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BY DIANA GEE
I decided to take a class at the Studio with Will to try double-knitting. I had read about the technique and thought that I can do it without the class, but never really had the time to try on my own. The time that I spent in the class was totally worth it. I have always been intrigued with being able to flip a fabric to see the mirror-opposite in opposing colors and then also with the idea that one side of the fabric could be one pattern and the other side could be another. You can see the imperfection of the stripes at one end because I didn’t remember to switch to knitting with the correct yarn color. Yes this was the at the beginning of the class before I realized that I needed to concentrate a LOT when working with the two colors of yarn. No movie watching whilst I double-knit! It’s a little difficult to see in the photos, but if you look for the checker board pattern in one photo and then look at the second photo in the same area, you’ll notice a “seed” pattern as the reverse. Also, there is a heart on one side and a solid block of color on the other. I’ve also incorporated my initials D and G at one end of the scarf, one letter on either side. I’m calling this my “Ugly Swatch Scarf or My Dolce and Gabbana Scarf!”
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Looks lovely, I hope that they have this class again ! nice technique would love to learn it.
It’s beautiful!
This is pretty cool.
Have you tried to duplicate the stick to cover the booboo?
I still like it .
I AM VERY IMPRESSED WITH YOUR LOVELY HANDIWORK. IT IS VERY UNIQUE AND THE COLOR COMBINATION IS GREAT.
Yes, very nice job! What yarn did you/she use. I will assume the pattern is from the class. How long and wide is the scarf? Again very nice.
Absolutely lovely!
You should be proud of your scarf!
May 3rd, 2010, at 8:50am It’s beautiful! I hope they will have this class again (close to my house)
Hi everyone! thanks so much for the lovely comments. i’ve never had anyone other than friends and family comment on my handiwork.
To Lorraine, i didn’t want to use duplicate stitch to fix the boo-boo because i wanted to remember the lesson learned from the boo-boo, the need for me to concentrate more!
To Charlotte, i used Lion Brand’s Wool-Ease worsted weight yarn in Blush Heather and Oxford Heather. I guess i should consider this a neck-warmer rather than a scarf since it’s only 3″ x 33″. The pattern that we received from the class was just from the gray stripe at one end of the scarf up to the snowflake. and i must confess, i’m horrible at reading charts. so i knew what image i wanted to knit and just knit until i got it right. maybe Will at the Studio can be convinced to set up a chart for at least the checkerboard pattern!
Happy Knitting 🙂 d.