One of the great joys in my knitting life is knowing I have finished a project to the best of my ability. Some knitters dislike sewing up and weaving in ends, but I embrace them as part of the process. Over the years, I have gone to great lengths to…
In my last series of posts, I designed a flag and took you through the steps to use technology to chart a graphic design. Naturally, while I was doing this, I researched a lot of different flags, and found a diagram for the Canadian flag. Since I am Canadian, I…
What a fun week! We started by thinking about the overall size and layout for our flag afghan. In Tuesday’s post, we considered why Red Heart Super Saver yarn is a good choice for such a project, and made a swatch to obtain our base tension. Wednesday’s post had us…
In today’s chapter of Fun with Flags we use technology to help us chart the design for our old Macedonian flag, and do more swatching to ensure our design will execute properly. The information given in today’s post can be used for more than just flags – You can use…
This week, we’re having fun with flags by designing an afghan of a country’s flag using Red Heart Super Saver yarn. In my last post, we chose our yarn, knitted our samples, and accurately recorded their measurements. Today, we’re going to calculate the rough numbers for the project and prepare…