Variations
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I have a hard time knowing when to stop. No really, it gets me in trouble if I’m not careful. It always has. For instance, a reasonable, prudent person would, upon finishing a lovely little embroidered hat, probably move on to something new. They would probably not find themselves gripped with an inescapable urge to play a bit longer. They would probably not need to know what happened if they tweaked the spacing. They would probably not decide to work it in four colors. Or six. Just to see if they could. They would probably not try shifting bits and pieces of the stitch off to the side or lacing them up. Just for fun. And they almost certainly would not find themselves eyeing some of the plainer bits of knitting in their lives and daydreaming about adorning them with as many of these variations as possible. Alas, I do not appear to be either particularly prudent or overly reasonable. For I, thanks to the indulgence of my patrons, have somehow managed to not just do all those things, but to write them down and photograph them such that I can inflict them on others. My only comfort is that quite a few of you seem to share my enthusiasms. Here’s hoping you find no end of things to adorn!
Variations
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Duplicate stitch is magic. It’s easy (you don’t have to make any judgement calls, you’re just tracing over the existing stitches in the underlying fabric). It’s useful (it’s my very favorite way to mend thin spots in well worn knits and or to handle my ends on new projects). And it can be absolutely lovely. I firmly believe it should be in every knitter’s bag of tricks. And now, thanks to the delightful folks on Patreon, I actually have time to take the pictures and write the instructions that might help a few more folks add it to their tool kits. So when I found myself in possession of a little stack of hats that were perfectly suited to being adorned with a bit of decorative duplicate stitch, the opportunity was too good to pass up, and this project was born. Because sometimes you don’t need to hear about how duplicate stitch is magic and can transform a project with just a few minutes’ work. You need to see it. I focused here on using duplicate stitch to highlight individual columns of stitches on your knitting. You can also work duplicate stitch side to side (and I often do that for mending), and I may talk about that more in a later project. But here I wanted to focus on working along individual columns of stitches because it pretty much always looks amazing. Just examine your fabric, find a column of stitches that does something interesting, and trace along it with a contrasting yarn. You’ve got lots of flexibility (just look at all the options we’ve got on just these hats...and I only stopped because this was getting a bit ridiculous), the results are surprisingly dramatic, and you really can’t go wrong!Mailing List
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