Provisional Cast-On with Circular Needles

This is part of our Provisional Cast-On or “Live Stitches” Tutorials.

On this particular tutorial Joanne will be showing you how to cast-one around circular or “cabled” needles.

Hope you enjoy it!

Provisional Cast-On with Scrap Yarn | Live Stitch Knitting | Floating Stitches

This is the first of the series.

With provisional stitches or “live stitches” (the ones you keep open on one side of your knitted project) you can make all kinds of pieces: anything from a Cowl or simply if you don’t know what kind of finish to have on the bottom of a sweater or whatever you’re knitting…then this is what the Provisional Cast-on is for. Basically, a way to keep your project open on one end to make changes if necessary.

On this video, Joanne casts-on Provisional Stitches using a scrap yarn:

More ways to have Provisional or Live Stitches will be shown in upcoming videos…stay tunned!

The Knitted Art of Rudi Gernreich

Great Fashion Designer.

Austria-born Rudi Gernreich is known for his “monokini” and the even more miniaturized “pubikini“.

But for the purposes of this blog entry, I simply wanted to share some beautiful knitted pieces:

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He was inventive and avant-garde.

Mixing fabric with knitted textures.

My own personal favorite: the checkered pieces.

 

BTW, love that ribbed elastic top of the orange/red dress.

 

Funky Ruffled Scarf.

Hi again,

Here’s one more last video using what we’ve learned on how to make and knit with Fishnet Yarn:

Hope you enjoy it.

Please check out the Fishnet Series HERE.

Two awesome finds

Found these really cool topographic textiles:

http://xandypeters.com/5967/83484/work/topographic-textiles

as well as this AMAZING designer from Stockholm:

http://www.sandrabacklund.com/current-collection.php?page=44

and got me into thinking.

I know how to create and design knits. Might as well teach others how to do it.

So stay tunned, soon I’ll be bringing you an surprise of my own!

Crafting Fishnet Yarn

This is a great tutorial showing you how to make Fishnet Yarn (also known as Ruffle/Ribbon Yarn).

You can make your own Fishnet-style yarn with all kinds of combination of yarns and as open or close as you want by variating the number of pegs you use on a round-knitting loom.

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Knitting with ‘ribbon’

A little brief intro about this type of yarn: it’s made out of different yarns and knitted into a wider textured strip.

In this tutorial, I show you how to knit with this beautiful yarn and make a gorgeous scarf.

Soon, I’ll be posting a video on HOW TO ACTUALLY MAKE THIS TEXTURED YARN!

It will be a whole new level of knitting…… make your own yarn combo.

Hope you enjoy:

Cheers.

Joanne.

The Zig Zag Stitch

Elegant, exotic and a bit more “advanced”.

Ideal for handbags, or smaller garments like an elegant bolero or vest.

Feel free to share your ideas.

Thanks!

Coming up next….

On our video tutorials:

• Brioche Stitch

• Feather and Fan Stitch

• Zig-Zag Stitch

• Knitting with Ribbon Yarn (part 1)

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