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Y Monday, December 17, 2007

cute little minis



Thought this is really cute as presents. Someone shared this with me and so will like to share with all...

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Y Saturday, December 15, 2007

Joining Seams, Joining Colours and ....


many other techniques... www.knittinghelp.com ....is just fantastic. Attached link is to videos on how to join colours and join seams. Having learnt how to cast on, how to do the knit and purl stitches and how to cast off. Now is the time to learn how to join 2 pieces of knitting together. I personally like the Mattress Stitch for side seams and the 3-needle Bind Off for shoulder seams. They give a very neat finish. Here goes...

http://www.knittinghelp.com/videos/advanced-techniques

Once you get this, try making 2 rectangle or square pieces - length to be the length of your blouse, width to be how wide you will like your blouse to be. When done, join side seams with Mattress Stitch from bottom up to about 10" from the top. Then join shouders, also with Mattress Stitch from outside inwards leaving enough gap in the middle for your head to go through...you will have a simple capped sleeve top. You can easily make this into a wider boat-necked or off shoulder top by adjusting the sewing for the shoulders. Give it a try with cotton yarn of your favourite colour. Make use of what you have learnt so far and create some interesting patterns to make this your own. The one and only that nobody has. :)

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Y Saturday, December 08, 2007

Easy to Crochet - Fingerless Gloves









hi all, make a fashion statement with this pair of fingerless gloves. it really looks lovely. make it plain or colourful or glittery by sewing some blings on it.

got this from http://www.myknittingbasket.blogspot.com/ and the owner has kindly agreed to let me share her design with my friends.

This is worked top down.
1. Make enough chains to wrap around your fingers semi-loosely - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtmOEzm_OXQ

2. Slip stitch to first chain to form a circle - this is used for every round. Always go through the first stitch and pull through all loops on the crochet needle.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JPGpBxsRto

3. Make one chain and work single crochets on every chain - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqhaQQajt0U, close with slip stich (as in step 1) after one round. Continue until you have enough to fill the section between the top part and your thumb. Remember to close with slip stitch after every round.

3. After closing of the last row in step 2, continue making enough chains to go around your thumb. Join to 2nd or 3rd stitch of the beginning of the last row. Continue working with single crochets on every stitch including chains round the thumb. Once again, remember to close with slip stitch after every row. Do enough rows to cover your palms.

Give it a go. Probably need only one ball of yarn. This will be a good project to do to use up balance yarns from finished projects.

Ever wondered how they do those "complicated" designs on a knitted piece? Will work on "how to do cable" soon. In the meantime, happy hooking....

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