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hose stitches hidden by the decreases in round 7 this would be a perfect place to add an edging most edgings though are knit as long strips and attached to the main piece if you d prefer to do this you would do it similarly to attaching one side of the i cord as in the last post i wanted an edging that goes out from the center enter cobweb frill from page 341 of a second treasury of knitting patterns by barbara g walker it s written as a flat piece that continues into a main section so i had to make a few adjustments to get it to work here read more posted by paulabethl at 12 07 pm 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday october 9 2018 macarons this is still a knitting blog first of all allow me to apologize for all those updates of this post while i thought i was working on a draft this time it s for real what can we do with all those yo yos if you search yoyo crafts on pinterest you will find an overwhelming variety of project types the vast majority are in fabric but there is no reason most of them can t be interpreted in yarn this is especially true of the projects that use stacks of yo yos to form the torsos and limbs of a whole menagerie of little friends there are a number of these type of projects in knit and crochet here and here on ravelry but when it comes to sewing them side by side i wanted more guidance i did this by modifying the original basic yo yo to have round 6 a non decrease round as a purl round instead of knit this makes a fold line and flattens the yo yo somewhat and produces all those nice in theory little purl bumps that can be used to stitch the yo yos to each other but i couldn t find a way to seam them that was satisfactory i wanted tidy results that nevertheless made a line of demarcation between the pieces i m still not there but i did come up with another use join them back to back with a thin band of i cord this produces the classic macaron shape make two basic yo yos substituting a purl round for round 6 as mentioned these particular yo yos gather into a less attractive shape than the original so you ll want to block them into circles before proceeding to sew pin through the stitching loops not the yarn to the outline of a circle template the picture to the left shows the decrease lines and the loops in the diagram the white stitches and loops are the decrease lines and the light gray stitches and loops are most of the other stitches the dark gray elements are those stitches on round 6 that are hidden by the decreases made on round 7 they are not really visible so i did not work with them if you are going to add embellishments sew them on now then cast two stitches on a short double pointed needle also place loops from each of the yo yos onto needles it is best to use light weight needles so they don t slip out of the loops use a fourth needle to knit step 1 slip the first loop from the right needle to the center needle and k2tog with the first cast on loop step 2 slip the second cast on loop k wise step 3 slip the first loop from the left needle k wise or p wise it doesn t matter and knit it together with the loop from step 2 as for ssk take the yarn across the back as for i cord and continue in this manner once you have worked all the way around the yo yos cut your yarn leaving a tail of about 12 thread your yarn needle and take it p wise through the first stitch on the needle without removing the stitch go under the first real stitch at the beginning of the i cord as for duplicate stitch bring the yarn needle back to the live stitches work k wise into the first stitch and remove it from the needle then p wise through the second stitch and leave it on the needle go under the base of the left hand stitch on the first row of i cord and finish by slipping the second live stitch k wise from the needle there is no particularly good way to darn in the ends so knot them together close to where the i cord meets one of the yo yos and bury them inside the macaron read more posted by paulabethl at 11 59 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest sunday september 9 2018 bunnies and llamas and sheep omg my husband and i went to the garden state sheep breeders sheep and fiber festival yesterday it was overcast but the temperature finally broke so it was a much more pleasant day than it could have been there was an angora rabbit to pet two llamas sitting in their pen completely unperturbed by the hubbub around them and multiple breeds of sheep my favorite is the jacob sheep with their multiple horns one of the first booths we went into had a baby camel silk blend yarn that was soft soft soft i didn t want to buy the first yarn to catch my eye but i was planning to go back later to purchase it towards the end though i was at the marianated yarns booth and fell in love the yarn is uncorked gradient and the color is marilyn merlot i love puns it is 69 silk 22 kid mohair and 9 nylon it is labeled fingering weight but with the mohair aura i will probably work it at a sport or dk gauge i was surprised to find a couple of sample skeins of their scrumptious yarn in my bag it s merino with some cashmere and nylon and it is very well named i myself am too sensitive to wear wool socks but for people who are able to yep it does seem worth a shot the gradations in the pink are so subtle yet absolutely amazing so that s it for now until next time posted by paulabethl at 1 30 pm 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday august 30 2018 poinsettia yos i decided to make a yo yo poinsettia does every crafter wake up in the middle of august thinking omg only four and a half months til christmas although i love the little flowers created by the swirl yo yos i wanted my poinsettia to be more precise you ll notice that this pattern is based on six repeats per round rather than the eight of the original also in order to reduce bulk i cast on fewer stitches and decreased every other round until i got to the top of the flower then i began decreasing every round these are a bit more fiddly than the basic ones but you ll be able to turn out plenty before december 25 this still uses the provisional cast on here using a matching perle cotton and leaving it in to gather the cast on yarn sock or sport weight in both flower color and center color needles set of 5 us 1 2 25 mm dpns or size you can work comfortably with gauge is not an important consideration here i started with a set of 7 75 19 7 cm long needles and switched to 5 12 7 cm needles when the number of stitches got small notions coordinating 5 perle cotton 6 stitch markers yarn needle point protectors provisionally co 84 sts with matching no 5 perle cotton turn and knit one row adding markers every 14 sts distribute onto dpns rounds 1 9 odd k until 2 sts before marker k2tog 6x 60 sts rem after round 7 rounds 2 8 even work even rounds 9 17 k until 2 sts before marker k2tog 6x 6 sts rem after round 17 diagram 1 cut yarn with an 8 tail thread tail through rem sts twice draw circle closed secure and darn in end do the embroidery before you gather the yo yo i figured that one out the hard way leaving the beginning tail of the embroidery yarn on the front side of the knitting duplicate stitch on the 6 sts of the second to last round diagram 1 the stitches in the very center look like single strands but they really are full stitches do try to get the needle all the way to the back follow with a round of straight stitches from the round just worked into the center hole diagram 2 fill up the area with 2 wrap french knots there is a nice tutorial for french knots here just ignore the part about using an embroidery hoop bring the beginning of the embroidery yarn to the back tie those ends together and darn them in diagram 2 untie the beginning knot darn in beginning yarn end make a single knot with the perle cotton and gather the knitting distributing it evenly when it is as tight as it will go double knot the perle cotton place a dab of fabric glue on the knot once dry cut the ends short or leave them for sewing onto a background wet the piece thoroughly and pin the corners out to the corners of a hexagon pinch the points and the centers of the sides to shape them allow to dry you can block by eye use hexagon templates from the internet trace quilter s templates or make your own in graphics software i put a printout into a clear page protector and pin right through it into my blocking board before you do this check that your ink doesn t run although the paper is mostly protected some water can seep through that s it for now until next time posted by paulabethl at 4 31 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday july 25 2018 a really neat yo yo variation after i saw how nice the decrease lines showed up on the basic yo yo i decided to get a little fancy while the double decrease i used creates straight lines to the center i knew that single decreases in the round make swirls i wanted to see how that looked as i suspected it made swirls when i gathered them though out popped the cutest little flower shapes the ssk version is to the right i blocked another couple of samples flat enough to photograph them and lo and behold they didn t gather into the flowers so don t block them since i m using superwash yarn i wet them down and rolled them around in my hands to undo the blocking then the gathering worked since the decreases in these versions are single decreases they must be worked on every round otherwise the procedure is pretty much the same as the original version read more posted by paulabethl at 4 59 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday july 19 2018 so about those knit yo yos after i had pondered the idea of knit yo yos i grabbed some sock yarn and us 1 2 25 mm double pointed needles guessed a stitch gauge calculated a row gauge must ve multiplied by pi because how else do you get a circle cast on and knit and it worked i made a few samples including the silk blend sport weight cutie to the right the basic procedure is to cast on enough stitches for the circumference then work evenly spaced double decreases towards the center i used sl2 k1 p2sso on every other round which makes a single straight line at each decrease point you can see this in the photo to the left my original plan had some kinks though mostly trying to gather the teeny tiny cast on stitches on the beginning yarn tail then one of the tails snapped i m proud to say i didn t so i needed to come up with another idea my preferred provisional cast on is to crochet a chain in waste yarn and pick up stitches in the backs of the chains it is very stable and allows you to put on stitch markers as you go along but it was a disaster see paragraph above years and years and years ago i learned a provisional cast on that uses a straight length of waste yarn in theory you re supposed to use a contrasting yarn so that it s easy to free the loops to knit in the opposite direction but what if you used a matching perle cotton and left it in this would be strong enough to accomplish the gathering ta da i found a good tutorial with very clear pictures of the cast on here again for this application use coordinating perle cotton and don t remove it when the knitting is finished basic yo yo yarn sock or sport weight needles set of 5 us 1 2 25 mm dpns or size you can work comfortably with gauge is not an important consideration here i started with a set of 7 75 19 7 cm long needles and switched to 5 12 7 cm needles when the number of stitches got small notions coordinating 5 perle cotton 8 stitch markers yarn needle point protectors embellishment optional sewing needle and thread optional on a longer dpn provisionally co 104 sts with matching 5 perle cotton turn and knit one row adding markers every 13 sts distribute onto dpns and proceed to work in the round round 1 k5 sl2 k1 p2sso k5 8x 88 sts rounds 2 10 even k all sts round 3 k4 sl2 k1 p2sso k4 8x 72 sts round 5 k3 sl2 k1 p2sso k3 8x 56 sts round 7 k2 sl2 k1 p2sso k2 8x 40 sts round 9 k1 sl2 k1 p2sso k1 8x 24 sts round 11 sl2 k1 p2sso 8x 8 sts cut yarn with about an 8 20 cm tail use the yarn needle to run the tail through the remaining stitches twice tighten and secure darn in the end untie the beginning knot if necessary untwist the other end of the perle cotton so that it slides freely darn in the remaining yarn end make a single knot with the two ends of the perle cotton and gather the knitting distributing it evenly when it is as tight as it will go double knot the cotton add a button if desired i added an information page on how to secure sewing yarn to knitting you can access it from the header now on fabric yo yos the gathered side is considered the right side on these i preferred to use the center left in the photo as the top side the gathered side has its charms though so use it if you prefer a button here is not optional you will need one large enough to cover the perle cotton i will leave you with that for now i do have a really neat variation for next time until then posted by paulabethl at 12 39 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday june 12 2018 this post is not about knitting we have two family weddings coming up this summer and i just finished sewing a little silk purse for the first bride to be to carry at the reception it s a gorgeous fabric that i really wanted to let speak for itself but the purse did need a bit extra enter yo yos these are just circles of fabric where a narrow hem is folded and secured with a running stitch the thread is then pulled to gather the outside of the circle most yo yo projects have a down home look which i knew would be a jarring contrast to the fabric nevertheless i tried making a few in the silk and added vintage buttons to the centers the result absolutely blew me away there is no shortage of tutorials and project ideas floating around the internet so i ll just mention a few things i found helpful if you have a good eye you don t really need to mark the fold line but i knew i would be happier if i did i found that keeping the running stitch very close to the fold gave me better looking gathers i knotted my thread ends together to gather up the fabric then trimmed them not too close and added a drop of fabric glue after it was dry i trimmed them shorter this doesn t seem to be the typical method though and the knot might show if there were no embellishment in the center now of course i have to wonder about knit yo yos i have no doubt they can be made but i don t know how practical they will be well i m going to find out until then posted by paulabethl at 3 24 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest older posts home subscribe to comments atom blog archive 2018 9 october 2 and 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