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Tradewind Knitwear Designs |
| Welcome to Double Knitting: |
Introduction
What is Double Knitting? How we create two layers |
| Knitting Tubes on Straight Needles With a Single Yarn |
Even-number stocking stitch
Identifying the two layers Diagram of single yarn tubular fabric Even-number reverse stocking stitch The slipurl! Mixing knits and purls Opening the tube and binding-off Odd stitch numbers Fixing snags and dividing the layers Single layers back to double fabric Comparison of single and double-knit gauges What is going on? Casting on for an open-ended tube |
| DK Compatible Cast-On Methods |
Tubular with two colours
Tubular with one yarn (beginning with a knit) Tubular with one yarn (beginning with a purl) Long-tail |
| DK Compatible Bind-Off Methods |
Condensed
Tubular (beginning with a knit stitch) Completing an open fabric |
| Shapings |
Increases in a single yarn tube
Increases in a two yarn fabric Decreases in a single yarn tube Decreases in a two yarn fabric |
| Circles Within Circles |
One yarn, connected circles
Two yarns, unconnected circles Two yarns and stripes Circular double-knitting diagram |
| Double Knitting and Ribbing are Cousins! |
Ribbing across to seal
Using rib to set up double-knitting |
| From Single to Double Fabric |
Slip raised increase (for Far ahead of Near)
Slip then increase (for Near ahead of Far) Using two hands to make the SRI Knit and purl increase |
| From Double Fabric to Single |
Near ahead of Far (ssk)
Reorganizing your stitches Far ahead of Near (k2tog) |
| Pockets and Patches |
Establishing a straight pocket
Pocket Row 1 Pocket Row 2 Pocket Row 3 Pocket Row 4 Continuing the pocket Completing the pocket Diagram of pocket row sequence Diagram of pocket in the round |
| Two Yarns, Two Sides, Two Hands! |
A different colour on each side - one yarn at a time
Straight or dpns? Both yarns in the right hand Connecting the sides One yarn in each hand and prettying up the edges Both yarns in the left hand |
| Edges and Ends |
Edge stitch tweaks!
Detail of Doubly Delicious Scarf Dealing with ends Fixing errors |
| Colour Patterning and Quilting |
Negative-positive patterning
Diagram of yarn paths Connecting layers without changing the colour Structure of the patterned fabric Quilting - Near ahead of Far Quilting - Far ahead of Near Getting stuffed |
| Samples and Examples |
Technicolour Dreamboot
Polo mittens Mirror Mirror Scarf Detail of Doubly Delicious Scarf Blow-your-mind swatches! |
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