This week I’m knitting with Universal Yarn Wool Pop, which is a blend of bamboo, superwash wool, and polymide that exudes a heathery sheen and subtle halo. Today I’m knitting some swatches using a couple of different needle sizes to determine how I’ll proceed with my chosen projects this week. …
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Welcome to another exciting week at KNITmuch, where I’ll be knitting with Universal Yarn Wool Pop. As the lazy, hazy, crazy days of this summer have now drifted into autumn, it’s a great time to start thinking about those fall and winter projects. Comprised of a blend of 50% Bamboo, …
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Welcome to Friday. You made it! I hope your Spiral Rug in super bulky Be Wool is flying off your needles with great speed and precision after the tips and techniques I’ve shared with you so far this week. I’ll bet you enjoyed making those yarn overs I talked about …
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Welcome back! In yesterday’s post, I looked at the benefits of knitting with bulky, super bulky and jumbo yarns, and how we all need now and then, a project knit in bulky yarns to make us feel like we’re making progress in our knitting project. I hope your Spiral Rug‘s …
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Welcome to Wednesday! It’s good to see you again! This week I’ve been sharing with you details about my latest knitting project, the Spiral Rug, using Universal Yarn Be Wool yarn. Today I’m pausing this project to consider the joys of working with chunky, bulky, and super bulky yarn. If …
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Welcome back! Yesterday I introduced you to my latest project using a free knitting pattern by the Universal Yarn Design Team, Spiral Rug, and Be Wool. Using super bulky yarn and big needles this project is a quick and cozy knit that can warm up your home decor with just …
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Hello, again my knitting friends! This week I’m stitching up a big, cozy rug using Be Wool by Universal Yarns, and a free knitting pattern by the Universal Yarn Design Team: Spiral Rug. This is a super bulky yarn and using big needles to knit it up you’ll enjoy this …
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Bamboo Pop Sock yarn has been an amazing yarn to work with. It has such lovely drape and the PBT filament in it keeps it elastic and the garment doesn’t sag or grow throughout the day. Yesterday, I worked up socks at a very tight gauge. Today I’m looking at …
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While this week we’ve been exploring using Universal Yarn Bamboo Pop Sock yarn for everything but socks, I thought it would be amiss for me not to include a design for you to try. Yesterday, we looked at two stitches which imitate crochet, and I include them in this design …
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What’s that saying, life imitates art? Well in this case, I tried (with some success, I feel) to find a way to knit lace that looked like filet crochet lace. “Why?” Some might ask. Well, two things influenced this exploratory adventure. First, Universal Yarn Bamboo Pop Sock yarn looks amazing …
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Yesterday we looked at the benefits of knitting with Bamboo Pop Sock, including its fiber content, amazing yardage, elasticity, colorways and more. Today I want to share some amazing patterns that show off this yarn at its best. Children’s wear is one of the better non-sock uses for knitting with …
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This week, I’m sharing my knitting explorations with Bamboo Pop Sock yarn and what I discovered about this yarn as it flowed through my fingers and into the stitches on my needles. I’ll also share 2 patterns I designed and look at other available free patterns. If you have any …
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While you could use any colorway of Colorburst by Universal Yarn this combination of purple, teal, navy, and charcoal complements the textured stitches well. This colorway is called Aurora Borealis. This shawl has lovely drape and movement and you can imagine the ridges as they wave and flow to be …
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Yesterday we looked at a series of knitted stitch patterns which disrupted self-striping yarn by drawing loops of yarn up and over other stitches. In today’s post, I’ll share with you how to make this linked chain ridge across your stitches. It doesn’t disrupt stripes as much as enhances them …
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Disrupting stripes with textured stitches, knitting with Colorburst yarn
by Charles Vothby Charles VothI happen to love the stripes created by long color repeats, but I also like to mix things up a bit and create some visual interest for the wearer’s, and the viewer’s, eyes when I knit something striped. Monday and yesterday, we looked at some of the great characteristics of …