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I used to have trouble when I made my gauge swatch counting the number of rows and stitches.
Hi Anne
I was intrigued by Joyce Monks’ comment about unravelling wool to steam and rewind. Acrylic yarn is just as easy to steam and you do it in the microwave!
Yarn thickness for Double Jacquard.
Dear Anne
I have recently solved a problem I had when doing ‘cut and sew’ necklines. It has always been difficult to keep the knitting ‘square’ to mark the neckline out! When preparing to ‘cut and sew’ last week, I thought of my Swatch Board from B Hague & Co Ltd. The knitted front clung to the board wonderfully and stayed put, while I marked the neck with the assistance of Carl Boyd's Cut and Sew Template. Result - a well balanced neck and 100% success at last! After 54 years of machine knitting I have made a wonderful discovery - never too old to learn, are we! Maybe other knitters thought of this a long time ago, but it may be of use to somebody.
Hi Anne
I loved these latest editions. The chevron scarf was great, and the Passap slip stitch neckband was fascinating, must try to work out how write it up for a Japanese knitting machine. In the Jan edition there was an article by Bob Morley about (among other things) comments on knitting Kaffe Fassett’s Tumbling Blocks. I too love his designs and have in fact knitted the tumbling blocks design in 3-colour Jacquard, so I may have some ideas on the patterning and thought I’d pass on these comments.
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