Category: Stitchionary
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Knitting Stitches for Variegated Yarn
Several months back I presented a modest three-some of knitting stitches for variegated yarns. Here are a few more. Once again, let’s assume your goals are like mine: avoiding obvious pooling, barber-polling, or striping of colors. If you were to knit a stockinette swatch from your variegated skein, it might look like this first photo.…
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Knitting Stitches to Show Off Variegated Yarn
What knitting stitches to apply to that glorious skein of yarn that found you last weekend at your favorite store? If it’s a multicolored hand-painted beauty, that’s far from an idle question. Here’s a little collection of simple, small repeat patterns perfect for things like socks or mittens, where ginormous complicated patterns don’t fit well.…