><br />
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Knitters have many techniques for casting on, binding off, and finishing edges in double-knitting. The <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/groups/double-knitting">Double-Knitting Group</a> on Ravelry is a helpful resource of ideas.<o:p></o:p></div>
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My worsted-weight samples, pictured to the left and below, used Sarah E. White’s <a href="https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/two-color-cast-on-2115691">“Two Color Cast-on for Double-Knitting,”</a> and <a href="https://www.sockmatician.com/">Sockmatician</a>’s <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLZQEXQl4Yw&list=PLdPP9lsNMc-Q1e14kuw5GXEEsFTnlTHoc&index=4&t=0s">“Slip-Stitch Edges for Double-Knitting.”</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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I like combination knitting to help achieve even double-knitting tension. Ellen, <a href="https://www.thechillydog.com/">“The Chilly Dog,”</a> has a fantastic <a href="https://www.thechillydog.com/2018/12/combination-knitting-and-4-reasons-to.html">article</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WP2MlICOWU&feature=youtu.be">video</a> on combination knitting that explains <i>why</i> you would want to use the technique and shows <i>how </i>to do combination knitting for both English-style and continental-style knitters.</div>
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To finish binding off, use <b>Elizabeth Zimmerman’s Sewn Bind-off</b>, as described at the end of <i>Knitty’s </i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Summer 2006<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://knitty.com/ISSUEsummer06/FEATsum06TT.html">“Techniques with Theresa”</a> feature, on binding off in knitting.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Complete your project by hiding yarn ends in between the front and back layers. <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">For </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Chess Set</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> squares in kitchen cottons, </span><a href="https://home-and-hearth.blogspot.com/2019/12/colorfast-treatment-and-blocking-for.html" style="background-color: white; color: #888888;">be sure to treat for color fastness</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">! </span></span><br />
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This <i><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/bishops-and-rooks---shields-of-the-realm">"Bishops and Rooks - Shields of the Realm"</a> </i>double-knitting pattern is available as a pdf for immediate download. The pattern includes written instructions, links to tutorials, and separate front and back charts for knitting the <i>King </i>and <i>Queen </i>(four charts are included in the pattern). You may use the pattern to knit for yourself, for gifts, or for charity. If you sell items made from my pattern, please credit Janet Bailey Designs. You may not sell the pattern itself, or give it away. Thank you for supporting my designs!<br />
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<a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/kings-and-queens---the-royal-couples">Instant pdf download on Ravelry.</a><br />
Instant pdf download on Etsy.<br />
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<i>“Kings and
Queens”</i> is the third pattern release from the <b><i>Chess Set</i></b> of double-knitting
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<span style="color: black;">You can
knit hot pads or coasters with these patterns, or you can use the charts to embellish
larger projects.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Other patterns in the <b><i>Chess Set</i></b>: </div>
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<li><i><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/knights---champions-of-honor">“Knights! – Champions of Honor”</a></i></li>
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<li><i>“Bishops and
Rooks – Shields of the Realm”</i></li>
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<li><i><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/pawns-attack-or-defend">“Pawns!
Attack… or Defend?” (free pattern!</a>)</i></li>
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<li><b>worsted-weight yarn (one skein each in dark and light),</b></li>
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at a gauge of 21
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(about 5.25 st/in
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<b>with U.S. size 3
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will produce a hot
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Lobby “I Love this Cotton” (100% Cotton)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Knit
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at a gauge of 30
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(about 7.5 st/in and
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<b>with U.S. size 0
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will produce a
coaster measuring about <b>4 ½ inches square</b>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Cascade
Heritage (75% Wool, 25% Nylon)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Knitters have many techniques for
casting on, binding off, and finishing edges in double-knitting. The <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/groups/double-knitting">Double-Knitting Group</a>
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My worsted-weight samples, pictured
to the left and below, used Sarah E. White’s <a href="https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/two-color-cast-on-2115691">“Two Color
Cast-on for Double-Knitting,”</a> and <a href="https://www.sockmatician.com/">Sockmatician</a>’s <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLZQEXQl4Yw&list=PLdPP9lsNMc-Q1e14kuw5GXEEsFTnlTHoc&index=4&t=0s">“Slip-Stitch
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I like combination knitting to
help achieve even double-knitting tension. Ellen, <a href="https://www.thechillydog.com/">“The Chilly Dog,”</a> has a fantastic <a href="https://www.thechillydog.com/2018/12/combination-knitting-and-4-reasons-to.html">article</a>
and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WP2MlICOWU&feature=youtu.be">video</a>
on combination knitting that explains <i>why</i> you would want to use the
technique and shows <i>how </i>to do combination knitting for both
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I used a simple sewn bind-off for these samples – instructions follow:<br />
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To finish binding off, use <b>Elizabeth Zimmerman’s Sewn Bind-off</b>, as described at the end of <i>Knitty’s </i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Summer 2006<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://knitty.com/ISSUEsummer06/FEATsum06TT.html">“Techniques with Theresa”</a> feature, on binding off in knitting.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/kings-and-queens---the-royal-couples"><i>"Kings and Queens – The Royal Couples"</i></a> double-knitting pattern is available as a pdf for immediate download. The pattern includes written instructions, links to tutorials, and separate front and back charts for knitting the <i>King </i>and <i>Queen </i>(four charts are included in the pattern). You may use the pattern to knit for yourself, for gifts, or for charity. If you sell items made from my pattern, please credit Janet Bailey Designs. You may not sell the pattern itself, or give it away. Thank you for supporting my designs!<br />
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<a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/kings-and-queens---the-royal-couples">Instant pdf download on Ravelry.</a><br />
Instant pdf download on Etsy.<br />
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I hope you enjoy knitting and using your <i><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/kings-and-queens---the-royal-couples">"Kings and Queens"</a> </i>and I would love to see your project photos on Ravelry!</div>
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Eastern_Peregrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12722805702520747122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-251886109510381732.post-15807097273414549262020-01-10T21:03:00.003-08:002020-03-23T11:55:23.632-07:00Learning New Ways - Distitch TiesMy copy of Assia Brill's <i><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/sources/distitch-a-new-knitting-concept/patterns">Distitch: A New Knitting Concept</a> </i>arrived on Monday and I love it! <span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">It's full of interesting techniques, beautiful pictures, and inspiring projects. It's a great addition to my needlework library.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Assia Brill builds her free <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/distitch-edge-coaster" style="color: #666666;">Distitch Edge Coaster</a> and <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/distitch-edge-scarf" style="color: #666666;">Distitch Edge Scarf</a> patterns with ways to incorporate distitch techniques into the body of the knitting, either as the whole cloth or as a reinforcement. I want to try the sock pattern, with its distitch heel and toe.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I hope to try the brioche patterns, too. I especially like how <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/designers/assia-brill" style="color: #666666;">Assia Brill</a> includes careful explanations for how to correct errors, something I’ve found difficult in past brioche projects.</span></div>
I'm making distitch chains today to get practice for the two-color distitch cast-on, bind-off, and selvedges I'll be using to <span style="background-color: white;">make four matching sides for double-knitting Assia’s </span><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/perfect-edge-coasters" style="background-color: white; color: #666666;">Perfect Edge Coasters</a><span style="background-color: white;">.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">These distitch chains are taking the place of the </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">3-stitch i-cord ties or crocheted cords </span></span><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/designers/elaine-fitzpatrick" style="background-color: white; color: #666666;">Elaine Fitzpatrick</a><span style="background-color: white;"> suggests for her <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/dog-e-dog-bib">Dog E. Dog baby bib pattern</a>. The crocheted cords Elaine makes are </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">about the same width as a 3-stitch i-cord. She describes the process she uses to make these attractive, sturdy chains on her blog, <i><a href="http://downcloverlaine.blogspot.com/">Down Cloverlaine</a></i>, </span><a href="http://downcloverlaine.blogspot.com/2010/05/ties-that-bind.html" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">here</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">, noting that crocheting the chains, and slip-stitching back to make them sturdy, is much faster than knitting i-cord.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Here is my <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/projects/EasternPeregrine/dog-e-dog-bib">Bunny Bib</a> with its distitch ties. </span><br />
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Eastern_Peregrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12722805702520747122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-251886109510381732.post-88003375897464090802020-01-08T23:23:00.000-08:002020-03-23T11:55:23.652-07:00Double-Knitting Adventures - The Blue Bunny LoveyOk, I admit it. I love patterns with short-rows. The way they shape knitting into curves just seems miraculous to me. And it's no surprise that I'm crazy for double-knitting...<br />
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...so today I was looking for a lovey pattern to knit for a baby shower, and what did I find?<br />
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A bunny lovey with short-row ears and a double-knitted face! Oh, my!<br />
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The <a href="https://www.lionbrand.com/knitting-pattern-bunny-blanket-buddy-1.html">Bunny Blanket Buddy</a> is a free pattern from Lion Brand yarns (<a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/bunny-blanket-buddy-knit-50722">here is the Ravelry pattern page</a>). I knitted one in an afternoon and called it <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/projects/EasternPeregrine/bunny-blanket-buddy-knit-50722">Blue Bunny Lovey</a>.<br />
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It's garter-stitch squishy, with floppy ears, and arms with little knots for paws. The face is in reverse-stockinette, created with slip-stitch double-knitting (also called tubular knitting).<br />
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I still need to embroider on the eyes, nose, and mouth - a nice safety feature for a baby's toy.<br />
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Many thanks to the Lion Brand Design Team for a great pattern with just enough challenge to make it fun.Eastern_Peregrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12722805702520747122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-251886109510381732.post-55320842543455884482020-01-08T07:19:00.001-08:002020-03-23T11:57:00.328-07:00Double-Knitting Adventures: New SkillsIt's time to add some new skills to the double-knitting toolbox!<br />
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Double-knitting in-the-round will be useful for hats, cowls, socks, and mittens. Decreasing (and increasing in double-knitting will let me make shaped garments.<br />
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My Ravelry Dishcloth Sistas group moderator gifted a pattern as a prize for our December Challenge, and I chose Lindsay Marie's <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/reversible-snowflake-hat">Reversible Snowflake Hat</a>.<br />
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It's been a fun pattern so far, and easy to understand. Here is my <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/projects/EasternPeregrine/reversible-snowflake-hat">work-in-progress</a>:<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I am finding double-knitting in-the-round to be actually easier than flat double-knitting because I only need one chart. Usually I have to make a second chart for the back because I get confused when knitting the back side while reading the front-side chart.</span></span><br />
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Update 2/15/2020 - I'm late to post this update - I actually finished the hat on 1/13/2020, and I've cast on for another Lindsay Marie double-knit hat in fingering-weight yarn!<br />
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Here are some pics from the finished hat:<br />
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Eastern_Peregrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12722805702520747122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-251886109510381732.post-15467935763986414122020-01-07T19:18:00.001-08:002020-03-23T11:53:12.839-07:00Double-Knitting Adventures - Iguana Iguana<a href="https://www.ravelry.com/projects/EasternPeregrine/spuliratsel-leguan">Iguana Iguana</a> started with a cute textured-knitting pattern, <span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/spuliratsel-leguan">Spülirätsel Leguan</a>, </span>by <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/designers/mamafri">Mamafri</a> on Ravelry.<br />
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It seems there used to be a group called "Creawelten" (I think this translates as "creative worlds") where members shared knitting patterns. Mamafri seems to have been a leader of this group and she shared "mystery patterns" which gave instructions day-by-day for knitting project that would reveal themselves little by little. Members could guess what the knitted image would be, having fun with guesses that were more, or less, close to the mark.<br />
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Sadly, the group seems no longer to be active. Still I think it honors designers to keep their ideas alive by making new projects.<br />
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Mamafri's <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/spuliratsel-leguan">Spülirätsel Leguan</a><span style="background-color: white;"> is represented by three textured-knitting projects in Ravelry and I love them all. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Some of Mamafri's other designs are in double-knitting, so I decided to chart double-knitted version of a </span><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/spuliratsel-leguan">Leguan</a><span style="background-color: white;"> (Iguana). </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">It was a fun design to knit and I learned a lot from working with the iguana image about positive and negative space in two-color double-knitting.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">I hope one day some Creawelten group members decide to curate Mamafri's design collection so knitters continue to make her patterns!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I love double-knitting, but double-knitting words or numbers that can be read from both sides was a challenge that seemed far in my future until I read <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/double-knitting/3917631/51-75#72">a discussion</a> about reading charts in the <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/groups/double-knitting">Ravelry Double-Knitting Group.</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The discussion was about why reading charts can be difficult.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 17.12px;">I was constantly getting confused, trying to sort out left-right, back-front, dark-light. Having two charts let me focus on holding my yarns and getting even tension instead of on reading and interpreting a single chart.</span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">With two charts, I know, if I knit a dark stitch for the front, I next purl a light stitch for the back. That doesn't work for for a chart like 2020 because knitting a dark stitch on the front isn't always followed by purling a light stitch for the back. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Here are the charts I made for 2020. Gray means dark on the front a light on the back, and white means light on the front and dark on the back as in normal double-knitting. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Gold means that both the front and back stitches are light. Blue means that both the front and back stitches are dark.</span><br />
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It was fun figuring out how to use Excel to make the charts. It turned out to be an easy process once I understood how to set up Excel's "conditional formatting."<br />
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I still had my two charts, one for the front and one for the back, so that I could read my knitting from right to left as usual.<br />
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The proof would come if I could knit up what I charted...<br />
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By the time I reached the halfway point, I knew my charts were working but I still have a long way to go on my tension. Where the color is the same on back and front, the unused color is carried inside the two layers. It looks like I will need to put more tension on the unused yarn so that it does not show in between the opposite color stitches.<br />
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Here is the front side of "2020 Happy Double-Knitting New Year!"<br />
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Here you can see that 2020 reads correctly on both sides - not a reverse image - this is a "non-reversible image."<br />
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And here is the back side.<br />
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This was a rewarding project. I learned a lot and hope to improve more as the new year unfolds!<br />
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Eastern_Peregrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12722805702520747122noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-251886109510381732.post-66536029555359582862020-01-04T09:57:00.001-08:002020-01-10T11:30:30.286-08:00Learning new ways - Distitch Edge CoastersThere's always something new to learn when you knit, crochet, or weave! Today, I'm waiting for the arrival of a new book by Assia Brill, <i><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/sources/distitch-a-new-knitting-concept/patterns">Distitch: A New Knitting Concept</a>. </i><br />
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I'm finishing the first in a set of two of Assia's "<a href="https://www.ravelry.com/projects/EasternPeregrine/distitch-edge-coaster">Distitch Edge Coaster</a>s," a <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/distitch-edge-coaster">free pattern</a> she shared on Ravelry, to introduce her new technique. Another of Assia's free patterns is her "<a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/distitch-edge-scarf">Distitch Edge Scarf</a>."<br />
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Coaster #1, in Denim Blue has the distitch "open" edge. Next, I want to try the distitch "closed" edge in Dove gray.<br />
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The coasters are in colors to match my "2020 Happy Double Knitting New Year!" project.<br />
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Eastern_Peregrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12722805702520747122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-251886109510381732.post-27330052885384561442019-12-28T22:52:00.002-08:002020-03-23T11:53:12.880-07:00Dachshund Cloths - On Their WayFrank and <span style="text-align: right;">Phoebe, </span><br />
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My <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/projects/EasternPeregrine/dachshund-cloth-in-textured-knitting">project page</a> tells a little about how I wrote the pattern. I had to test-knit several designs to get the body shape and the face I wanted with textured knitting in garter-stitch ridges on a stockinette background.<br />
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I use these little cloths to save on paper towels. I like the rectangular shape and they're the perfect size for wiping up spills or drying and polishing glassware. I hope my son and his wife like their cloths!<br />
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Update 1/3/2020: Darling Son and Daughter-in-Law say they love their "Weenie-Dog Cloths"!Eastern_Peregrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12722805702520747122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-251886109510381732.post-65930489805551525302019-12-26T09:35:00.001-08:002020-01-19T13:54:35.122-08:00Double-Knitting Adventures - The Chess Set - Knights!<br />
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<i><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/knights---champions-of-honor">“Knights! – Champions of Honor”</a> </i>is the second pattern
release from my <b><i>Chess Set</i></b> of double-knitting patterns. <span style="color: black;">You can knit hot pads or coasters with these patterns, or
you can use the charts to embellish larger projects. </span></div>
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Other patterns in the <b><i>Chess Set</i></b>:</div>
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<li><i><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/kings-and-queens---the-royal-couples">“Kings and Queens <i style="color: black;"></i><i style="color: black;">– </i>The Royal Couples”</a><o:p></o:p></i></li>
<li><i>“Bishops
and Rooks – Shields of the Realm”<o:p></o:p></i></li>
<li><i><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/pawns-attack-or-defend">“Pawns – Attack… or Defend?” (free pattern!</a></i></li>
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These are my size estimates for some suggested yarns and needle sizes:<o:p></o:p></div>
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<li><b>worsted-weight yarn,</b></li>
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at a gauge of 21
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(about 5.25 st/in
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<b>with U.S. size 3
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will produce a hot
pad measuring about <b>6 ¼ inches square.<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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suggested yarns – <o:p></o:p></div>
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Hobby
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Knit
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<li><b>fingering-weight yarn</b>,</li>
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at a gauge of 30
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(about 7.5 st/in and
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<b>with U.S. size 0
(2.00 mm) or 1 (2.25 mm) needles</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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will produce a
coaster measuring about <b>4 ½ inches square</b>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Cascade
Heritage (75% Wool, 25% Nylon)<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i><span style="color: black;">Choose
100% <b>cotton </b>or <b>wool </b>yarns to make your <b>Chess
Set </b>squares heat-resistant and moisture-absorbing. </span></i><o:p></o:p></div>
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Knitters have many techniques for
casting on, binding off, and finishing edges in double-knitting. The <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/groups/double-knitting">Double-Knitting Group</a>
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My worsted-weight sample, pictured
to the left and below, used Sarah E. White’s <a href="https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/two-color-cast-on-2115691">“Two Color
Cast-on for Double-Knitting,”</a> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and <a href="https://www.sockmatician.com/">Sockmatician</a>’s <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLZQEXQl4Yw&list=PLdPP9lsNMc-Q1e14kuw5GXEEsFTnlTHoc&index=4&t=0s">“Slip-Stitch
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I like combination knitting to
help achieve even double-knitting tension. Ellen, <a href="https://www.thechillydog.com/">“The Chilly Dog,”</a> has a fantastic <a href="https://www.thechillydog.com/2018/12/combination-knitting-and-4-reasons-to.html">article</a>
and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WP2MlICOWU&feature=youtu.be">video</a>
on combination knitting that explains <i>why</i> you would want to use the
technique and shows <i>how </i>to do combination knitting for both
English-style and continental-style knitters.<br />
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I used a simple sewn bind-off – instructions
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For Row 47 (not shown on the charts) you will be
knitting the front and back layers together. You <b>start Row 47 with 33
dark/light pairs (33 double stitches)</b>, then knit a dark stitch and light
stitch together (k2tog) across, so that you <b>end Row 47 with 33 single
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To finish binding off, use <b>Elizabeth Zimmerman’s Sewn
Bind-off</b>, as described at the end of <i>Knitty’s </i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Summer 2006<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><a href="http://knitty.com/ISSUEsummer06/FEATsum06TT.html">“Techniques
with Theresa”</a> feature, on binding off in knitting.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Complete your project by hiding yarn ends in between the
front and back layers. <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">For </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Chess Set</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> squares in kitchen cottons, </span><a href="https://home-and-hearth.blogspot.com/2019/12/colorfast-treatment-and-blocking-for.html" style="background-color: white; color: #888888;">be sure to treat for color fastness</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">! </span></span><br />
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Block as appropriate for your yarn, shaping your hot pad or coaster into a square or nearly-square shape.</div>
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This <i><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/knights---champions-of-honor">“Knights? – Champions of Honor”</a> </i>double-knitting
pattern is available as a pdf for immediate download. The pattern includes written instructions, links to tutorials, and front and back charts for knitting. You may use the pattern to knit for yourself, for gifts, or for charity. If you sell items made from my pattern, please credit
Janet Bailey Designs. You may not sell the pattern itself, or give it
away. Thank you for supporting my designs!<o:p></o:p><br />
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<a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/knights---champions-of-honor">Instant pdf download on Ravelry</a>.<br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/751937432/double-knitting-pattern-knights?ref=shop_home_active_2">Instant pdf download on Etsy.</a></div>
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I hope you enjoy knitting and using your <i><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/knights---champions-of-honor">"Knights!" </a></i>and I would love to see your project photos on Ravelry!<o:p></o:p></div>
<br />Eastern_Peregrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12722805702520747122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-251886109510381732.post-10971890957937673942019-12-24T11:37:00.001-08:002020-01-19T13:47:04.393-08:00Double-Knitting Adventures - The Chess Set - Pawns! (free pattern)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjClIDM8CjEIG0CpyPOyeuAoyt4rCHiIF4x87gg08eSGnqxMBMPKgIdbD_cVsfvK-AgapoNKV_p6r7O9j3JUnLomPoPsPWorkcPiLNXHDGvwp1ylXpUBoSB9CKYtN4A1NqyjrSVrBDUIAY/s1600/Pawns%2521.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="824" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjClIDM8CjEIG0CpyPOyeuAoyt4rCHiIF4x87gg08eSGnqxMBMPKgIdbD_cVsfvK-AgapoNKV_p6r7O9j3JUnLomPoPsPWorkcPiLNXHDGvwp1ylXpUBoSB9CKYtN4A1NqyjrSVrBDUIAY/s320/Pawns%2521.png" width="320" /></a><i>Pawns!”</i> is a free pattern from my <b><i>Chess Set</i></b> of double-knit patterns. You can knit hot pads or coasters with these patterns, or you can use the charts to embellish larger projects.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "wingdings";">§<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/kings-and-queens---the-royal-couples"><i>“Kings and Queens – The Royal Couples”</i></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "wingdings";">§<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><i>“Bishops
and Rooks </i><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">– </span><i>Shields of the Realm”</i></div>
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will produce a hot pad measuring about <b><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%;">6 ¼</span></b><b> inches square<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Hobby Lobby “I Love this Cotton” (100% cotton)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Knit Picks Wool of the Andes (100% wool)</div>
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at a gauge of 30 stitches and 38
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will produce a
coaster measuring about <b>4 ½ inches square</b>.<br />
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Cascade
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<i>Choose 100% </i><i><b>cotton </b></i><i>or </i><i><b>wool </b></i><i>yarns to make your <b>Chess Set </b>squares heat-resistant and moisture-absorbing. </i><br />
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Knitters have many techniques for casting
on, binding off, and finishing edges in double-knitting. The <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/groups/double-knitting">Double-Knitting Group</a>
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My worsted-weight sample, pictured to the left and below, used <a href="https://www.sockmatician.com/">Sockmatician</a>’s <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RO-maaxl8Rc&list=PLdPP9lsNMc-Q1e14kuw5GXEEsFTnlTHoc&index=11">“Alternating Two-Color Long-Tail Cast On”</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLZQEXQl4Yw&list=PLdPP9lsNMc-Q1e14kuw5GXEEsFTnlTHoc&index=4&t=0s">“Slip-Stitch Edges for Double-Knitting.”</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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I like combination knitting to help achieve even double-knitting tension. Ellen, <a href="https://www.thechillydog.com/">“The Chilly Dog,”</a> has a fantastic <a href="https://www.thechillydog.com/2018/12/combination-knitting-and-4-reasons-to.html">article</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WP2MlICOWU&feature=youtu.be">video</a> on combination knitting that explains <i>why</i> you would want to use the technique and shows <i>how </i>to do combination knitting for both English-style and continental-style knitters.<br />
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To keep your <i>Chess Set</i> squares looking looking like new, <a href="https://home-and-hearth.blogspot.com/2019/12/colorfast-treatment-and-blocking-for.html">be sure to treat kitchen cottons for color fastness and block them to shape</a>!</div>
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I had fun designing <i>“Pawns!” </i> I hope you enjoy knitting and using them.<br />
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If you are on Ravelry, you can add the free pattern to your Library and link it to your Projects. Here is a link to the <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/pawns-attack-or-defend">free pattern on Ravelry</a>.<br />
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If you are not on Ravelry, you can use this link to download the <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/10tKEmCyERitkq9NC4JLsetfb-eu3Ylxv/view?usp=sharing">free pattern from my Google Drive</a>. (Updated 12/29/19.)</div>
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<i><a href="https://home-and-hearth.blogspot.com/2019/12/double-knitting-adventures-chess-set_26.html">"The Knights - Champions of Honor"</a></i> <s><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">will be
released soon</span></s>.<br />
(Update: <a href="https://home-and-hearth.blogspot.com/2019/12/double-knitting-adventures-chess-set_26.html">"Knights"</a> was released on 12/26/2019.)<br />
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<br />Eastern_Peregrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12722805702520747122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-251886109510381732.post-3252779113413289162019-12-17T14:21:00.004-08:002021-06-02T09:18:16.913-07:00Bowl Mat in Textured Picture Crochet - Free Pattern<br />
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<span style="line-height: 107%;">The Bowl-Mat for Mulligan pattern <span style="text-align: justify;">uses Groundhog Peggy’s technique, a version of tapestry crochet, for crocheting a picture afghan. A video for the technique was formerly available on Groundhog Peggy’s channel,</span></span><br />
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This picture afghan technique is worked in blocks of six
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<span style="line-height: 107%;">The sample was crocheted in cotton worsted-weight (standard
weight 4) yarn using a size 8-H (5.00 mm) hook. Gauge is not too important, but
you want your stitches to be dense to make a sturdy cloth. Use a hook that is
comfortable for you with the yarn you choose. For the sample, my gauge was 14
st = 4 inches (14 block = 12 inches). At that gauge my bowl mat was about 17”
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<span style="line-height: 107%;">This bowl mat is useful for sopping up spills from our over-eager eaters!</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;">I hope you enjoy making and using Mulligan's Bowl-Mat. You can download the free pattern here:</span><br />
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<a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/dachshund-cloth-in-textured-knitting">Bowl-Mat for Mulligan Crochet Pattern - Free Download on Ravelry.com</a><br />
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<br />Eastern_Peregrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12722805702520747122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-251886109510381732.post-58166936672113155382019-12-17T09:15:00.001-08:002020-03-23T12:00:52.384-07:00Colorfast Treatment and Blocking for Kitchen CottonsI like to keep my handmade cloths fresh and bright. To avoid fading, I soak them for an hour in a solution of white vinegar, Epsom salts, and water.<br />
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For textured picture cloths, pressing down on the stockinette stitches helps to emphasize raised purl stitch designs.Eastern_Peregrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12722805702520747122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-251886109510381732.post-2145307924554469952019-12-17T08:52:00.000-08:002020-03-23T11:53:12.870-07:00A Dachshund Cloth in Textured Knitting - Free Pattern<br />
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<span style="line-height: 107%;">Designing pictures in textured knitting is challenging.
Horizontal purl stitch rows pop out against the stockinette background (as they
do in welting), but vertical purl stitch columns recede (as they do in
ribbing). What looks good on a chart may translate as a different image when
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<span style="line-height: 107%;">The design for this dachshund cloth was test-knitted and
revised several times. I wanted my dachshund’s body, feet, and tail to be in
scale with each other, and I wanted a wagging tail with at least an indication
of ears. The dachshund’s face was challenging since one stitch difference on
nose or ears can make the design look like a mouse or a bunny! You can see two
versions of the face on the gold and brown dachshunds in the photo. The chart
is for a face more like the gold dachshund.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;">The samples are knitted in cotton worsted-weight (standard
weight 4) yarn on size 6 needles (4.0 mm) needles. Gauge is not too important
but you want your stitches to be dense so that the design shows clearly. For
the samples, my gauge was 5.5 st/in and 8.5 rows/in (22 stitches and 34 rows in
4 inches). At that gauge my cloths were about 10 ½” wide and about 5 ¼” tall.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;">You might want to go up to size 7 needles if your worsted
cotton is more like an aran-weight. Or you might want to make a smaller cloth
in dk-weight cotton on smaller needles. Have fun with your dachshunds!</span></div>
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<a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/dachshund-cloth-in-textured-knitting">Dachshund Cloth in Textured Knitting - Free Pattern Download on Ravelry.com</a><br />
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To keep your dachshunds looking frisky, <a href="https://home-and-hearth.blogspot.com/2019/12/colorfast-treatment-and-blocking-for.html">be sure to treat kitchen cottons for color fastness and block them to shape</a>!Eastern_Peregrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12722805702520747122noreply@blogger.com2