Thank you for all the kind comments on my last blog post, and hey guess what, I didn't make you wait over a year for another one! It's nice to know there are folks out there who still want to read this. :) As I said before I do have some posts in me, and here I am again to prove it. Writing is a nice way to distract myself from the world and goodness knows, we need distractions right now, especially this last harrowing ... Read more »
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VKC: Planning colors for vintage stranded knitting
Hi everyone! Has it been long enough since I've been able to do a Vintage Knitting College post?? Good grief! I was expecting to have so much more time to devote to this, but with the condo selling/house buying, obviously life has gotten in the way. Thank you all for your wonderful comments on my last post, I can't wait until we've moved and everything calms back down so I can get back to regular blogging! :) So let's ... Read more »
VKC: Charts & vintage stranded knitting patterns
Hi everyone! Let's talk about stranded knitting and charts. A bit about charts and stranded knitting Modern stranded knitting pattern use charts to convey the colorwork part of the pattern. Sometimes they'll use multiple colors in a colored chart, sometimes just shades of gray, or different shapes to represent different colors, or some combination thereof. Here are a couple of examples. {Source: charts ... Read more »
VKC: Tension, puckers & even stranded knitting
Today, let's talk about how to keep your stranded knitting nice and even looking! I'll cover a few things that tie together to make that happen, and give you my best advice for lovely looking stranded knitting. Tension You may or may not find that your tension changes from knitting with one color to knitting with two colors. Many people say your tension tightens up when you knit stranded (producing more stitches per ... Read more »
VKC: Getting started with stranded (fair isle) knitting
This post is the first official lesson in the Vintage Knitting College! I'm starting off with a series of posts for Colorwork: 101. Bestway #82 pattern As you know, you'll be following along with a pullover I'll be knitting from a 1940s pattern, Bestway #82. It's available as a .pdf from the Vintage Knitting Lady here, and available for your Ravelry queue here. But since my goal for the VKC is to ... Read more »
Kickoff tomorrow! Vintage Knitting College Colorwork: 101
I'm pleased to finally announce that tomorrow will kickoff my Vintage Knitting College series, with the first post in Colorwork: 101! I'll be talking about the very basics of stranded knitting over a few posts. Tomorrow we'll start off with how to carry your yarn and how to keep your balls of yarn tidy and your yarn tangle-free. Then in the next few posts after that I'll talk about keeping even tension while stranding and ... Read more »