Very Stretchy Cast-on For Double and Single Ribbing By Tillybuddy. Latvian Braid Tutorial and other such stuff | Ohdessa Knits. So my new mitten pattern should be going up in a few days. Memento Mori Mittens if you have not yet seen them. I am just fine tuning the pattern and making it pretty. In the pattern, I use a technique that I had never done before, which is possibly my new favourite mitten cuff stabilizer, the Latvian Braid. So much more attractive than basic ribbing in a colourwork heavy mitten in my opinion! Basically, a Latvian Braid is inside-out colourwork. You purl with the yarn (I use two strands in the example, but you can use one, or three, or whatever you want) on the outside, using one strand each stitch to knit, and floating the other in front which creates the braid.
Does that make sense? Row 4: Bring both strands of yarn in front to purl. Then purl while floating the other yarn (in this case the red) in front. Continue doing this throughout the row, always bringing the yarn you are about to purl with OVER the yarn you are going to let float. Tomorrow we go to the Farmers’ Market. Summer Cotton Crocheted Bracelet ~ Free Pattern! I'm pleased to offer this new free pattern today. The Summer Cotton Crocheted Bracelet was inspired by a trip to Virgin Gorda. It's perfect for those casual, carefree days of summer when only the feel of cool cotton will do. This bracelet is so fun and easy to make. You'll want to design one for all of your friends! This pattern will make a bracelet that is 7 inches long from one end of the clasp to the other.
This is a medium size. You will need:Aunt Lydia's Crochet Cotton Size 3 (Natural)32 Size 6/0 Glass BeadsCrochet Hook US D3/3.25 mmBeading needleSewing needleScissorsClasp (I'm using a lobster clasp with a closed ring) Threading The Beads Before you begin to crochet, use your beading needle to easily slip your beads onto the cotton thread. Making The Bracelet Beaded Chain 1: ch 3, (slide a bead down close to your hook and ch 1, ch 3) 6 times for a total of 27 chs. Finishing Pattern Notes 1. 2. 3. You could double the pattern for a cuff style bracelet. Промокашка. Мастер-класс. | Розетка вяжет. Hairpin Lace Instructions. I finally finished Part 4 of the hairpin lace tutorial. If you would like to try this technique, I hope you find this tutorial helpful. Although there are tons of pics and instructions, I tried to break each individual step down.
In a perfect world, I would be able to have everyone over for a cup of tea, cozy up on the couch, and show them how to do this very easy technique in 15 minutes. But, alas, that is just a cyber dream! This tutorial is strictly instruction on how to make hairpin lace. The Afghan I'm Making: The only things I've ever made with hairpin lace are afghans. I will share pics and notes when I'm done making mine, but chances are it won't be in the next few weeks. I'm thinking how pretty this would be to make for baby dolls, using naturally dyed yarns in soft, muted colors... or for the bottom of Pixie and Fairy's bed... we are going to be redecorating their room soon...
So... with a very quiet drum roll, are the 4 parts of the tutorial. Part 1 - The Loom. Natalia Knits » Blog Archive » Eastern Style Knitting. Eastern Continental Purling. Alternating Eastern knit and purl. Alternating Eastern knit and purl. Learn to Speed Knit! Kitchener Stitch. Magic Loop Knitting. Knitting Tutorials from KnitPicks. Sideways Edge Cast-On. So I just released a new pattern (Swerve!) And you’ll notice how the cuffs and hands are knit in opposite directions (or, perpendicular directions really) – but hey guess what! There’s no picking up stitches and no seaming! How is that so, you might ask… well, I’m about to show you! I have been doing a ton of experimenting (ohmygosh so much) over the last several months and I want to share with you everything I’ve discovered, learned, ruled out, with all of my trials and errors… The method – which has existed, of course, as all knitterly things have, and I have just unvented, as the great Elizabeth Zimmermann liked to say – I am calling the sideways edge cast-on, because edges (cuffs, brims, etc) are what I’ve been using it for and what it seems great for.
Below is an example of a version of the method having been worked as a hat brim. Now, what was up with that “ratio of stitches to rows” issue mentioned above? Cast-on 6 stitches.Knit 1 row.Purl 1 row.Kfb, place marker, k to end. How to Knit a Flat Circle.