[Translate] Okay, thanks for joining me on this KAL. If you’ve never made a pair of socks before, don’t worry, it’s a snap. I do recommend that you look at the links in the last post though and just have a quick read through. We’ll have a bit of a refresher with some parts of it during this KAL. You’ll quickly realize that they’re not as difficult as they first appear. Once you understand the [more]
[Translate] All right then, hopefully by now you’ve decided on your yarn of choice for the knit along. Hopefully you’ve also done a swatch and have the gauge and know what needles you’re going to be using. Now it’s just a matter of knitting yourself a beautiful new fitted top. So before we get started, let’s do a very quick checklist … Spring/Summer 2011 Issue of Vogue Knitting International Appropriate yarn for the Fitted Top [more]
[Translate] No, you’re not seeing double – not really. And no, Double Knitting doesn’t mean you have to knit the same thing twice – well, not really. You are knitting two pieces of fabric at the same time to create one reversible piece of fabric. Clear as mud, right? Although technically you could use any arbitrary number of yarns and colors, Double Knitting is usually done with two colors and usually the same yarn (although [more]
[Translate] Okay, it’s time for our last swatch, but before we do that, it’s also time for some changes. By now you’ve gotten used to putting holes (YO’s) in your work and you’re worked a single left slanting and right slanting decrease as well as a double decrease. You don’t know everything about lace knitting yet, but you’re well on your way. There is more to learn but we’ll tackle it as we get to [more]
[Translate] Well, seeing as we’re almost ready to delve into a Lace project, I thought I would dedicate this week’s tips to Lace. There are a few more than usual, but some of them may be repeats from previous weeks. Sorry if you’ve read them before, but I hope those that haven’t appreciate it. You might want to go back through the archives as well just to see what you’ve missed. Okay, here we go [more]
