Tag: video demonstration
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I-cord Bind-off
Companion video for the Beach Bucket hat pattern.
An i-cord bind-off creates a very defined edge with almost no give. It is perfect for adding stability any edge that needs a little extra something to keep everything together. It is also a very strong edge and was often used in traditional sweaters, such as Fishermen Ganseys, at shoulder joins to help those seams keep their shape.
In the Beach Bucket pattern I am using the I-cord bind-off in a contrasting colour to both highlight the edge and define its shape.
The video will give you an understanding of how to create the I-cord to start the bind-off and the basic steps of the bind-off.
Happy learning, happy knitting!
Lynette
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Beach Bucket – Dip Stitch
Today is the first day of the Beach Bucket class. The focus of the class is the Dip Stitch. A very cool technique of adding extra depth of texture and colour. So yesterday Ray took a little video of how do work the stitch.
The original sample was knit with Noro yarns. Those bright colours remind me of a tropical beach bucket. This new sample is knit with West Yorkshire Spinners The Croft Shetland Tweed. More a north coast beach bucket! LOL!
There are a few other interesting techniques used in this pattern; provisional cast-on, knitted in fold, and I-cord bind-off.
The Beach Bucket pattern will be available around the 20th.
I hope that you have a great day!
Lynette
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Drawing the Big Leaf
Video is approximately 3 min long. Watch and learn how to “draw” the motif for the Big Leaf Maple Cowl and Hat.
Big Maple Cowl and Hat is worked in a “drawn” stitch in that the contrast yarns are drawn through an eyelet pattern created in the rows or rounds before the contrast colour is introduced. I was really taken with this technique as it creates another layer of colour over our base.
This technique is some times called knitting into stitches below, though I think that drawn stitches better describes the technique as we are not really creating stitches, just loops. The yarn used is not really knit to begin with, just pulled through holes in our knitting and then knit together to gather and close the stitch.
There will be a few more patterns in the Just Playing Around Ebook that will feature this stitch.
Heading into Fall It always amazes me how much certain knit stitches can look like like flowers, or leaves or other natural shapes. Norah Gaughan really explored that concept in her book Knitting Nature.
The Big Leaf Maple is a species of Maple that we see on Vancouver Island. I see it on all of my favourite walks and at all times of the year. It is truly a beautiful tree at all times but its leaves are immense – more than 12 inches across and perfectly formed, just as nature intended.
This stitch was just a stitch until one day I saw it as a maple leaf now that is all I can see. I hope that you see it too!
Turn on your speaker as you watch the video and you can hear my explanation as I knit and a little cursing as I correct myself!
Be well and Knit Happy!
Lynette
