KNITmuch | Issue 06
Here’s another issue you don’t want to miss! We’re talking about one of the more recent yarns Premier Toy Box, its characteristics, benefits and how perfect it is for knitting for children. We also look at non-allergenic sock yarns, and conversations about brioche knitting and knitting one stitch below using the luxurious Bella Cash. You’ll want to know about self striping yarns and examine what it’s like to knit with gradient striping yarn, Sweet Roll and Red Heart With Love Stripes and know the difference. Plenty of patterns to explore using Red Heart Soft and Evermore yarns.
Here’s another issue you don’t want to miss! We’re talking about one of the more recent yarns Premier Toy Box, its characteristics, benefits and how perfect it is for knitting for children. We also look at non-allergenic sock yarns, and conversations about brioche knitting and knitting one stitch below using the luxurious Bella Cash. You’ll want to know about self striping yarns and examine what it’s like to knit with gradient striping yarn, Sweet Roll and Red Heart With Love Stripes and know the difference. Plenty of patterns to explore using Red Heart Soft and Evermore yarns.
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The garter stitch sections of this swatch are super<br />
cushiony, very squooshy. It’s so hard not to make up<br />
adjectives that describe how soft these garter stitch<br />
triangles are. The stitches are even, and the amount<br />
of twist in this yarn really makes it easy to get even<br />
tension.<br />
The yarn-over eyelets and the open stitches that<br />
aren’t twisted also hold their own in this yarn. They<br />
frame the columns of twisted stitches nicely and,<br />
when necessary, close up to bring the flame motifs<br />
to a point.<br />
As a crocheter, I find knitting picot tips so much<br />
more work than crocheting them, but I try not to<br />
shy away from a challenge, so here, too, I dug in all<br />
the way. I worked some purl-stitch picots along the<br />
edge of this swatch and feel a little ho-hum about<br />
them. I think I need to find a Pinterest board that<br />
just has picot edgings!<br />
Thanks for joining me as we looked at Bella Cash<br />
yarn, and how to substitute it for either an inferior<br />
or too pricey yarn, how not to knit Brioche, how to<br />
knit 1 below, and how Bella Cash beautifully shows<br />
off textured stitches.<br />
Charles Voth<br />
twitter.com/stitchstud<br />
charlesvothdesigns.ca<br />
Garter stitch wedges are used to create the increases for this shawl pattern.<br />
The picots on the edge of this sample are made with a multiple<br />
increase and then a purl bind off.<br />
<strong>KNITmuch</strong> | issue 6<br />
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