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It’s been a busy week here on the KNITmuch blog. We’ve shown all the steps and materials you’ll need for this cushion cover knitted in Uptown Worsted yarn in Sapphire colorway. 100% acrylic yarn is sturdy and easy to care for, so it makes a great choice for home accessory…

If you’ve been reading along with us this week on KNITmuch, you’ll know we’ve been starting on a cushion cover project for the home, using Universal Yarn Uptown Worsted yarn in Sapphire colorway. In December we introduced some project options for the Uptown Worsted yarn, which is a versatile 100%…

Today we continue our exploration of ways to change a stitch pattern. Yesterday we looked at inserting a column of garter st to create a neatly reversible and almost mirror image stitch pattern. Today, we’ll try adding a column of knit stitches between each pattern repeat to create a ribbing…

Today we end our travels through making changes to a stitch pattern. We’ve tried switching out knits for purls and vice versa, we’ve tried adding stitches in between motif repeats. Now we’ll look at adding shaping between motif repeats. In the swatch above you can see the right side of…

When a stitch pattern seems compact to you, or you don’t want an all-over effect, it’s a good time to add stitches to your knitting. The logical place to do so is in between the pattern repeats. In the above swatch, I added a stitch between each 5-stitch pattern repeat.…