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editor's letter
The beauty of
knitting is you can
knit pretty much
Knitting doesn't make any noise, it doesn't take up any

space, and it doesn't offend anyone. It makes waiting
for an appointment bearable, actually great, because
I get to knit. It takes me from dull-drum to a happy
place. But what about when the happy feeling of
knitting is taken to a different level? I know that feeling,
and you probably do too. For one, it's the feeling of
knitting at the end of a busy day, with a cup of tea on
the end table and a movie. That's the perfect ending
to a full day!
Then there's the great sense of belonging when
knitting as a group. There's the kind where we get
together at someone's house, knit all afternoon, and
have a pot-luck dinner together - sweet. Sharing
comments on projects, and stories about the yarns,
and the mishaps or the accomplishments after a
long-standing UFO is finally completed. It's a lot of
excitement under one roof! There's also charity knitting,
bringing people of any given community together to
knit for the worthy cause helping those in need. It's
a useful feeling all around, knowing one's capabilities
contribute to someone else's need. We can readily find
online groups that achieve the same thing. And then
there's yarn bombing, a real blast of fun.
There's another form of escaping our daily life for a
brief period to engage with like-minded knitters - the
knitting retreats! How happy does that get?! These
usually last about 5 - 7 days, including workshops
and seminars with knitting experts, and enjoying the
usually very serene and lovely premises, the kind
you'd never want to leave, and you'd wish to call it
home. There's a lot to be gained from these, a sense of
belonging paired with learning and knitting a project,
a little trifecta happening.
For me the ultimate knitting experience would be

taking a trip back to my parent's hometown of Aosta,
in the Aosta Valley, Italy. Memories of my youth are
enchanted stories of summers spent in there, hiking
up a small portion the mountains of Courmayeur,
Mont Blanc, Monte Rosa, and Gran Paradiso, just to
name a few. I had an uncle who was experienced at
climbing mountains and glaciers and knew all the
spots. Although I didn't knit then, I can get drunk
on the thought of being there now, with my knitting
in tow. I imagine hiking, then knitting a spell when
stopping for a bite and absorbing the scene. I call
it BLISS. Nowhere can I find a spiritual connection
greater than in Aosta Valley, feeling so little yet so
loved. No words or thoughts are necessary, nor any
come to mind, than just simply being.
Today, travelling tours have made it possible for us
to experience this kind of bliss to all crafters and in
the company of like-minded people. It's up to us to
decide to take the leap from the ever yday routine
to blissfulness.
Id LOVE to experience a knitting tour of Ireland I
imagine it to be a thoroughly enchanting experience.
The thought of knitting in the land of rolling green
hills (and perhaps come across sheep crowding the
road) heightens the experience of knitting.
Share the love of knitting. Own the obsession.
anywhere.
Of this Im ver y sure. Get your ticket, experience

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When
a bobble
a
isn't
bobble ...
Charles Voth
Bobble swatch
In this issue, Im excited to be exploring textures in

knitting. We'll look at a variety of ways to make the
surface of your knitting have something that draws
in the eye to a particular point or area of interest.
We'll start with bobbles and continue with mid-row
bind off textures, twisted stitches, knots and bumps,
and lastly a texture technique called the eyelash
stitch. It's a spin-off of the tuck stitch.
Many knitters love to hate on bobbles but a few
really do like them. In my 38 years of knitting
I havent met many of the latter. People dislike
bobbles because theyve never really learned how
to make them and they seem hard to do. Or they
dislike them because theyve been forced to wear
sweaters with bobbles with rather unfortunate
placements in the design. Still, others dislike

bobbles because they take so long to make, what
with the stop and increase, and turn, and purl, and
turn, and knit, and turn, and decrease. It really feels
like your flow across the row is interrupted.
When I work on color work or cables, the next stripe
or fairisle motif or cable crossing are a little like
dangling carrots, the motivation to slog through the
rows of stockinette or moss stitch. I want to get to
them and work those design features to see how
they make the piece Im working on complete. But
when it comes to bobbles, and its a bobble row, all
of a sudden that sink full of dishes or that unwound
hank of yarn beckons to set my knitting down and
leave those bobbles for a later time. Do you ever
feel like that? Like bobbles are an inconvenience?
Photos by Charles Voth
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Ive found a very nice alternative to the knit bobble

that makes knitting bobbles a pleasure instead of
a headache. Purists would say that these happy
little bumps aren't bobbles at all, because, well,
theyre not worked with your knitting needles. They
are worked ingeniously with a crochet hook. So,
technically speaking, they aren't bobbles at all and if
you look at the accompanying picture of my swatch
(see bobble swatch photo), they look a little less
bulky, and slightly more subtle. So I'm naming them
rosettes instead.
Yarn over hook
If you look at these rosettes, you don't even have to

squint or really stretch your imagination at all to see
that they do resemble little roses. I've placed these
inside diamonds made with twisted stitches to give
them a little nest of their own, but they look equally
lovely on a background of reverse stockinette.
To work the rosette in the indicated stitch, you
place that stitch on your crochet hook (it should
be the same diameter as your knitting needles or
one size smaller). With the hook, you make a yarn
over the hook counter-clockwise, in other words
bringing the yarn from the back of the work up and
over the hook and return it to the back of the work
(see yarn over hook photo) and draw that yarn over
through the stitch on the hook. In crochet, thats
called a chain. You work 2 more of these chains (see
2 chains photo).
Then you do the following set of moves twice: yarn
over, insert hook in first stitchthe one at the base
of the chainsyarn over and draw up a loop (see 5
strands photo).
Two chains
5 strands on hook
Third, you do one more yarn over and draw

through all the loops on the hook, chain one more
and place the stitch back on the right needle (see
right needle photo). Now you can proceed across
the row. Writing it out, reading it, and trying it may
seem like a long chore, but these will soon be very
quick to make with a little practice, and easier than
knitting bobbles like usual.
If the bobble seems to want to poke its way to the
back of the fabric, you can simply push it through
to the right side, pull on it a bit, fluff it up and itll
stay. Blocking always helps too. For this swatch I
used Bernats worsted weight Canadiana in Aran
and I just dunked the swatch in a bowl of justboiled water for a two-minute soak, and then I
gently absorbed the extra moisture with a towel
and pinned it out to dry.
Returned to right needle
Crocheting rosettes is a quick and simple

solution when you want to have a slightly less
pronounced version of the traditional knit
bobble. I hope seeing a bobble coming up in
the next row of your knitting will motivate you to
press on and work it quickly with this technique.
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Would
you
bind off
in the middle of
knitting a row
Charles Voth
?
For many knitters, binding off, or casting off
as most Commonwealth country knitters
call it, is one of the favorite parts of the
project. Not all of us love binding off itself
though, particularly when it seems to pucker
the top edge, or cause it to flare, because
ones tension has to be just so. But we do
like binding off because it signals that we're
almost done the project! What would you
think about binding off mid row though?
So a while back, I was thinking about how
to incorporate crochet in my knitting, I like
to do some lateral thinking, it really helps
my design process, and the result was these
horizontal ridges across the fabric. Generally
speaking, one doesnt see horizontal chains
across the middle of knit fabric. Diagonals
yes, easily achieved with decreases or
crossed stitches, and vertical chains are
simply flanked by purl stitches, or slipped or
twisted to make them stand out a bit more.
Short Row Shawl with mid-row bind off stitches
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Horizontal Chain created by half-double crochet stitches.
Close up of mid-row bind off
How does a mid-row bind off connect at

all to crochet?
If you know any crochet stitches, the halfdouble stitch (or half treble in UK terms)
consists of an extra yarn over added to the
stitch which helps create a horizontal chain
across the fabric (see half-double crochet
photo above).
To pick up and knit stitches in these strands,

you need to look over the bound-off
stitches as if you were looking over a
banister. Then just under the ridge on the
wrong side youll see a horizontal strand
in which to insert the right needle, transfer
the strand to the left needle and knit.
To achieve this in knit fabric, the technique

is quite similar. To make the chain ridge
appear on the right side of the fabric, the
mid-row bind off is worked on the wrong
side.
The first stage is to wrap the yarn around
the needle ending with the yarn forward.
Then the next stitch is purled. And finally
the yarn over and the previous stitch are
passed over the just purled stitch.
I was thoroughly pleased to discover that
my mid-row bind off is actually a purl-side
version of Jennys Surprisingly Stretchy
Bind Off.
The next problem I needed to solve
with the mid-row bind off was to figure
out how to get the stitches back on the
needles. I fiddled around with several
different approaches, but settled with
picking up stitches in the extra strands
formed by those yarn overs worked in the
bind off.
My first design with the mid-row bind off

was the short row shawl pattern published
in the 2015 edition of Noro Lace, (see
short row shawl photo). I worked the bind
off across the different sections of the
shawl to enhance the boundaries between
the lace panels and the stockinette
sections.
Ive continued to play around with the mid
row bind off to see what other textured
knit fabric would result. The stair-step
pattern is pictured in this feature as well
as a lacy version.The stair-step pattern is
created by working stacked mid-row bind
offs and every other column is offset by
half the number of rows between motifs.
This would be a fun texture for a cowl or
even a sweater. The lacy versions involve
yarn overs and picking up some of the
extra strands in the back of the bound off
stitches.
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The chart is for the stair-step textured

knit. If you use a yarn that helps textured
stitches stand out you'll be the happiest,
so fuzzy yarns are out. This swatch is
worked in Bernats Canadiana in Aran
and its sheen and twist help the mid-row
bind off stitches pop.
Stair-Step pattern with mid-row bind off stitches
These are the text instructions for the

same start-step textured knit (refer to
the stitch key for an explanation of the
abbreviations).
Cast on a multiple of 3 sts.
Chart for Stair-Step mid row bind off stitch pattern
Row 1: Knit.
Row 2: P1, [p3, sspbo 3 times] across to
last 2 sts, p2.
Row 3: [K2, s1, pkxstr 3 times] across to
last 3 sts, k3.
Row 4: Purl.
Row 5: K8, [s1, k5] across to last st, k1.
Row 6: P7, [sspbo 3 times, p3] across to
last 2 sts, p2.
Row 7: K3, [k2, s1, pkxstr 3 times] across
to last 6 sts, k6.
Row 8: Purl
Row 9: [K5, s1] across to last 9 sts, k9.
Rep Rows 29 for pattern.
The lace motif is a bit raw

yet. Once I've had time
to polish it up a bit, I'll be
writing a shawl pattern with
it, but I need to come up
with a better name for it than
the Mid-row Bind-off Lace
Shawl. Maybe Cat Paws?
Mid-row bind off and lace stitches
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rarely used stitches to spice up your knitting Charles Voth
Okay, so you've used garter stitch a lot and graduated

to stockinette, or reverse stockinette, and maybe you've
tried combinations of knit and purl to create texture, or
even cables, but 10 to 1 you haven't tried using wrapped
stitches or the knot stitch in your knitting. To spice up
your knitting with new textures, try these 2 stitches that
follow.
Let's start with the knot stitch. I know what you're
thinking: Why would you want to add knots to your
knitting? Well the knot stitch is actually not a knot (say
that out loud 10 times quickly), but it does raise the
surface of your knit fabric by adding a bump. Now, if
you put enough of these bumps in the right places, and
with a little planning, you get a very unique look to your
fabric. For those of you who dont want bobbles or even
rosettes (like the ones we looked at a few days ago), the
As you can see in the swatch above, the knotted stitch

makes the ribbing almost look like a cable, but theres
no cabling involved, so some may be inclined to call it a
mock cable.Food for thought.
At any rate, to make the knot stitch you have a four step
process: Knit the 2 stitches you want knotted; wrap
the yarn from back to front of work by bringing it over
the right needle and return it to the back between the
needles; pass the first of the 2 knit stitches over the
second and the wrapped yarn; wrap the yarn again in
the same manner; pass the second knit stitch over both
wrapswhich become 2 stitches. Theres the knot.
knot stitch is a simple alternative to making your knitting

have some interest.
To make the knot stitch, you can use any two stitches on
the left needle. In the swatch I made, I chose to knit a
[k2, p1] ribbing, and the columns made by the k2 were
the perfect location for the knot stitches to be added. I
thought of 3 different positions for the knotted stitch
(see pencil sketches above).
But I chose to swatch the first one so that there would
be lots of knot stitches and we would be able to see
the way the ribbing would really take on a new life of its
own with the added texture. Theres nothing wrong with
arranging the knotted stitches more sparsely or even in
a mock argyle motif.
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The second technique Id like to show you to add texture

to your knit fabric is the wrapped stitch. I put these 2
techniques together because to a degree, in both cases,
you're choking stitches with yarn. Okay, thats not a nice
image, although we all know that sometimes our knitting
issues make us feel like throttling our yarn.
So lets go for a gentler wordthese two techniques

involve swaddling our stitches with yarnhmmm,
maybe you have a better term for this.
see if your stress is showing or whether youve just come

from your yoga class and the wrapped stitches are too
loosey-goosey.
To wrap stitches you want to establish which ones ahead

of time. With this lace and texture combination, I chose
to wrap the 3 center stitches of the diamond motif.
When you're at the spot where you want to wrap the
stitches, you place them on a cable needle.
The next thing to be aware of is whether or not you're

going to knit or purl the first stitch after the wrapped
ones. In this case I'm going to purl it, so I need to wrap
the yarn around the stitches on the cable needle in a
counter-clockwise manner so that after the third wrap
the yarn ends up forward, to the front of the work. If I
were to knit the first stitch after the wrap, I would wrap
the stitches on the cable needle in a clockwise manner
and the yarn would end up at the back of the work.
If you look at the stitch diagram stitch key, you'll notice

that the symbol for wrapped stitches look ingeniously
like a single wrap. You may want to see what it would
look like with one strand, but in general 2 or 3 times
around produces the nicest results. Most charts will
indicate the number of wraps the designer intended, as
you can see here.
Chart for Wrapped Stitch Lace texture pattern.
Once youve wrapped the stitches, you can pass them

from the cable needle to the right needle and continue
knitting.
You may wonder how tight to wrap the stitches. That
depends entirely on your taste, but mostly on your stress
levels at the time and whether or not you have too
much family over for the holidays. To maintain an even
wrap consistency from spot to spot where you wrap your
stitches, you need to wrap and then set your work down
and compare to other wrapped stitches so that you can
Wrapped stitches and knot stitches really do add a

beautiful look to the surface of your knitting. Ombre
or variegated yarns look really good when the wraps
are a different color than the wrapped stitches. Id
like to encourage you to try these stitches on the
cuffs of sweaters or mittens, or in a cowl or a scarf.
I hope these rarely used textured stitches wont be
rarely used any more.
And as my son, who is studying film

production, would say
Thats a wrap!
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Dont get cross!
wist
T
your stitches with
panache !
Charles Voth
In early lessons, most knitters are shown

how to avoid twisting stitches. We work
hard at figuring out which is the front
leg and which is the back leg of the
stitch. If we are pickers (or continental
knitters) and we work our purls so that
the first leg of a stitch is at the back on
the knit side, we have to knit into the
back leg so that our stitches don't twist.
Combination knitters are really good at
figuring this out! If we are throwers (or we
knit English), then our first stitch legs are
usually also the front legs and we need to
knit into the back leg to twist the stitch. It
all becomes a muddle of legs and fronts
and backs and nexts and behinds, but
somehow, with practice, we come out on
top, breathing easily, and with our stitches
all aligned just so, all this without our
knickers in a knot!
In this feature, we're going to break all the
rules and we're going to deliberately twist
stitches to add texture to our knitting.
Why would anyone want to

twist knit stitches on purpose?
If you look at this photo, you
can see that the lines of stitches
that zigzag back and forth to
create these diamonds really
pop to the forefront of the panel
of reverse stockinette. Twisted
stitches are responsible for
these well-defined mini-braids
travelling through the swatch.
For the tightest of braids, you'll want to twist the

stitches on both the knit side and the purl side. Work
the stitches to the one that needs to be twisted. Now
look how the stitch lays on the left needle, does the
strand of yarn that's at the front of the work lean to
the left? If so, youll need to knit into the back strand,
or leg, to twist the stitch, as pictured below. If the front
strand of the next st lays leaning right, then you can
knit into the front leg.
When you approach the stitch on the wrong side of
the work you'll need to purl into the back strand as
pictured below.
That's it! Thats the twisted stitch. If youd like to only
twist on the knit side and just purl the wrong side as
usual, you'll get another interesting look. Give that a
whirl and see what you think.
Lets look at the steps you

should take if you want to twist
your stitches on purpose, and
then we'll look at how to cross
twisted stitches.
Twisted knit stitches
Knitting into the back leg of the stitch to twist it.
Purling into the back leg of the stitch to twist it.

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The next step to making this lovely bobble and

braid pattern is learning to both twist and cross
stitches at the same time. The easiest way is to
twist the stitches as youve already tried above,
and to use a cable needle to assist with the
crossed stitches, but it's possible to do this without
a cable needle.
Twisting and crossing stitches to the left.
When you want to cross the stitches so the front

braid leans left you work up to the 2 stitches
that will be crossed. Then you follow the 5 steps
pictured above:
1. Bring yarn forward, insert the right needle from
behind between the next 2 sts.
2. Insert the needle into the front leg of the 2nd
stitch as if to knit and tug it out into plain view.
3. Pinch the base of the loop and remove the
needle.
4. Re-insert the needle from the back of the loop
you're pinching.
5. Purl into this loop.
When you want to cross the stitches so that the
front braid leans to the right, you work up to the 2
stitches that will be crossed. In this pattern the first
one will be a purl stitch. Then proceed as follows
(not pictured):
Chart for bobble and braid pattern stitch
1. Take yarn to the back, insert the right needle

from the front between the next 2 sts.
2. Insert the needle into the front leg of the 2nd
stitch as if to purl and tug it out into plain view.
3. Pinch the base of the loop and remove the
needle.
4. Re-insert the needle into the front of the
pinched loop.
5. Knit this loop.
So now you will be able to complete the braid
and bobble swatch pictured at the top of this post.
The chart and text instructions are available below
including the instructions to make a scarf.
I just thought of one last thing to suggest for you
to try next time you work on a project with 1x1
ribbing. On the right side of the work, twist only
the knit stitches, but not the purls, and on the
wrong side of the work, twist only the purl stitches
and not the knit. You'll really like how the right
side of the ribbing looks and it gives the ribbing a
little extra springiness.
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Bobble and braid pattern STITCH
Bobble & Braid Scarf
abbreviations
Please check abbreviations accompanying chart.
materials
200g / 440yds approximately
of worsted weight yarn
Size US8 [5mm] 32" circular
needle. (size US9 [5.5mm]
circular needle for cast-on and
bind-off )
2 cable needles
1/1/1 LPtwC: With cable needle slip next st and

hold at front of work; with 2nd cable needle, slip
next st and hold at back of work, k1 twisted, purl
st off back cable needle, k1 twisted off front cable
needle.
make bobble (mb): See 'When a bobble isn't a
bobble'.
Worked over a multiple of 22 stitches plus three
(not including selvage stitches).
Row 1: K3, *p3, k3, LtwC, p3, RtwC, k3, p3, k3; rep
from * across.
Row 2: P3, *k2, [k1, p1] twice, k1, p1 twisted, k3, p1
twisted, [k1, p1] twice, k3, p3; rep from *
across.
Row 3: K3, *p3, k3, p1, LtwC, p1, RtwC, p1, k3, p3,
k3; rep from * across.
Row 4: P3, *k3, [p1, k1] twice, k1, p1 twised, k1, p1
twisted, k2, [p1, k1] twice, k2, p3; rep from *
across.
Row 5: K3, *p3, k3, p2, 1/1/1 LPtwC, p2, k3, p3, k3;
rep from * across.
Row 6: Rep Row 4.
Row 7: K3, *p3, k3, p1, RtwC, mb, LtwC, p1, k3, p3,
Row 8: Rep Row 2.
Row 9: K3, *p3, k3, p1, LtwC, p1, RtwC, p1, k3, p3,
Row 10: Rep Row 4.
Row 11: K3, *p3, k3, p2, 1/1/1 LPtwC, p2, k3, p3, k3;
rep from * across.
Row 12: Rep Row 4.
Row 13: K3, *p3, k3, p1, RtwC, p1, LtwC, p1, k3, p3,
Row 14: Rep Row 2.
Row 15: K3, *p3, k3, RtwC, p3, LtwC, k3, p3, k3; rep
from * across.
Row 16: P3, *k2, [k1, p1] twice, p1 twisted, k5, p1
twisted, [p1, k1] twice, k2, p3.
Rep Rows 116 for pattern.
gauge
In Bobble and Braid st pattern
22sts = 4" [10cm]. Exact gauge
isn't essential for this pattern.
Scarf
With larger needle, long-tail cast
on 267 sts, change to smaller
needle.
Row 1: K3, *p3, k4, p5, k4, p3, k3;
rep from * across.
Row 2: P3, *k3, p1, k1, p2,
k5, p2, k1, p1, k3, p3;
rep from* across.
Rows 3 & 4: Rep Rows 1 & 2.
Next 48 rows: Work Rows 116
of Bobble and Braid motif 3
times.
Next 4 rows: Rep rows 1 & 2.
With larger needle, bind off
loosely in pattern.
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How to knit the
eyelash
stitch
Charles Voth
This feature has been all about

adding texture to your knits. We've
explored rosettes, which are petite
versions of bobbles. Weve tried
wrapping stitches and twisting
stitches and crossing stitches as well.
Weve even bound off stitches in
the middle of the row, only to pick
them up on the way back. Today
we're going to learn how to knit the
eyelash stitch, which is actually a
variation on the tuck stitch.
As you can see in the photo below, the eyelash

stitch gets its name quite literally from the
appearance it has in the finished fabric. A
panel of eyelash stitches would be a fun design
element to place along the edge of a V-neck
sweater, or as the cuffs or waist band, too. It can
be easily incorporated into a scarf or cowl or the
cuff of a sock.
The eyelash stitch shows up the best on a
background of reverse stockinette. So for your
practice swatch, youll need a panel of an odd
number of stitches to make the motif. The
central 7 stitches will be where you will knit the
eyelash stitch, so you may want to set them
apart with stitch markers.
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Work 5 rows in plain reverse stockinette stitch.

The first row of the motif is the 6th row which is a
wrong-side row. Work to the center 7 sts, knit 3,
yarn over, ssk, knit 2, and continue the rest of the
row. Then work 4 more rows plain.
If you study the right-side of the work youll see 2

sts between each tuck stitch loop (green arrows)
and from the wrong side the strands down to the
eyelet appear to be a half-stitch off, but there are
still 2 stitches between the gaps (pink arrows).
The tuck stitch
Working the eyelet
Now working across the wrong side of the fabric,

come to the center 7 stitches, [k1, purl the loop and
the next st together], repeat between [ ] twice more,
and then knit the last of the 7 sts, and continue
across.
Knit eyelet stitch, knit to the end of the row.
Identifying the tuck stitches and neighboring purl stitches.
Work 3 more rows plain and you're ready to make

another eyelash stitch.
Eyelet in reverse stockinette stitch
The next right-side row is where all the fun happens.

Here's where we work the tuck stitch. Work to the
center 7 sts, purl 2 sts, insert the right needle into
the eyelet 4 rows below and bring up a loop of yarn
quite loosely. The loop should be pulled up past the
height of the current row. See the photo for an idea
of what it should look like. If the loop is too tight the
fabric will pucker.
Then, purl 2 sts, repeat the tuck stitch and pull up
the loop to the same height as the other. Then purl
2 sts and repeat the tuck stitch once more; purl 1,
and continue across.
Completed eyelash stitch
And thats all there is to this cute stitch motif. I hope

you enjoy knitting the eyelash stitch. The next time
I design something, Im going to try this with a yarn
dyed in a long colorway to see if the eyelashes
contrast well against the stitches behind them.
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The
benefits
of knitting with
L ady
ybil
S
Michelle Nguyen
yarn
In KNITmuch Issue 1, we reviewed new yarns, Lady

Mary and Matthew, from the thrilling Downton
Abbey Yarn Collection by Premier Yarns. In this
issue we'll take a look at the other beautiful
husband and wife character theme, Lady Sybil
and Branson. Ladies always first, so we'll start with
the benefits of knitting
with Lady Sybil yarn.
Lady Sybil yarn is a
fine weight two ply
yarn made with 80%
acrylic 20% mohair 10%
polyamide. I was really
surprised to see mohair
as part of the fiber
content for this yarn.
Most of the mohair
Ive seen is a strand
of mohair on its own,
looking incredibly fluffy,
or part of an art yarn.
Not to say these are
the only kind of yarn
with mohair, but it isn't
very common to see
it mixed into an acrylic
and polyamide blend.
This fiber composition is hand wash only, which

is not really surprising considering the mohair. If
you've ever knit with a single strand of mohair,
you'll know the fine fibers stick together while
simply knitting with it. If you tried to put that in
a washer, it would felt. Mind you this yarn has
only 20% mohair so it
doesn't stick together
while knitting with it.
It's just as easy to frog
it as knit it the first time.
Trust me, I tested it. I
may or may not have
let my attention wander
while knitting my first
swatch.
The polyamide creates an
angora effect, so there's
a slight halo around this
yarn as it's knit up. This
makes your garment look
incredibly cozy, even
if the yarn is a lighter
weight. Many people are
put off by light weight
yarn, but knitting with a
lighter weight yarn is very
rewarding. Garments
generally have a more
flattering fit and you can
create finer details with
finer yarn.
The addition of mohair

Lady Sybil in colors Pearl Pink,
makes this yarn so very
Gull Grey and Stone Blue
soft, but it doesnt have
that feeling like you
might accidentally tear the strand apart if you
Lady Sybil is a ver y refined yarn, just like
put too much tension on it. The synthetic fibers
it's name-sake, great for making fine
add the durability you can feel as you knit
detail garments. It will really bring out
with it. A layer of delicate softness with an
the
patterns it is knit into.
underlying strength; as any lady must have.
Photos by Michelle Nguyen
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Making a
swatch
L ady
Sybilyarn
with
Making a swatch with Lady Sybil yarn is important,

as it is with every new yarn you come across.
The acrylic in this blend ensures the fabric
wouldn't stretch once you've knit your garment.
Pure mohair has a tendency to lengthen with
exposure to time and gravity, but the synthetic
aspects will help this yarn keep its shape. If there's
any wiggle room in respect to the garment
changing shape it would have to be in the
blocking process.
As with any garment you're knitting, I would
highly suggest making a swatch first and washing
it, this is the only sure-fire way to see how the
yarn is going to react to getting wet. I'm also a
great fan of blocking all knitted work. It polishes
everything up nicely and makes your tension look
very close to perfect!
Here's the perfect project for the season knit up
with Lady Sybil yarn. 4 adjectives inspired by this
yarn: soft, airy, light and warm.
Another great project recommendation is a
shawl. Whenever I see lighter weight yarns I
think of shawls. Even though I have knit relatively
few. The way the color is set in the yarn, a really
interesting stitch pattern would look really
lovely in Lady Sybil. If you were looking for an
opportunity to try out a new stitch pattern, check
out our September posts on exploring a weeklong of stitch patterns with Glenna Harris on
KNITmuch.
A soft halo around the yarn,

makes Lady Sybil yarn so very soft.
While the yarn does have a halo, it wouldn't

diminish an intricate lace pattern or obscure any
interesting stitches.
If you dont mind the hand washing process you
can always go for bigger game and attempt a
sweater. With Lady Sybil, anything worn close to
the skin will be a treat; the fluffy softness of the
yarn will keep you warm without forfeiting the
fashionable aspects of hand knit garments.
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GRETNA GREEN SCARF

DA00009
SIZES
One Size
Length: 60
Width: 10
MATERIALS
Downton Abbey Lady Sybil by Premier Yarns (80%
Acrylic, 10% Mohair, 10% Polyamide; 85gm/380 yds)
#DA4003-05 Jade Green 2 balls
Needle: US Size 6 (4 mm) straight needles or size
Notions: Tapestry needle, crochet hook
GAUGE
24 sts x 27 rows = 4 in Lacy Cables
Downton and Downton Abbey 2015 Carnival Film & Television Limited. All Rights Reserved.
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STITCH GUIDE
Lacy Cables (Multiple of 11 sts +10)
Row 1 and 5 (RS): K1, p1, K 6, *yo, sl 1, k1, psso, k1, k2tog, yo, k6;
rep from * to last 2 sts, p1, k1.
Row 2 and all even numbered rows: P1, k1, purl to last 2 ss, k1,
p1.
Row 3: *C6B, k1, yo, s2kp, yo, k1; rep from * to last 8 sts, C6B,
p1, k1.
Row 7: K1, p1, *k7, yo, s2kp, yo, k1; rep from * to last 8 sts, k6, p1,
k1.
Rep Rows 1-8 for patt.
Abbreviations
k
knit
k2tog knit 2 sts together (1 st decd)
rep
repeat(ing)
sl
slip
s2kp slip two sts together knitwise, knit the next st, pass
two slipped stitches over 2 sts decd
st(s)
stitch(es)
patt
pattern
psso pass the slipped stitch over
yo
yarn over
C6B Cable 6 Back - Slip next 3 sts onto cable needle and
hold to back, k3, knit 3 from cable needle.
Scarf
Cast on 65 sts. Work in Lacy Cables patt until piece meas 60.
Bind off.
FINISHING
Weave in ends. Cut 14 lengths of fringe. Holding five lengths
together as one, fold in half forming a loop on one end. Insert
crochet hook into bottom edge of Scarf from back to front
pull the looped end of fringe partially through the edge. Pass
the loose ends through the loop being sure to keep ends
even. Pull taut. Repeat across both short edges of Scarf. Block
lightly.
For more free patterns from the Downton Abbey Yarn Collection,
visit www.premieryarns.com/DowntonAbbey
2015 Premier Yarns All rights reserved.
This pattern may not be reproduced for business, trade or sale.
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Branson
Downton Abbey inspired yarn

Michelle Nguyen
Branson is the next yarn in the line up; a thicker
yarn that comes in quite a few manly colors.
Branson is classified as a bulky yarn. Its going
to work up quickly and be very lush once
complete. That 'cushiony', soft bounce always
makes your garment drape beautifully. This
weight is a really solid go-to yarn for a lot of
projects, it can handle anything from blankets
to winter accessories to sweaters. Branson,
Downton Abbey Inspired Yarn, is a most
versatile yarn.
The colors Branson
comes in are very
rich deep hues
that complement
a winter wardrobe
and most men
would not be
able to find
objectionable. Any
of the men I have
knit for have always
had a list of criteria
for the colors I
used. Nothing too
bright, nothing
brown, nothing
too dark, nothing
heathered, no
tweed-y colors. The dark green and blue are
my favorites, but the Claret Red is beautiful as
well. I mean not beautiful! It's a solid, rugged
color. This yarn comes in enough colors and
neutrals to make color work an attractive
option as well as any stitch patterns. In a
true solid color there's no variation in tone to
obscure any cables or small details. This can be
reliably knit up into a wide range of patterns.
The fibre composition is 80% acrylic and

20% wool, this means it's also machine
washable! Branson yarn is a triple star: its
got the warmth of wool, the washability of a
synthetic and knits up quickly.
All of these factors make it an exemplary
stashable yarn; you can just pick it up and go
without having to worry about the pattern and
yarn clashing. It knits up really beautifully, great
stitch definition and it's very soft on the hands.
There are a lot
of plys to this
yarn and when
I started to cast
on, the tail end
of my long tailed
cast on tried to
untwist, but I
had the tail on
the right side
so I could just
let the twisting
energy dissipate
through the tail.
All those plys will
create a dead air
space within the
fiber and make it
very, very warm,
if you knit it tightly, the wind wouldnt even
be able to fight its way through.
Branson is a solid, reliable yarn and exactly
what I look for in a go-to fiber. The lush
warmth and versatility the blend and colors
offer. With only a few more weeks till the
holidays and a couple more months of cold
after that, I feel like Branson would be a
welcome guest in any home.
A most versatile yarn

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Knitting with
Branson yarn
Michelle Nguyen
There are several patterns available for the Branson

yarn which highlights this thicker weight of yarn.
Let's go over these scarf, throw pillow and sweater
patterns and see what it's like knitting with Branson
yarn.
The Mirrored Cables Scarf is the first project that
drew my attention because a scarf is one of the
most universally acceptable gifts I have ever knit.
Some people dont like wearing hats or mittens in
the winter, but scarves seem to always be welcome.
This scarf in particular has cabled edges and a
triangle stitch pattern in the middle. At first I was a
little put off because there was no chart to go with
the pattern, but once you start knitting the design is
very intuitive. You're able to see where you change
your stitches within the pattern.
If you're the type of person who's very attached to
charts, I would suggest making your own! You're
definitely able to do this with a bit of graph paper,
or if you have excel on your computer. With excel,
just shorten the column width so the cells are
square and place Xs in the boxes for purl stitches
and leave the knit stitches blank.You would have
to use your own symbols for cable left and right
though. It would be your own creation, but if it
helps you knit something this lovely, I would say it is
worth it.
A swatch in the Mirrored Cables Scarf

stitch pattern using Branson yarn
The next project that caught my eye is the color

work in the Drawing Room Pillow. I really love color
work and find it very therapeutic, so I'm a bit biased
towards this pattern. It's knit in two pieces, three
edges are sewn together, its stuffed and the last
edge is sewed up! Purling in Fair Isle is a slightly
more advanced technique and you have to keep
an eye on what you're doing; when you purl
your way back, you are reading the chart upsidedown. I find it useful to actually turn the chart
upside-down so I have a more realistic viewing
angle to concentrate on my knitting.
Give it a whirl!
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If you want to make the Drawing Room

Pillow, but are concerned about not being
able to purl Fair Isle, another tip is to
simply use a Turkish Cast On or Judys
Magic Cast On. Cast on twice the amount
of stitches you need for one panel and knit
the pillow in the round. When you get to
the top you can bind off, stuff it and seam
up the top, or stuff it then use a three
needle bind off or Kitchener stitch. Judging
from my undying love of Kitchener stitch,
Ill bet you can guess what I would use.
Last, but not least, is the Boxing Day Cardigan.
I left this project last on my list because
sweaters scare some knitters. It's seen as a
gigantic undertaking and may come across as
slightly daunting. I thoroughly enjoy knitting
sweaters because I have the biggest sense of
accomplishment when I'm finished.
This cable pattern will go very quickly as
well. It's not very complicated and if you use
pattern markers to remember where your
cables are, you'll fly through it in no time.
A swatch in Slate Blue
This sweater is done in pieces and seamed up

at the very end. This just means you can enjoy
the small victories of completing small pieces
and the big finished project victory when
youre completely finished and everything
seamed together. With the Branson yarn
categorized as a bulky weight, it won't take
very long to complete it.
All these patterns look very cozy with Branson
yarn; the thickness of the yarn gives a plush
softness that can't be faked. The sweater and
pillow would be perfect to curl up with on the
couch and read a book, while the scarf is the
ideal accessory for the very cold weather on
its way.
Proof Branson is
machine washable,
along with the other
care symbols.
Knit fast, and let Branson keep you warm.

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MIRRORED CABLES SCARF

DA000016
LEVEL: Intermediate
9 1/2x 60
MATERIALS
Downton Abbey Branson (80% Acrylic, 20% Wool; 100
gm/153 yds)
#DA4002-01 Claret Red 3 balls
Needles: US Size 11 (8 mm) straight needles or size
Notions: Tapestry needle
GAUGE
13 sts x 20 rows = 4 in Mirrored Triangle Stitch
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STITCH GUIDE
3/3 RC sl 3 sts to cable needle, hold to back, knit next 3 sts,
knit sts from cable needle
3/3 LC sl 3 sts to cable needle, hold to front, knit next 3 sts,
knit sts from cable needle
Three Strand Cable (Right) (multiple of 9 sts)
Row 1 (WS): Purl.
Row 2: Knit.
Row 3: Purl.
Row 4: 3/3 RC, k3.
Row 5: Purl.
Row 6: Knit.
Row 7: Purl.
Row 8: K3, 3/3 LC.
Mirrored Triangle Stitch (multiple of 7 sts)
Row 1 (RS): *K6, p1; rep from * to m.
Row 2: *K2, p5; rep from * to m.
Rows 3 & 4: *K4, p3; rep from * to m.
Row 5: Rep Row 2.
Row 6: Rep Row 1.
Row 7: *P1, k6; rep from * to m.
Row 8: *P5, k2; rep from * to m.
Rows 9 & 10: *P3, k4; rep from * to m.
Row 11: Rep Row 8.
Row 12: Rep Row 7.
SCARF
Cast on 32 sts. Knit 3 rows.
Next Row: K9, pm, knit to last 9 sts, pm, knit to end.
Row 1: WorkThree Strand Cable (Right) to m, sm, work
Mirrored Triangle Stitch to m, sm, work Three Strand Cable
(Left) to end.
Continue working in patt as established until piece meas 59.
Work 4 rows in Garter St.
Bind off.
FINISHING
Weave in ends. Block lightly.
Abbreviations
k
knit
m
marker
meas measures
p
purl
patt
pattern
rep
repeat
sm
slip marker
st(s)
stitch(es)
Three Strand Cable (Left) (multiple of 9 sts)

Row 1 (WS): Purl.
Row 2: Knit.
Row 3: Purl.
Row 4: K3, 3/3 LC.
Row 5: Purl.
Row 6: Knit.
Row 7: Purl.
Row 8: 3/3 RC, k3.
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DRAWING ROOM PILLOW
DA000014
LEVEL: Intermediate
GAUGE
14.5 sts x 13 rows = 4
18 square
MATERIALS
Downton Abbey Branson (80% Acrylic, 20% Wool; 100 gm/153
yds)
#DA4002-07 Oatmeal Cream 2 balls
#DA4002-01 Claret Red 2 balls
Needle: US Size 11 (8 mm) knitting needles or size needed to
obtain gauge
Notions: Tapestry needle, 18 x 18 pillow form
PATTERN NOTES
Pillow panels are worked back and forth in a Fair Isle
colorwork pattern. Strand unused color loosely behind work
in order to maintain an even and consistent fabric.
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PILLOW
Panel (make 2)
Cast on 64 sts. Work in charted patt until piece meas 18. Bind
off.
FINISHING
Weave in ends. Block lightly. Using mattress stitch, sew panels
together along 3 sides, with wrong sides facing. Insert pillow
form. Sew opening closed.
Abbreviations
meas measures
patt
pattern
st(s)
stitch(es)
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BOXING DAY CARDIGAN

DA000015
Level: Intermediate
SIZES
X-Small (Small, Medium, Large, 1X, 2X)
Shown in Small Size
Chest Measurement: 34 (38, 42, 46, 50)
MATERIALS
Downton Abbey Branson (80% Acrylic, 20% Wool; 100
gm/153 yds)
#DA4002-07 Oatmeal Cream 7 (7, 8, 9, 10) balls
Needle: US Size 10 1/2 (6.5 mm) 32 circular and US Size
11 (8 mm) knitting needles or size needed to obtain gauge
Notions: Tapestry needle, 5 1 buttons, 2 cable
needles
GAUGE
14 sts x 19 rows = 4 in St st on larger needle
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STITCH GUIDE
St st Stockinette Stitch knit on RS rows, purl on WS rows
K2, P2 Rib (multiple of 4 sts +2)
Row 1: *K2, p2; rep from * to last 2 sts, k2.
Row 2: *P2, k1; rep from * to last 2 sts, p2.
Rep Rows 1 & 2 for patt.
2/2/2 RPC: Sl 2 sts to cn and hold to front, sl next 2 sts to 2nd
cable ndl and hold to back, k next 2 sts, p2 from back ndl, k2
from front ndl
4/2 RC: Sl 4 sts to cn and hold to back, k2, k4 from cn.
4/2 LC: Sl 2 st to cn and hold to front, k4, k2 from cn.
Cable Panel (multiple of 18 sts)
Row 1 (RS): P2, k4, 2/2/2 RPC, k4, p2.
Row 2: K2, p6, k2, p6, k2.
Row 3: P2, k6, p2, k6, p2.
Row 4: K2, p6, k2, p6, k2.
Row 5: P2, 4/2 RC, p2, 4/2 LC, p2.
Row 6: K2, p6, k2, p6, k2.
Row 7: P2, k6, p2, k6, p2.
W&T (wrap and turn)
Bring yarn to front, slip next st, bring yarn to back, move
slipped st back to left-hand needle, turn piece and begin
working in other direction.
CARDIGAN
Back
Using smaller ndl, cast on 58 (62, 70, 78, 82) sts, work in K2, P2
Rib until piece meas 3 ending with a WS row.
Next Row: Inc 2 (6, 4, 4, 6) sts evenly across row 60 (68, 74,
82, 88) sts.
Switch to larger ndl and work in St st until piece meas 14 1/2(15,
15, 14 3/4, 14 1/2). Place markers at each end to mark armholes.
Work even in patt until piece meas 21 1/2 (22, 22 1/2, 23, 23 1/2)
ending with a WS row. Bind off.
Right Front
Using smaller ndl, cast on 26 (28, 34, 38, 38) sts, work in K2, P2
Rib until piece meas 3, ending with a WS row.
Next Row (RS): Inc 2 (2, 0, 0, 4) sts evenly across row 28 (30,
34, 38, 42) sts.
Set-up Row: Switch to larger ndl, p5 (6, 8, 10, 12), pm, p18, pm,
p5 (6, 8, 10, 12).
Next Row: Work in St st to m, sm, work in Cable Patt to m, sm,
work in St st to end.
Continue working in patt as established until piece meas 13
(14, 14 1/2, 14 3/4, 15) from cast on, ending on a WS row.
Shape Neck
Dec Row (RS): K1, ssk, work in patt to end 1 st decd.
Maintaining patt as established, work Dec Row every RS row
3 more times, then rep Dec Row every 4th row 8 (6, 8, 8, 10)
more times 16 (20, 22, 26, 28) sts.
Work even in patt until piece meas 21 1/2 (22, 22 1/2, 23, 23
1/2).
Bind off all rem sts.
Left Front
Work as for Right Front to Shape Neck, ending on a RS row
then work as follows:
Dec Row (RS): Work in patt to last 3 sts, k2tog, k1 1 st decd.
Maintaining patt as established, work Dec Row every RS row
3 more times, then rep Dec Row every 4th row 8 (6, 8, 8, 10 )
more times 16 (20, 22, 26, 28) sts.
Work even in patt until piece meas 21 1/2 (22, 22 1/2, 23, 23
1/2).
Bind off all rem sts.
Sleeves (make 2)
Using smaller ndl, cast on 30 (30, 34, 34, 34) sts work in K2, P2
Rib until piece meas 3.
Next Row (RS): Inc 2 sts evenly across row 32 (32, 36, 36, 36)
sts.
Set-Up Row: Switch to larger ndl, p7 (7, 9, 9, 9), pm, p18, pm, p
to end.
Next Row: Work in St st to m, sm, work in Cable Patt to m, sm,
work in St st to end.
Work even in patt as established for 1, ending on a WS row.
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Inc Row: K1, m1, work in patt to last st, m1, k1 2 sts incd.
Rep Inc Row every 4th (3rd, 3rd, 3rd, 3rd) row, 19 (21, 21, 23, 24)
more times 72 (76, 80, 84, 86) sts.
Work even in patt until sleeve meas 18 1/2 (19, 19 1/4, 19 1/4, 19
1/4). Bind off all rem sts.
FINISHING
Sew shoulder seams. Set sleeves into armholes, centering
between markers. Sew side seams.
Button Band: With US 10 1/2, 32 circular ndl and RS facing,
beg at bottom edge of Right Front, pick up and knit 44 (46,
47, 49, 50) sts to start of neck shaping, pm, pick up 30 sts to
shoulder seam, pm, pick up 28 (28, 30, 30, 32) sts across back
neck, pm, 30 sts from shoulder seam to start of neck shaping,
44 (46, 47, 49, 50) sts to end 176 (180, 184, 188, 192) sts.
Next Row (WS): P3, *k2, p2; rep to last 3 sts, p3.
Next Row: K3, *p2, k2; rep to last 3 sts, k3.
Rep last two rows until Button Band meas 1, ending with a
WS row. Place removable markers for 5 buttonholes along
right front with first 3/4 from bottom edge, last approximately
3/4 from start of V-neck shaping.
Buttonhole: * Work in patt to buttonhole marker, remove m,
bind off 2 sts; rep from * for each marked Buttonhole, work in
patt to end. Next Row: *Work in patt to buttonhole, cast on 2
sts; rep from * for each buttonhole; work in patt to end.
Work even in patt as established until Button Band meas 2,
ending with WS row.
Abbreviations
cn
cable needle
beg
begin(ning)
dec(d) decrease(d)
inc(d) increase(d)
k
knit
k2tog knit 2 sts together (1 st decd)
m
marker
m1
make 1 (1 st incd)
meas measures
ndl
needle
p
purl
patt
pattern
pm
place marker
RS
right side
rem
remain(ing)
rep
repeat(ing)
ssk
slip slip knit (1 st decd)
st(s) stitch(es)
WS
wrong side
Collar Shaping
Row 1: Work in patt to m at left shoulder seam, sm, work 2 sts
in patt, w&t.
Row 2: Work in patt to m at right shoulder seam, sm, work 2
sts in patt, w&t.
Row 3 & 4: Work in patt to previously wrapped st, work 3 sts
past m, w&t, working wrapped st together with wrap as you
come to them.
Rep Rows 3 & 4 five more times.
Work in patt to end of row
Bind off.
Sew buttons to button band opposite buttonholes. Weave in
ends.
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2.5tips
on sharing
washing instructions
for knits Michelle Nguyen
T h e m o s t i m p o r t a n t m e m o t o k n i t t i n g g i f t- g i v e r s
With the holidays

happening in just a
couple weeks everyone
is giving and receiving
gifts. I thought this is
the perfect opportunity
to share a practice I use
when I give someone a
hand knit gift. A lot of
non-knitters are hesitant
to wash things that have
been hand knit for fear
of ruining them
Hand washing in par ticular
At the other end of the

spectrum, the garment
has already been
washed and accidentally
felted and shrunk down
to fit a doll.
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We wouldn't
want to ruin any
beautiful yarn.
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Let go of the romantic notion
that recipients are going to take
great care in caring for their
hand knit gift.
The first tip is knowing your
giftee. There are those who
carefully hand wash their favorite
knits and take a great deal of
time and care to ensure their
clothing survives as long as
possible, but every person has
their own habits. If you know
your favorite cousin isn't going to
carefully hand wash a garment,
opt for a machine washable yarn.
Superwash or a synthetic fiber
like acrylic or nylon. As beautiful
as some blends can be, you
dont want to put time, effort,
blood, sweat and tears into a
project to have it felted after the
first wash. It's only going to make
your recipient feel guilty and you
wishing you had known what was
coming.
.5
The best way to tell
how your yarn will
react to washing is to
wash your swatch.
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My second tip would be to
communicate clearly what the
washing instructions would be for
these garments. There are a few
different ways you can do this,
the first is by simply verbalizing
it. After your gift has been
opened and the joy of a hand
knit garment has receded, just
say oh by the way, to wash this
Easy peasy. Just make sure youre
giving these instructions to the
right person. I wouldnt want to
tell my father how to wash the
hand knit socks I gave him, when
I know my mom will be the one
actually washing them.
If youre worried these

instructions will be forgotten, or
simply want to provide a backup,
you can slip some written or
printed washing instructions
into the gift bag or box. Perhaps
fasten them to the garment with
a safety pin to ensure theyre not
lost in the chaos of Christmas
paper that so often happens.
You could also provide a sample
size packet of wool wash if
the garment requires a rinse
free detergent and place the
instructions with the wool wash.
If you want to get fancy about
it, Ive heard of people creating
their own labels to be sewn into
garments, a hand wash and a
machine wash instructional label.
Sewn along an edge or on the
inside of a garment, just like
anything store bought.
Hopefully all the hand knit gifts
out there survive the holidays
and the first wash after with
the 2.5 tips on sharing washing
instructions for knits. May you
have the opportunity to teach
non-knitters about the art of
washing their garments and
keeping the love alive. As knitters
we put our heart and soul into
what we make, to wrap our
friends and family in our love.
The couple extra steps in washing
will be well worth the effort.
Intense patterns such

as cables can be steam
blocked to keep the
depth of the stitches.
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All baby yarns in lovely pastel colors!
yarns perfect for
baby
Michelle Nguyen
Although some yarns are lumped

into the same category, it's useful
to take a closer look and see
how they compare to each other,
reviewing the benefits, attributes,
and things to watch for when
knitting. Here's a general
overview of three yarns perfect
for baby, Red Hearts Soft Baby
Steps, Comfort Sport and we'll
revisit Cutie Pie yarn.
My first impression of Red
Heart's Soft Baby Steps yarn,
was omgsoftsoftsoftysoftsoft
because it was just that soft.
Its like a fluffy silky cloud spun
into a tangible fiber. I was duly
impressed when I looked at the
fiber content and realized it
was 100% acrylic as well. This
saves all the trouble of giving
washing instructions and
worrying about a baby gift
being thrown into the washing
machine when it needs to be
hand washed.
The yarn itself has a very faint

halo around it that makes it look
soft, but not enough to decrease
any stitch definition. Soft Baby
Steps yarn is also slightly shiny,
not in a sparkly kind of way, but
the way silk yarn has a little bit of
a shine to it when youre looking
at it from an angle.
Its also a worsted weight
(Medium 4) so it works up quickly
on a US8 [5mm] needle. Worsted
is one of my favorite weights of
yarn because you can knit things
up relatively quickly and the
stitches are small enough that
you can still add stitch detail that
would be impossible on thicker
yarns.
Doing a baby sweater in bulky
yarn would knit up very fast, but
you would be hard pressed to do
things like cables, or honeycomb
stitches; the material would be
very thick.
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The second yarn that is perfect for baby

projects is Red Hearts Comfort Sport. My
first reaction was holy moly that's a big ball.
Out of all the yarns I'm reviewing here, this is
the biggest ball of the trio.
Most balls of yarn are 100g to 150g;
depending on the weight of the yarn the
actual yardage changes. Sometimes sock
yarn is sold in 50g balls so you get one sock
per ball. Taking that as an average, you'll
empathize with me when I say Comfort Sport
comes in a 350g ball, in a sport weight that
comes out to 1144yds or 1050m. You can
make a 20" x 30" baby blanket with just one
ball.
With this yarn it would not be hard to come
up with one-ball projects; they would be more
properly labeled 5-project-balls.
Colors Baby Blue, Baby Yellow, Baby Green and Binky Print
This yarn is also 100% acrylic and machine

washable so there are no worries about
lengthy washing instructions scaring off a
giftee from using a hand knit gift. The sport
weight is a light (3) yarn so it would lend itself
very well to detailed work. The yarn itself
doesn't have a lot of texture, the twist in the
yarn isn't highly visible.
Since I already talked about Red Heart's
Cutie Pie, I'm just going to link to the quick
overview I did: http://knitmuch.com/whatyou-should-know-about-red-heart-cutiepie-yarn/.
Comfort Sport in Denim, Light Blue and Turquoise
Next, let's see a comparison between the

three with ideal project suggestions and more
knitting fun.
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attributes of Red Heart's
baby
yarns
Michelle Nguyen
The three yarns I'm reviewing this week

are all ideal for baby projects, but set
side by side they're very different. Ive
managed to list five different attributes:
texture, weight, fiber composition, color
choices and ideal projects.
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Texture
In terms of texture, these three baby yarns could
not be more different. Soft Baby Steps is very silky
soft, but Cutie Pie holds its own with a velvety soft
texture. Comfort Sport, is soft, but not really in the
same league as the other two. Comfort Sport is
an excellent all-purpose yarn, its amazing for your
baby knits because it's soft enough for a babys skin,
but youre not afraid to use it for other things like
afghans and perhaps something for yourself. This
yarn is really easy to knit with. It slides well on any
kind of needle, so no matter the needle materials
youre using it's sure to work up well.
"These are only three colors from the

Comfort Sport line, but there is a
whole gradient to work with."
Soft Baby Steps, as I said, is incredibly silky soft. This

is perfect for anything right next to babys skin. If
you're using any kind of needle material that is
rougher, the soft fibers may catch along the shaft of
the needle. I would highly suggest a metal or acrylic
needle; anything synthetic and machine honed to a
flawless surface.
Cutie Pie, has a very unique texture. It feels velvety
and soft in a way that Ive never felt in a yarn. I
would also suggest a synthetic needle material
when using Cutie Pie, although the fibers wouldn't
catch on the shaft of the needle, I dont think it
would slide as well. When you first start knitting with
this yarn it takes a couple minutes to get used to
the 'feel' of it. The fleeciness of this yarn makes the
stitches want to snug up close to their 'neighbors'.
This isn't ideal for ripping things out, but excellent
for closing holes and creating warm baby knits.
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Weight
Comfort Sports weight is right in the name of
the yarn; sport weight. For those who havent
heard a lot about sport weight yarn, it's heavier
than fingering weight and lighter than a DK or
worsted weight. It's an excellent medium for those
transitioning from heavier yarns into lighter weight
yarns. The needle size recommended for this yarn
is US7 [4mm]. I like this needle size for this yarn.
As a loose knitter, I generally go down one or two
needle sizes to get gauge, but this needle size was
perfect.
Soft Baby Steps in color Elephant ready to be knit up!
Soft Baby Steps is the heaviest of the three yarns;

it's a medium weight yarn. The recommended
needle size for this yarn is US8 [5mm]. When I was
knitting my swatch with this size needle, the swatch
was a little bit airy. I had to go down a needle size
in order to get a really good fabric I liked. As I
said before though, my gauge is a little bit loose, I
usually have to go down the needle size.
Cutie Pie yarn is the lightest weight, although the
chenille feel makes it seem thicker. Many knitters
are scared of knitting with lightweight yarn because
they think the projects will take them forever. This
yarn is a great place to start, it will feel like a thicker
yarn but you're actually knitting with lightweight
yarn. The recommended needle size for this
yarn is US5 [3.75mm]. Again, this is an excellent
suggestion, when I started knitting with the
recommended needle size my gauge was perfect.
The fabric was not too open nor able to stand up
on its own.
Fiber Composition
All three yarns are made from synthetic fibers.
Comfort Sport and Soft Baby Steps are made from
acrylic, while Cutie Pie is made from polyester. In
this respect, these yarns are very similar.
Cutie Pie ready to become a baby bootie.
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The synthetic fiber makes it washer and dryer

friendly, while not giving up a lovely texture.
Color Choices
Cutie pie has a basic selection
of solid colors. Since it's such
a different texture from your
regular yarns, I dont know how
well variegated colors would
show up. The texture of the
yarn would make any color
changes more fluid and not as
distinct. The selection of solid
colors includes very saturated
and beautiful tones of the base
colors; pinks, blues, purple, green,
etc.
Soft Baby Steps come in a wide
and varied selection of colors.
There are solid colors in baby
tones, bright saturated colors
and variegated to match the
solids. On the Red Heart website,
there are a whopping three
pages of colors.
While I think the true value of
Comfort Sport is its versatility, it
also comes in a fair variety of
colors. No variegated colors, but
several tones of one color. For
example, there are five different
shades of blue.
If you can dream it, you can

knit it with this yarn.
I would use Soft Baby Steps to
knit sweaters, booties, scratch
mittens for those cute little
leggings with the monster face
on the bum. Regardless of what
you choose to make, it will be
babys favorite. While Cutie Pie
is a lightweight yarn, I love this
yarn for blankets and snuggle
sacks. Just touching this yarn
brings images of plush, luxurious,
warm blankets to mind. It's light
enough that you could also use
it for garments worn close to
the skin, like Soft Baby Steps, or
choose to knit warm sweaters
and over garments.
Between Comfort Sport, Soft
Baby Steps and Cutie Pie all of
your baby knitting needs will be
covered! Summer is the most
popular time of year for babies
to be born, Im telling you this
now so you can get a jump start
on it. With all the beautiful colors,
gender neutral included, baby
season wont be so stressful!
Ideal projects
Comfort Sport is one of my
favorite kinds of yarn, its the kind
of yarn you can knit anything
with. If you end up buying
this huge ball to make one
baby sweater you're going to
have a lot left over. There are
thousands of projects out there
looking for yardage just like this;
drink cozies, shawls, pet beds!
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3 baby
reasons to knit with
yarn
Michelle Nguyen
I know this is a baby

feature and all the
articles are supposed
to be about babies. If
youre anything like
me, and dont have
children or currently
know people with small
children, then you dont
really understand why
everyone is all about
knitting baby things.
There are several good
reasons you should knit
baby garments, even if
you have no babies to
knit for!
Reason 1
I strongly encourage skill development.
Becoming a better knitter is all about finding and
practicing those skills you're afraid to try and
most of the time you're able to tackle that really
intense project.
A baby-sized sweater is much less intimidating
when knitting a sweater for the first time, as
it has all the challenges as the adult sweaters,
just on a smaller scale. If youre thinking about
trying your first sweater, then just knit up a baby
one with any leftover yarn from another project.
Lets be honest, we all buy more yarn than we're
going to use, usually by one or two balls. That's
all it takes to make an infant sweater!
If you're the kind of person who buys the exact
amount of yarn they need per project, Red
Hearts Comfort Sport is an excellent all-purpose
yarn that can be shaped into just about any
project; socks, hats, afghans, leg warmers, etc.
I'm a huge fan of wantonly throwing myself into
a project, but I know that's not everyones cup of
tea. If youre a little more cautious, check out the
childrens sizes.
Once you've mastered baby sweaters, Comfort
Sport and Soft Baby Steps can be ideal for
making a lightweight cardi in an array of pastel
colors for the spring and summer seasons for
girls and women.
The Binky Print itself with

a whole array of colors!
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Just because this is classified as baby

yarn, doesn't mean that it can't become
something soft and luxurious for mom too!
Reason 2
My next point goes hand in hand with the above
mentioned tip. Even if you dont know anyone
with small children or have any upcoming
baby showers, you will at some point. I like to
keep a small stash of completed projects, for
those situations when you dont have time or
inclination to make something for a shower that
suddenly came up. I would advise you switch
between masculine, feminine and gender neutral
colors just to keep your stash balanced, you
wouldnt want to have 10 pink blankets and go
to a shower where the theme is blue.
Keep filling your knitting tool box and

practice all sorts of techniques on
these projects!
Red Hearts Soft Baby Steps has a color called

Binky Print with pink, blue, green, yellow and
white. I think you would be fairly safe knitting
with this variegated yarn. It's pictured at the top
of the page paired with Baby Yellow and Baby
Green. Pictured below with Baby Blue.
Stashing gifts is a great planning tool in general.
I know once I have a deadline to knit something,
all motivation goes out the window. I end up
waiting until the event is uncomfortably close
and blocking garments the night before. Its also
perfect for garments other than baby items. If
there's a scarf or shawl pattern you want to try,
but youre not sure if you would ever wear it,
you can give it a try then throw it into the gift
stash. When you suddenly need a gift because
you forgot someones birthday, anniversary,
event in general its perfect. This has saved my
bacon more than once and if I'm a day late, its
a hand made gift that could have taken an extra
day to finish off.
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Reason 3
A very important reason for knitting baby garments
is that they make great donations for maternity
wards in hospitals. If youre in a position where you
dont think there will be any little people coming
into your life or you dont want small garments
hanging around your house for months or years,
there are many places to donate these items.
Preemie hats in particular are always in demand
because humans in general lose a lot of heat
through the top of their heads and babies that
small dont have the heat to lose in the first place. If
youre looking to donate, any of the three yarns we
are featuring this week are perfect for this type of
project.
Red Heart Soft Baby Steps is silky soft and comes in
a wide range of colors so you could knit a different
color every day. Cutie Pie is velvety soft, which is a
unique texture for yarn and feels so warmly fluffy.
Comfort Sport has obviously got budgeting on
your side; one preemie hat takes 20-35 yards of
yarn so you could make at least 32 from one ball.
Considering that one ball costs about $10, that is
a small price to pay for helping out 32 preemies.
Even if you dont have a whole ball left, 20-35
yards isn't a large amount and you could have that
much left over from one of your current projects. If
youre knitting a baby blanket for a friend, use the
leftovers to donate a preemie hat, or booties. Be
sure to check the charitable organizations webpage,
they usually have donation guidelines for you to
follow. If you're unsure, there's no shame in calling
to ask!
Hopefully these 3 reasons

convince you that you can
engage in knitting for babies
regardless if you currently do
have children in your life or
not. Knit for the babies you
dont know, the ones that
dont exist yet or just for your
own personal development.
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Details on knitting a
toddler
blanket
Michelle Nguyen
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One of my favorite things about

knitting is pairing colors together,
so the Toddler Blanket in two
colors of Red Hearts Comfort
Sport immediately caught my
eye. The photo on the website
is done in two different tones
of blue, but I'm all over this
thinking in complementary and
contrasting colors.
This blanket appeals to me on so
many levels. Whenever I see a
baby blanket knit up in a single
color it looks very bland to me.
Even if there's a bit of a stitch
pattern, it seems plain. My mind
works in colors and the less color
there is to play around with, the
more complicated the stitch
pattern has to be.
I find color work very therapeutic;
it's something of a mantra to
me, and for some unknown
reason, I cant fall into the same
head-space when working on
stitch patterns. I love color in this
blanket because you could do
two colors or three, four, five, you
could switch out colors as you
go and do a rainbow. Yes, the
pattern only calls for two, but
it's incredibly easy to adjust your
plan and simply start swapping
colors in and out as you please.
You could knit this blanket a
hundred times and make it look
completely different each time.
At first glance I thought it was

a slip stitch color-work pattern,
but this blanket actually mimics
crochet. The small dots are
made from working two rows
in the same color. One row
is a purl row and the other is
essentially a yo, k3, pass the
first knit stitch over.
When I was reading the
instructions I was a little bit
confused. I thought it was
almost a bind off, but then
I realized, that's where the
shapes are made. In the photo
they look like circles, but that
shape is obviously perfected
through blocking.
The Toddler Blanket swatch

made from Lilac and Turquoise
Light Pink and Denim would be

cute together as well. It makes
me think 'cowgirl'.
Aside from getting the stitch

pattern right the only thing
slightly different about this
blanket is the fact that it has a
crochet edge.
If crochet really isnt a skill
you possess it's easy enough
to pick up stitches along the
edges, you could do a simple
rib stitch or a seed stitch. Dont
pick up the whole way around,
but pick up one edge, knit your
chosen stitch, bind off, pick up
stitches along the opposite
edge and do the same. Then
you can choose whichever
side of the last two and pick
up stitches along the blanket
and the other two edges you
previously knit.
I really cant say enough about

Red Hearts Toddler Blanket
pattern; its definitely going to be
my new go-to for baby blankets.
Easy enough to knit, but has a
lot of interest generated through
the perfect balance of colors and
interesting stitch pattern. Its also
got nice clean lines, which really
appeals to my sense of aesthetics.
Red Heart's Toddler Blanket Pattern

http://www.redheart.com/free-patterns/toddler-blanket
Photos this page by Michelle Nguyen
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Knit a hat to match Baby Lace Cardigan

Red Hearts Baby Lace Cardigan
knit in Soft Baby Steps is too
adorable to pass by. This little
cardigan has a small lace panel
in the front on either side of the
button band. That, paired with
the soft shine of this yarn, gives
it a tiny bit of elegance not often
seen in baby knits.
The lace edging around

the ribbing of the hat
almost looks like a
crown for your
prince or princess...
Since the Soft Baby Steps yarn

is silky and shiny I think of it as
more of a summery yarn. Dont
get me wrong, its warm, that's
the beauty of synthetic fibers,
but I love it paired with a lace
panel. The little bit of lace isnt
enough to make the sweater
too breezy, but the perfect thing
to throw on over-top of some
leggings and an undershirt, even
onesie pajamas when people are
headed over.
I thought the only thing this
cute little outfit is missing is a
matching hat, so a wrote up a
version incorporating the seed
stitching and lace panel. Here's
how to knit it up.
How the top of your

hat will look when
you're done!
materials
1
ball of Red Hearts Soft Baby
Steps in color Elephant
US7 [4.5mm] 16 circulars
US7 [4.5mm] double pointed
needles
1
tapestry needle
CO 59 stitches, join into round,
place marker and knit in seed
stitch for 6 rows.
Baby Lace Cardigan knitting chart for pattern.
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Next follow the arrowhead lace

pattern from the sweater pattern.
There's no chart available in the
pattern it self so I created the
one below. The chart is a visual
to supplement the pattern, so
make sure you're looking at the
pattern while following this chart.
After that, knit until the hat

reaches 3" in length and begin
the decreases. Decrease in the
following pattern.
Row 1: *K6, K2tog*
Repeat until marker.
Row 2: K all.
Row 3: *K5, K2tog*
Row 4: K all.
Row 5: *K4, K2tog*
Row 6: K all.
Row 7: *K3, K2tog*
Row 8: K all.
Row 9: *K2, K2tog*
Row 10: K all.
Row 11: *K1, K2tog*
Row 12: K all.
Row 13: K2tog the whole row.
Row 14: Cut your yarn leaving a
12" tail, slide the tapestry needle
on and slip all stitches from
your needles onto your tapestry
needle and pull tight.
Weave in ends and block lightly.
This little hat and sweater would
make a lovely gift for any little
persons wardrobe and, with the
washing machine friendliness of
Soft Baby Steps, any mothers
laundry basket. There's an
excellent palette of colors from
this yarn for you to choose from
so it can be made in any color.
No matter how complex the
wardrobe, you'll be able to find a
color to accent it.
Photos this page by Michelle Nguyen
Photo courtesy of Red Heart
baby
lace
cardi
Red Heart's Baby Lace Cardigan
http://www.redheart.com/free-patterns/baby-lace-cardigan
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Knitting for the home with

Welcome fellow knitters, to
a new feauture of Uptown
Worsted! Spring is a great time
to refresh home accessories
and add cozy knitting at home
and it's definitely on our "to
do" list for free evenings and
weekends. The nice thing
about spring is that knitting
inside feels like the perfect
activity to spruce up our decor.
Uptown Worsted is our
favorite yarn for this purpose!
We're going to be knitting a
cushion cover with a lovely
all-over cabled pattern. To join
us, you'll need your favorite
color of Uptown Worsted
yarn, some 4.5mm needles
(or whichever size you need to
obtain the same gauge - you
can also use circular needles
to work flat), and a cable
needle for help with the cables.
Finally, the pillow will need a
poly-fill pillow insert for the
finishing touch.
If you'd like to join us, gather
up your supplies and get
started by knitting a swatch
with your needles and the
Uptown Worsted. You're
aiming for a stockinette gauge
of 17 stitches over 4" [10cm].
Uptown Worsted
Glenna Harris
Join me for this perfect project paired with the

perfect yarn for home decor, the non-pilling
Uptown Worsted yarn! Can you think of a place
this lovely pillow would go in your home?
A few skeins of yarn and a foam pillow insert will be

transformed into a cozy pillow!
Next, we'll review the stitch

gauge for the stockinette part
of the pillow, and another
swatch for the cable pattern!
Cushion covers are a great
choice if you're looking for
a slightly more advanced
project than a scarf or hat,
and there's a lot less pressure
to get the fit right.
Photos by Glenna Harris
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Swatching for your

Uptown Worsted
cushion cover
If you're new to knitting a swatch, have a look at

this past KNITmuch post for a quick review. Knitting
a gauge swatch is important for larger projects
that need to be a specific finished size. Let's get to
it, swatching for your cushion cover using Uptown
Worsted yarn!
This is going to be a square cushion with one side
worked in stockinette stitch (plain), and one side
worked in an all-over cable stitch pattern. Many
simple cushions sold in stores have a decorative
side and a plain side, and knitting your own means
you can choose exactly the right color that you
want to suit your decor.
The stockinette stitch gauge we need is 17sts per 4"
[10cm]. Knit a swatch like the one pictured (I used
US7 [4.5mm] needles):
Work this swatch as follows, with the same needle

size you used to get stockinette gauge above.
Cast on 34 sts.
Row 1 (RS): K all sts.
Row 2 (WS): K3, p to last 3 sts, k3.
Row 3 (RS): K5, [C4R, C4L] 3 times, K5.
Row 4 (WS): K3, p to last 3 sts, k3.
Repeat these last 4 rows 4 times.
Bind off all stitches.
To measure the pattern, place the tape measure or

gauge ruler over the central 24 stitches that make
up the cable pattern. You should have 24 stitches
measuring 3". If you need to work this over a
different needle size to get the cable pattern gauge,
you can, since the front and back pieces of the
pillow are worked separately.
Cast on 30 sts.
First 4 rows: Knit all sts.
(RS): Knit all sts
(WS): K3, p to last 3 sts, k3.
Repeat the last 2 rows until swatch measures 5" tall.
Last 4 rows: knit all sts.
Cast off all stitches.
Once the swatch is complete, lay it out flat and use
your measuring tape or gauge ruler to measure
how many stitches there are in 4" of fabric. We're
aiming for 17sts per 4" [10cm]. If you have more
stitches than that, your gauge is too tight. Re-knit
with a larger needle size and try again. If you have
fewer stitches than 17, your gauge is too loose. Reknit with a smaller needle size.
Uptown Worsted is a 100% acrylic, non-pilling

yarn - a great choice for home accessory projects.
The other side of the pillow, the decorative side,

uses an all-over cable stitch pattern that's fairly
simple. However, cable stitch gauge is very different
from stockinette gauge. Here we're going to
measure how many repeats of the cable pattern
appear over a specific width of the fabric. In the
swatch, 3 repeats of the stitch pattern (24 stitches
of the cable pattern) measure 3" across. To do this
you'll need to do 2 cable stitches, as follows:
C4L: Put 2 sts on cable needle and hold in front.
K2. K2 from cable needle.
C4R: Put 2 sts on cable needle and hold in back.
This cushion cover uses a cable stitch

pattern on one side, which is a different
stitch gauge than with stockinette stitch.
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Knitting your
Uptown Worsted
cushion cover
As we star t to knit up our Uptown

Worsted cushion cover, it's a good idea
to review why this yarn is ideal for this
sor t of project. Uptown Worsted yarn is a
versatile 100% acr ylic, non-pill and easy
to care for yarn. Any spills or stains can
be easily spot-cleaned or machine-washed
since acr ylic yarn is ver y sturdy.
Let's start on the simple "back"

piece for the cover. Pillow covers
are a great way to upgrade
your knitting skills on the way to
sweaters or other large projects.
Uptown Worsted yarn is a

versatile acrylic yarn ideal for
knit projects for the home,
blankets, and sweaters that
will have a lot of use.
In the little photo you can see

the project as it is in the finished
form. It has a front piece done in
all-over cables, and a back piece
that's completely stockinette (knit
all sts on the right side, purl on
the wrong side). Let's start with
the wrong side piece. Using your
US7 [4.5mm] needles (or the
needle size you need for 17sts
per 4" gauge) - either straight
needles, or circular needles that
you'd like to use to work flat, and
your favorite color of Uptown
Worsted, you're ready to cast on.
For the back piece:
Cast on 82 sts.
Knit in stockinette stitch (knit all
RS sts and purl all WS sts) until
the work measures 18 in
length, ending with a WS row.
Bind off all stitches, being careful
not to bind off too tightly.
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For this cabled pattern, these are the 3

stitches you need to know:
C4L: Put 2 sts on cable needle and hold in front.
C4R: Put 2 sts on cable needle and hold in back.
the m1 decrease, or "make one." You can find
m1 instructions here.
Work as follows for the cabled front piece of the
cushion cover:
Cast on 82 sts.
Work 2 rows in stockinette stitch (Knit on RS, purl on
WS).
Next row (RS): K1, *m1, k1, rep from * to last stitch,
m1, k1. (You now have 124 sts)
Next row (WS): Purl all sts.
Next row (RS): K2, *C4R, C4L. Rep from * to 2 sts
from end of row, k2.
Next row (RS): Knit all sts.
Next row (RS): K2, *C4L, C4R. Rep from * to 2 sts
from end of row, k2.
Next row (RS): Knit all sts.
stitches
knit up
the
honeycomb
stitch
Repeat these last 8 rows until work measures 18"

from beginning, ending with a WS row.
Next row (RS): K2, *k2tog, k1. Rep from * to 2 sts
from end of row, k2. (You now have 82 sts).
Bind off all sts.
Don't worry if this piece takes you longer to do
than the stockinette piece that we knitted for the
back. Cable stitches require more time (and yarn!)
to create the same width of fabric than plain
stockinette stitch does. But the result is too pretty to
pass up! Cabled stitches, even basic ones, are very
decorative and eye catching.
The honeycomb pattern is one of the

ver y enchanting knitting patterns,
beautiful for its texture, uniform and
visually soothing.
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finishing steps for

Uptown Worsted
cushion cover
The finished cover pieces are ready to

be sewn together! 4 skeins of Uptown
Worsted have been transformed.
When the front and back parts of the cushion

cover are knit up, here are 2 steps to finish the
cushion. If there are new skills in here for you,
don't be shy about taking the time to read up
on how to do each technique. Everyone has to
try these things for the first time at some point,
as a knitter, so if this is your first practice, then
great! You'll learn some new skills along the way.
Just be patient with yourself. A cushion cover is
the perfect project to practice on.
The first step is to sew the two square pieces
together at the sides, by working a vertical
seam. There are good instructions for how to
do this in a lot of places online, as well as your
own knitting reference books if you have them
at home. Here is one nice visual (with set-up
image and in-progress image), a YouTube video.
Take a few stitch markers and hold the two
pieces together at the sides so you have them
pieced together evenly in preparation. Work
a vertical seam twice using Uptown Worsted
yarn and tapestry needle, attaching the pieces
together. These steps are shown in the 2 photos
on this page.
Use stitch markers to hold your pieces

together, before starting the vertical seam.
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This is the vertical seam in progress.

You'll do this twice to attach the 2
pieces together at the sides.
Next, sew a horizontal seam to close the bottom

of the cushion cover. This is often referred to
as mattress stitch or horizontal mattress stitch.
There are some great instructions for this here
at Knitting Daily. Feel free to use the stitch
markers to help you line up the edges together.
The horizontal seam in progress, stitched

up at the top and bottom of the cushion.
Before sewing the final seam, remember to first

stuff the cover with the foam insert! Otherwise
you'll have a closed up cushion cover with no
opening to put the pillow foam into. Then, work
the final horizontal seam to finish it all up.
And, that's it! The finishing is a bit fiddly but
certainly takes less time than knitting the
front and back pieces of the cushion. And, the
knitting skills you do in a project like this are
very similar to the same skills you need for
larger projects like sweaters - sewing pieces
together, following stitch patterns, and more.
Stuff the cover with the pillow form

insert before working the final seam.
Uptown Worsted: a new yarn to tr yGlenna Harris

If you're a knitter like me, you never pass up the
chance to try out new yarns. It's so easy to get
stuck in a rut sometimes, and having a new yarn to
play with can make all the difference. In this feature,
we're exploring the new Uptown Worsted yarn from
Universal Yarns. This is a worsted weight yarn in
100% acrylic, that is designed to be anti-pilling!
If you're a fan of easy-care yarns, this one will be
right up your alley.
Uptown Worsted is new from Universal Yarns, and is a soft, springy,

anti-pilling acrylic yarn. This is a versatile worsted weight yarn for
a variety of projects!
Reading a yarn label is always good practice if

you're not sure where to start with a new yarn. On
the Uptown Worsted (which comes in dozens of
colors), we can can see it's intended for a gauge
of 18 sts and 24 rows over 4 inches in stockinette
stitch, so that's definitely telling us it's in the
worsted weight range, even if the name of the yarn
didn't tell us that already!
If you're out of the habit of reading your garment
labels for the laundry symbols, you'll also get some
practice with the same symbols on many yarn
labels. This one tells us Uptown Worsted is machine
washable and may be tumble dried, which is a
reassuring piece of information to have if you're
planning to knit up some items for the home or
small children!
Always check the yarn labels for important information! Uptown

Worsted reports a nice gauge at 18 sts over 4".
It's also machine washable!
Swatch up your new yarns to see how they feel and knit up. This
stockinette swatch shows neat stitch definition and an even drape.
Before you start a new project, or even if you're not

sure what project you'll be starting, it's a great idea
to knit a swatch to see how the yarn feels and knits
up. You can also grab your nearest gauge ruler
or tape measure to check your gauge. Sometimes
this is different from what the label says. My swatch
above does have 18 sts over 4" in stockinette
stitch, just like the label says, but I got it with a US 7
[4.5mm] needle instead of a US8 [5mm] needle. It
never hurts to swatch to be sure!
Overall, this is a soft, springy yarn and it comes in
so many colors that it would be easy to find a lot of
different project options for it. In this feature we're
going to try a few more swatches with different
stitch patterns, and finish off with a fun project
for the home. If you're a fan of easy-care yarns,
Uptown Worsted will be right up your alley.
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A swatch tells you how the yarn will behave when

it's knit up, how it stands to being washed, and
if you've acquired the right gauge. Knitting up a
swatch with a textured pattern is an even better
way to see the yarn's characteristics and test out its
versatility. The basketweave pattern makes a cool
swatch.
The
basketweave
The basketweave pattern uses a repeating

combination of knit and purl stitches. Always keep
in mind that if you "just" know how to knit and purl,
you can do quite a lot!
To practice this same basketweave stitch, grab a ball
of Uptown Worsted, some US7 [4.5mm needles] (or
your preferred needle size for worsted weight yarn),
and work as follows:
Cast on 37 sts, or a number that is a multiple of 8
plus 5.
Row 2 (WS): K5, *p3, k5; repeat from * to end of
row.
Row 3 (RS): P5, *k3, p5; repeat from * to end of row.
Row 4 (WS): Same as Row 2.
Row 6 (WS): K1, *p3, k5; repeat from * to last stitch,
end k1 instead of k5.
Row 7 (RS): P1, *k3, p5; repeat from * to last stitch,
end p1 instead of p5.
Row 8 (WS): Same as Row 6.
pattern makes a
cool swatch
Repeat these 8 rows 4 times or until your swatch is

the desired length.
This stitch pattern is so versatile! It lays flat, which
means it can be used for scarves or blankets, and
it's simple enough that you can start to memorize
the pattern after you've done a few repeats. It
would be great for scarves, blankets, children's
sweaters, or home projects like pillow covers or
dishcloths. Give it a try! Or, choose your own stitch
pattern to swatch. The basketweave pattern makes
a cool swatch and it's a great way to get to know
new yarn.
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Knitting a classic:
cables
&
ribbing
Break away from the knit and purl texture patterns

to try a basic combination of cables and ribbing. If
you're new to knitting cables this is a great way to
practice them. The cables add some visual interest
and the ribbing lets you do some "resting" stitches
in between that are a bit easier. Let's knit a classic
combination of cables and ribbing perfect for so
many different knitted accessories.
The swatches used in this feature all use 4.5mm
needles, but you can use a different size if you
get good results with them. Tension can be a very
personal thing, so you might get the same gauge
with a different needle size! And for this swatch,
you'll also need to grab your cable needle.
This pattern also uses the instruction C4L, for
the cable stitch. C4L is to: transfer 2 sts to cable
needle and hold in front. K2. Slip the 2 sts from
the cable needle back to the right hand needle
and knit these sts.
Cast on 42 stitches, or a multiple of 10 stitches
plus 2.
Row 1 (RS): *K2, p2, k4, p2.
Repeat from * to last 2 sts, k2.
Row 2 (WS): Work all stitches as they appear.**
Row 3 (RS): *K2, p2, C4L, p2.
Repeat from * to last 2 sts, k2.
Uptown Worsted has a springy feel

to it which makes it a nice choice for
cabled stitches.
**Work all stitches as they appear means to work

the purl stitches as purls and the knit stitches as
knits. This is a common instruction in knitting
patterns that have Right Side and Wrong Side rows
where the pattern changes all happen on Right Side
rows and the Wrong Side ones are worked even.
Repeat these 4 rows until the swatch is the length
you desire.
You can use this kind of stitch combination on a
variety of accessory projects. It lies flat, so it would
make a great scarf, but would be equally attractive
on a hat or socks. Or, make it wider and a bit taller
and you'd have a nice cozy for your french press
coffee maker!
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This week on KNITmuch we've been trying out a

new yarn, Uptown Worsted. It's an anti-pilling
acrylic yarn that has a nice versatile springy
quality to it, and would be a nice choice for home
accessory projects. With this in mind, we're going
to practice an interesting stitch pattern needed for
knitting a tea cozy with Uptown Worsted yarn and
tomorrow, we'll show off the finished cozy. If you
have knitted gifts on your list this season, a tea cozy
is a versatile choice because it just needs to fit a
teapot, no worrying about fitting hands or feet!
Knitting a
tea cozy
with
Uptown Worsted yarn
The tea cozy we're making is this lovely free pattern

found on the blog Cast On Cast Off. It's a nice
textured pattern that won't take you very long at
all to memorize (trust me!) but interesting enough
that it won't feel like a boring project when it's done.
That's always a good combination.
The stitch pattern is a simple mistake-rib stitch that
goes as follows:
Cast on a multiple of 4 stitches, plus 1 (for example
25 sts, 29, 33, etc).
(RS): K2, p2. Repeat to 1 stitch from end of row, k1.
(WS): As RS.
Repeat these last 2 rows.
I reached for the bright cherry pink

color for my tea cozy project.
You're not reading that wrong! The right side and

wrong side rows are worked identically. After a
few rows you'll see the vertical texture start to take
shape.
Choosing between the neutral "latte" beige and
the "cherry" pink colors, I had to reach for the
cherry pink for the final project. It'll be so bright and
cheerful on my teapot on the kitchen counter.
To get ready for your own teapot project, you'll
need a ball of Uptown Worsted or similar worsted
weight yarn, US7 [4.5mm] needles or the needle
size you prefer, and don't forget your pompom
maker! The finishing touch is the pompom on top.
I love making pompoms and don't get enough
chances to make them in my other projects.
This knitted stitch pattern is simpler

and quicker than it looks.
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Uptown Worsted yarn

is ideal for a
tea cozy
To finish our review of knitting with Uptown Worsted,

we're showing off a finished tea cozy project! Tea
cozies are great knitting projects for the home
and they make the best knitted gift for friends and
family who always have the kettle on!
Uptown Worsted yarn is a 100% acrylic yarn, which
is easy to wash and designed to be anti-pilling.
Synthetic yarns like this are a good choice for fussfree projects for home accessories; easy to wash
and insulate a lot of warmth. Uptown Worsted yarn
is ideal for tea cozy.
In yesterday's post we practiced the stitch pattern
used in this project, and today is the final reveal.
This is the free Time for Tea cozy pattern, posted
on the Cast on Cast off Blog, exploring ribbing another way to add texture to your knitting projects.
To make this project, you'll need just one skein of
Uptown Worsted, US7 [4.5mm] needles (or your
preferred size to get the gauge you want), a pom
pom maker, and tapestry needle.
The pattern instructions are easy to follow and
relatively simple. The way this is constructed is to
make 2 separate, identical pieces, and then sew
them together on the sides leaving gaps for the
spout and handle. This part you may need to
customize a little bit depending on the teapot
you're making it for.
The original pattern uses 2 colors of DK weight yarn
held double (working with 2 strands of yarn at the
same time), but I found 1 strand of worsted weight
yarn worked just fine. Also, it's easy to adjust the
size of the pattern by adding or removing stitches
in multiples of 4. I worked the pattern as-is and
came out with a cozy size for my 4-6 cup teapot.
For this simple tea cozy, all you

need are a ball of Uptown Worsted,
US7 [4.5mm] needles, a tapestry
needle and pom pom maker.
And of course, the final step is to make a pom pom

and sew it to the top of the tea cozy. Making the
pom pom is always a fun step for me, I don't usually
get the chance to make them in most knitting
projects I do.
It's a shame I only have one teapot to cover with
a neat project like this! You can find a lot of great
cozy patterns out there, such as in Ravelry pattern
search. Even if you have just one skein of yarn to
work with you may be surprised what you can make
with it.
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Standards & Guidelines For Crochet and Knitting YarnStandards.com
Standard Yarn Weight System

Categories of yarn, gauge ranges, and recommended needle and hook sizes
Yarn Weight
Symbol &
Category
Names
Type of
Yarns in
Category
Fingering,
10 count
crochet thread
Sock,
Fingering,
Baby
Sport,
Baby
DK,
Light
Worsted
Worsted,
Afghan,
Aran
Chunky,
Craft,
Rug
Bulky,
Roving
Jumbo,
Roving
Knit Gauge
Range* in
Stockinette
Stitch to
4 inches
3340**
sts
2732
sts
2326
sts
2124
sts
1620
sts
1215
sts
711
sts
6 sts
and
fewer
Recommended
Needle in
Metric Size
Range
1.52.25
mm
2.253.25
mm
3.253.75
mm
3.754.5
mm
4.55.5
mm
5.58
mm
812.75
mm
12.75 mm
and
larger
Recommended
Needle U.S.
Size Range
000 to 1
1 to 3
3 to 5
5 to 7
7 to 9
9 to 11
11 to 17
17
and
larger
Crochet
Gauge*Ranges
in Single
Crochet to
4 inch
3242
double
crochets**
2132
sts
1620
sts
1217
sts
1114
sts
811
sts
79
sts
6 sts
and
fewer
2.253.25
mm
3.54.5
mm
4.55.5
mm
5.56.5mm
6.59
mm
915
mm
15 mm
and
larger
B1 to E4
E4 to 7
7 to I9
I9
to
K10 12
K10 12
to M-13
M-13
to Q
Q
and
larger
Steel***
Recommended
1.61.4 mm
Hook in Metric
Regular hook
Size Range
2.25 mm
Recommended
Hook U.S. Size
Range
Steel***
6, 7, 8
Regular
hook
B1
* GUIDELINES ONLY: The above reflect the most commonly used gauges and needle or hook sizes for specific yarn categories.
** Lace weight yarns are usually knitted or crocheted on larger needles and hooks to create lacy, openwork patterns. Accordingly, a
gauge range is difficult to determine. Always follow the gauge stated in your pattern.
*** Steel crochet hooks are sized differently from regular hooks--the higher the number, the smaller the hook, which is the reverse
of regular hook sizing.
This Standards & Guidelines booklet and downloadable symbol artwork are available at: YarnStandards.com
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KNITmuch
...to K, is to
Standard abbreviations & terms
KNITmuch
alt = alternate
approx = approximately
beg = begin(ning)
BO= bind off
CC = contrast colour
ch = chain
cm = centimetre(s)
cn = cable needle
CO = cast on
cont = continue, continuing ...to K, is to
dc = double crochet
dec = decrease(s), decreasing
dpn = double-pointed needle(s)
foll = following
g = gram(s)
inc = increase(s), increasing
in(s) = inch(es)
k = knit
kf&b or kfb = knit into front and back of st (increase)
k2tog = knit 2 sts tog (right-leaning decrease)
K3tog = knit 3 sts together (double right-leaning
decrease)
M = marker
m = metre(s)
M1 = Make 1 stitch: pick up the horizontal strand
between 2 stitches from front to back and knit
it tbl (lifted increase)
MC = main colour
mm = millimetre(s)
oz = ounce(s)
p = purl
p2tog = purl 2 sts tog (decrease)
patt = pattern
pfb = purl into front and back of stitch (increase)
pm = place marker
psso = pass slipped stitch over
RS = right side
rem = remain(ing)
rep = repeat
rev = reverse
rnd = round
sc = single crochet
sl = slip
skp = slip one st, knit next st, pass slipped st over
knit st (dec)
ssk = slip, slip, knit: slip 2 sts knitwise, 1 at a time,
insert left-hand needle into front of both sts
and knit them tog (left-leaning decrease)
Sssk = Slip next three stitches individually, knitwise. Insert tip of left needle from front to back
into the fronts of these three stitches and knit
them together (double left-leaning decrease)
st(s) = stitch(es)
St st = stocking stitch
tbl = through back loop
tog = together
tr = treble crochet
WS = wrong side
yo = yarn over
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KNITmuch

...to knit, is to love

GRETNA GREEN SCARF

...to knit, is to love

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, ART DIRECTOR

2016 A Needle Pulling Thread. All rights reserved. Issue 2.

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When a bobble isn't a bobble...

Would you bind off in the middle of a knit row?

Don't get cross! Twist your stitches with panache

The benefits of knitting with Lady Sybil yarn

Branson, Downton Abbey inspired yarn

2.5 tips on sharing washing instructions for knits

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Knitting doesn't make any noise, it doesn't take up any

For me the ultimate knitting experience would be

Share the love of knitting. Own the obsession.

Of this Im ver y sure. Get your ticket, experience

In this issue, Im excited to be exploring textures in

placements in the design. Still, others dislike

Ive found a very nice alternative to the knit bobble

Yarn over hook

If you look at these rosettes, you don't even have to

Third, you do one more yarn over and draw

Returned to right needle

Crocheting rosettes is a quick and simple

Short Row Shawl with mid-row bind off stitches

Photos by Charles Voth

Horizontal Chain created by half-double crochet stitches.

Close up of mid-row bind off

How does a mid-row bind off connect at

To pick up and knit stitches in these strands,

To achieve this in knit fabric, the technique

My first design with the mid-row bind off

The chart is for the stair-step textured

Stair-Step pattern with mid-row bind off stitches

These are the text instructions for the

Chart for Stair-Step mid row bind off stitch pattern

The lace motif is a bit raw

Two Knitting Tours, Multiple Departure Dates!

rarely used stitches to spice up your knitting Charles Voth

Okay, so you've used garter stitch a lot and graduated

As you can see in the swatch above, the knotted stitch

knot stitch is a simple alternative to making your knitting

The second technique Id like to show you to add texture

So lets go for a gentler wordthese two techniques

see if your stress is showing or whether youve just come

To wrap stitches you want to establish which ones ahead

The next thing to be aware of is whether or not you're