This week, we’ve been knitting with and talking about Bamboo Pop Dots. I think it’s a great yarn to work with several variations of brioche knitting because, as we saw yesterday, the yarn gives definition to textured stitches. Since we’ve explored pattern hunting and we’ve seen the yarn in a…
Many knitters shy away from lacy baby knits because they are worried about little toes and fingers getting caught, or they don’t care for the traditional frilly look characteristic of so many blankets or trousseau pieces. While the patterns I shared with you yesterday and the day before were more…
Speckled or splattered yarns give a lot of character and depth to knits in much the same way tweeds and marled yarns do, but with less intensity. Yesterday we looked at the drape of Bamboo Pop yarn in the context of a collection of patterns. Today we’ll look at using…
There are a lot of search engines to find knitting patterns, but today I want to show you a feature on Ravelry you may not know about to help you find patterns you can make with any yarn, in this case, Bamboo Pop and the Dots colorways. Yesterday I wrote…
Rayon from bamboo trees is one of my favorite fibers with which to knit. In my wardrobe, I have one t-shirt made out of bamboo fiber, one pair of socks, and one summer buttoned front shirt. These are finely-knit by machine or woven fabric. I truly enjoy the way the…