Double Vision
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knittingpixJust wanted to post a brag picture of my in-progress Double Vision.
As you can probably see, all I’ve retained is the colour blends. The technique is completely different. Each square is knitted from the outside in, and joined by picking up and knitting stitches of previously completed squares during the cast on. I admit that I’m using this technique because I HATE making up, and the idea of sewing up at the end of knitting made me shudder. This way, all I have to do is weave in the ends.
The yarn is Moda Vera Wisp, a synthetic polar fleece style yarn with a sparkle. I chose this yarn because I liked it, and because I simply couldn’t find the purple used in the top left corner in any other Australian yarn and still have a full spectrum. It seemed to be one or the other!
Each square is sixteen stitches per side, knitted on five 5mm DPNs or a circular needle (magic loop). This way, all of my squares are indeed squares, without the need for worrying about gauge or measuring. I’ll finish the outside edge with a crochet border in black when I’m done, just to neaten it and disguise any unevenness.
As you can probably see, all I’ve retained is the colour blends. The technique is completely different. Each square is knitted from the outside in, and joined by picking up and knitting stitches of previously completed squares during the cast on. I admit that I’m using this technique because I HATE making up, and the idea of sewing up at the end of knitting made me shudder. This way, all I have to do is weave in the ends.
The yarn is Moda Vera Wisp, a synthetic polar fleece style yarn with a sparkle. I chose this yarn because I liked it, and because I simply couldn’t find the purple used in the top left corner in any other Australian yarn and still have a full spectrum. It seemed to be one or the other!
Each square is sixteen stitches per side, knitted on five 5mm DPNs or a circular needle (magic loop). This way, all of my squares are indeed squares, without the need for worrying about gauge or measuring. I’ll finish the outside edge with a crochet border in black when I’m done, just to neaten it and disguise any unevenness.
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Date: 2010-04-10 08:54 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-04-10 09:15 am (UTC)For my starting square, I cast on 64 stitches in black (double stranded), evenly spread over four DPNs, then joined in the round.
Row 1: Still in black - *SSK, K12, K2tog* four times. Cut black yarn, attach coloured yarn (double stranded).
Row 2: Now chosen colours - Knit
Row 3: *SSK, K10, K2tog* four times
and so on, repeating last two rows, the K stitches decreasing by two every second row, until
Row whatever: *SSK, K2tog* four times - (8)
Last row: *Sl 1, K1, PSSO* four times - (4)
Cut yarn, draw yarn through four stitches, pull tight, and draw end through to back. I tend to use a crochet hook, because it's easier.
The second square is exactly the same, only the last sixteen stitches of cast on are picked up and knit from an edge of the first square. I also use a crochet hook for this bit, lining the picked up loops of yarn up along the handle and then just slipping them off the bottom end of the hook onto a DPN when I have sixteen. (This won't work if you have a crochet hook with a moulded handle.)
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Date: 2010-04-10 03:53 pm (UTC)It looks lovely!
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