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…
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…
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…
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…
I 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…