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From: groundhog (lib.nku.edu)
Subject: Re: I found it! (more, of course)
Date: October 19, 2006 at 5:15 am PST
In Reply to: I found it! (more, of course) posted by Pumpkin on October 19, 2006 at 3:55 am:
ONe day I have just GOT to learn to FAir Isle! I love colors! I actually don't knit tightly at all, really kinda loose, so it shouldn't be a problem to keep the floaters hanging at the right tension. I have a little thing I bought one time, can't remember what it's called...Norwegion thimble or something...anyway, you put it onto your index finger, whichever hand you hold your yarn with, and it has two little loops that two colors can go through. Most of the instructions I've seen for FAir Isle have advised that it's quicker ane easier if you can knit both ways...I'm so comfortable knitting continental, I'm not sure I want to get all fumbly trying to learn English too and go back and forth. So I thought maybe that thimble thing might help keep two colors up there, separated and easy to get a hold of quickly. Anyway...I usually knit things like sweaters, doggie sweaters, little odds and ends (dishcoths and such)...I normally do mosaic color stuff. I've wanted to do socks, but have only made one pair...whew...to me, socks make me nervous...but some day I wanna concentrate on getting socks really good. One thing that has held me back on that is there didn't used to be good availability of sock yarn in my area...now it's everywhere...so that'll make it easier. The one and only pair I made (well, I DID make spiral socks before that...but they're kinda cheatin', ya know?) were made from worsted yarn, so I can wear them only around the house without shoes! The tapestry crochet has been great fun for me! I've made all sorts of stuff...I took that technique and then discovered that if you take a graph with squares...for instance, a simple (best to keep it pretty simple unless you are willing to spend 5 or 6 years on one project!) needlepoint graph...make each row of the crochet 1/2 way up on a row of squares (meaning, on row one of the graph, you need to go down one way and come back up to complete the whole first row of the graph...two rows of crochet, one up and one back), use an interlocking of single crochet, double crochet, single crochet to form each square, a triad you could say to form the bottom half of each square going in one direction, and then on the way back to complete the second half of the row, flip the triad to double crochet, single crochet, double crochet per square--so, like if the graph has 20 squares across...you're crocheting 60 stitches each way to form those 20 squares...then carry the color as you do in tapestry crochet to form the different colored squares. You can carry 3 yarns before it makes you tear you hair out. I've done this and end up with totally reversible picture afghans...thick, soft, with a neat picture on them. Kids love these afghans...I've made them for our dogs, kids in the family, doggie shelters, etc. I've made scarves this way too...you can use a bookmark graph for filet crochet and it works up into a scarf-sized...with pictures along it, using worsted yarn and a G hook. I tried a technique called double knitting, which works pictures with two colors like this, but found it way too slow, takes a LOT of yarn and time to do, so I abandoned that when i discovered tapestry crochet, and then played around with how to make that into these reversible picture afghans. I've seen on the web where people make picture afghans using a double crochet hook, but those are flimsier and not reversible...I like the groundhog way better. A graph 40 squares wide makes a good lap-sized/doggie-sized afghan. Do you get what I'm sayin? Don't know how easy it is to explain this clearly...LOL. Groundhog's trying, though...the triad of crochet stiches makes a perfect square too, by the way...some other techniques distort the image a little, which amounts to a lot by the time you get the picture worked in! Okay...bye for now. Enjoy!
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