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Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Work in Progress Wednesday
Again, it feels like a week with not a lot to show for it. I spent all weekend finishing the swatches for Level Three. It doesn't look like much but it took me about five days to figure out how to do the double knitting with closed sides. I can be a slow learner. It is the square white one on the bottom right. The other side is all blue. Yes, it is like a small pot holder.
One that I am proud of is the intarsia swatch. I have struggled to come up with the right pattern that wasn't too difficult. Straight vertical lines can be tough and you don't want a pattern that tempts you to strand. This is my own design, just playing on the computer with colored squares to come up with this.
My second Aran sleeve is slowly moving along. Hopefully it will be finished this week and then on to the body.
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Your intarsia swatch is gorgeous - I love the design. So clever :)
ReplyDeleteAwesome work with the double knitted swatch! I haven't figured out how to do it without having the other color show up in the borders.
ReplyDeleteThat was exactly what i struggled with for five days! Here's what I finally did: On every row, slip the first stitch with both yarns in back. The next stitch is a knit with A on the first row (not a purl like you might think from the pairs). At the end of each row, drop color B in front and knit the last stitch in A. Now you are set up and can follow that pattern. What i was struggling with was thinking that it had to be k1, p1 pairs across. It is edge stitch, (k1, p1) to the end and then edge stitch.
ReplyDeleteGreat swatch. It looks awesome.
ReplyDeleteDouble-knitting and intarsia in one post! Wow! The intarsia pattern is very effective.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful swatch, can't wait to see the rest!
ReplyDeleteYour swatches look great!
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