Tips for learning to spot weave and handle 3 working yarn ends for the troika technique.
The practice project for learning spot weaving is the Spot Woven Dishcloth (free pattern instructions available here).
To help you along and avoid pitfalls, here are questions posed by others that you might also have. I’ve also included tips I’ve found helpful in my own spot woven knitting. Continue reading
First off, I want to congratulate Pat Pope and Diane Cagnon-Ciolek, winners of the August Prize Drawings. See what Pat and Diane won and all the other prizes and winners so far this year. Thanks to everyone participating, sharing and supporting the KALs and Prize Giveaways. I couldn’t keep KnitHeartStrings going without you.
And now for September, look what you can win!
Create a statement in lace, and wear it with pizzazz. Slimming chevrons and stylized fleur-de-lis arranged symmetrically in narrow lace bands are knitted from end- to-end in one piece — no grafting or seams to sew! This design is ideal for those who like their scarf ends to match without the hassle of grafting or provisional cast ons.
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Want to win The Skinny on Lace Kit? Simply hop on over to the Monthly Prize Giveaway page to read about the different ways you can rack up entries.
A random drawing will be held right after I tally the entries following September 30, 2014. I’ll announce the winner as soon as possible after that. Good luck!
Spot woven knitting that mimics the look of beads
Spot Woven Stitch
Our next Beyond BOBBOL Learn-and-Knit-A-Long is going way beyond lace and beads to try new things in another area. I call it “spot weaving” because the design looks like … well, spots of color (sort of like beads) against a background color.
Since the Spot Woven Stitch produces a dense, non-stretchy fabric, it is ideal for items like dishcloths, hot pads, placemats, rugs, pocketbooks, etc. I’ve even used it for hard-wearing, cushiony heels on socks. (stay tuned for the story on that!)
I hope you will join in to knit along in September and learn about Spot Weaving.
To tempt you, I have designed the Spot Woven Dishcloth learning project. The instructions page will be available for free to all members.
Note: There will not be a pdf file to download for the Spot Woven Dishcloth free instructions, but you will need to be logged in with your member account to access the instructions page.
Spot Woven Dishcloth
YARN – Worsted weight cotton yarn in 2 colors. For the yarn in the samples pictured, I used Lily Sugar ‘n Cream in Hot Orange for the background color and Hot Pink for the spot accent color. Check your stash for scraps or partial balls as you won’t need much for the dishcloth learning project. You’ll only need –
KNITTING NEEDLES – Size US 8 (5 mm)
The Spot Woven Dishcloth pattern instructions will be free for everyone in the KAL. I’m planning to have the instructions ready for you on September 5th, the usual date to start our monthly KAL’s. There will not be a pdf download file for this, but you will need to be logged in with your member account to access the instructions page.
Beaded Shamrocks Socks
Beaded Shamrocks Socks is the pattern where I used the spot woven stitch for the heel flap (flat knitting version) and toe band (circularly knitted version). The design motivation was to carry forward the look of beading beyond the sock cuff and upper leg. But of course, using beads in the heel or toe could be very uncomfortable if worn with shoes, lol.
As part of the September KAL, you can get the Beaded Shamrocks Socks pattern as a bonus at special discounts September 5 – 25. (Note: Premium members can get free Ravelry delivery of this pattern now!)
I hope you will join us to knit and learn along for Spot Weaving as part of the Beyond BOBBOL series. If you are not yet a member of KnitHeartStrings, you can Join Here. There is lots of good knitting still to come for 2014 Beyond BOBBOL!
I’ve got 2 prizes again to give away for August!
I am feeling generous (and thankful), as have so many of our KnitHeartStrings members been in their participation, sharing and support. I couldn’t keep KnitHeartStrings going without you.
Leave a comment below this post and let me know which kit you’d like to win. Then get your prize drawing entries in before the end of this month (info here). If you are drawn as a winner, I’ll give priority to your preferred prize.
This is a one-time offering only. For some lucky winner, I’ve lovingly strung all the beads needed so you are ready to start knitting! This is the project we did for last year’s September BOBBOL KAL. The tutorials are still available here at the KnitHeartStrings site if you need help.
Little Headed Pumpkin Kit
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This is another of the Teddy Bear Kits like the one for last month’s giveaway. If you were hoping to win the kit and didn’t, you have another chance this month to enter and be the winner.
Teddy Bear Kit Contents
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Remember to leave a comment to let me know which kit you’d like to win. Then get your entries in (info here). If you are drawn as a winner, I’ll give priority to your preferred prize. I hope one of the winners will be YOU – Good luck!
Nancy H. wrote: ” Just beautiful, as are all of the Jackie ES patterns! “
Did you know that corn is used to make yarn? While here in the high plains of Colorado, I love to see the corn fields. I don’t think this corn is destined to make yarn (this is basically cattle country and so the corn is used for feed), but it does make me think of yarn, lol.
So for the August KAL, I thought it would be fun to do a stitch pattern that resembles corn. If you can find yarn that is made from corn (or happen to have some on hand), all the better. But if not, that is ok — there are so many fibers available these days for summertime wearing, e.g. cotton, tencel, rayon.
For August’s project KAL, Lacy Maizy features crisp outlines of cable stitches against a lace background. This scarf/wrap is named after the semblance of ears of corn in the stitch design as well as the corn fiber yarn in which I originally knitted the sample model shown here.
Lacy Maizy
The cables are carried out to each edge of the wrap, preserving the overall flow of the curving lines. Normally I would not do fringe, but this one called for it – I sort of imagined that the long oval shapes that frame the lace eyelets are like ears of corn, and the fringe is like the corn silk of the tassel.
I hope you’ll join in. Let’s get to knitting and have fun! Lacy Maizy August KAL
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