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Show #86 Notes

New Yarns

New Shipments of Valley Yarns in!

Valley Yarns catalog should be hitting your mailbox now!

Guest:

Barbara Parry of Foxfire Fibers and Springdelle Farm in Shelburne Falls, MA

http://www.foxfirefiber.com/

Barbara shares with us the process of sheep to yarn and the advantages to spinning your own yarn.

Barbara feels that every spinner should learn on a drop spindle. She feels you really get the drafting technique down when doing it this way. You don’t have to worry about treadling, so you can really concentrate.


Knitalong with Pixie

You don’t have to use standard colors for your chart – Pixie’s will be pink!

CO 55 stitches, purl one row and begin following chart.

Row 1: (RS) Read chart from right to left. With first butterfly knit 27 stitches in Color A.Add second color (B). Place new strand of yarn under the old strand and hold a 6” tail to the left along the left needle. Knit next stitch with working end of yarn as close to the needle tips as you can manage, so you won’t stretch stitches. DON’T LET GO OF TAIL. This will interlock old and new yarn. Put tail of new yarn up and over left needle. Don’t pull it through with the stitch. Keep the tail on the left needle. It’s anchored by knitting one stitch with the tail up and one with it down.

You have completed the 4 stitches in color B. Cut yarn, but not too short. Add new butterfly of color A using same technique. Work tail up, tail down technique for about 1.5”


Row 2: (WS) Read chart from left to right. Using the color A butterfly you just ended with, purl 23 stitches. Drop color A and bring color B up under color A to interlock. Purl 6 stitches with color B. Drop color B over color A and purl remaining stitches.


Row 3: (RS). Repeat row 1, but knit 25 in color A, 8 in color B and 22 in color A.


Next time – notes, tips and Row 4.

Show #85 Notes

New Yarns

Berroco Fall has Arrived!

Guest:

Jeannie Duncan from Fiesta Yarns

Jeannie shares with us what they have coming up for Fall. A new yarn called Flurry will be introduced. It is a silk, wool and mohair blend that knits on a size 10 needle. Melissa Leapman designed two sweaters for this yarn.

Also coming in the near future is Pirouette, a boucle yarn.

Jeannie shares with us a little peak into the process of developing yarns.

In September, Fiesta purchased Ironstone Yarns. It is a very different brand from the Fiesta brand, but Jeannie and Brad are very excited about sharing this brand with all of the knitters out there.


Knitalong with Pixie - Intarsia

Pixie has a butterfly for each color of yarn.

How much yarn should you wind for each section – Pixie is haphazard about this. There are particular ways to do this. If you have large blocks of color that are repeated, count the number of block. Cast on 10 stitches and knit one row. Cut the yarn, pull the stitches off the needle, undo the yarn and measure the length. Each 10 stitches will equal very close to this measurement.

Butterfly: Wind yarn around middle and index finger – leaving tail hanging loose. When you have enough yarn, cut the yarn leaving a 12 inch tail. Wrap around center of butterfly and tuck under the wraps.


Event: Book signing with Carol Sulcoski, author of Knit So Fine

Saturday, June 28th, 2008, 3:00pm

Check out http://www.websbeads.com/ for classes!

 


Show #84 Notes

New Yarns

Event: Book signing with Carol Sulcoski, author of Knit So Fine
Saturday, June 28th, 2008, 3:00pm


Knitalong with Pixie – Intarsia
Sometimes you have to go back and use duplicate stitch on your projects because it’s easier.

Feel free to use whatever colors you like for the palm tree – it doesn’t have to be the “regular” colors – use what you have lying around – have fun with it!

http://img.yarn.com/pdf/chart.pdf


What You’ll Need:

  • Yarn
  • Tapestry Needles
  • Tape Measure
  • Scissors
  • Box for Yarn (if you use one bag, your chances of getting tangled increase)
  • If you’re using butterflies – a bag or basket is helpful
  • Crochet Hook
  • Highlighter Tape
  • Magnetic Boards and Rulers are helpful
  • Stitch Markers


Look at your design and pick the yarn that will work best for the design. The fuzzier the yarn, the hazier your picture will be.

If you use a textured yarn for part and a smooth yarn for another part, you get a very interesting effect.

You can create texture by doing some sections in garter or seed stitch.

 


Make a swatch in stockinette stitch. Intarsia needs to be knit at a tighter gauge so the fabric has a bit of firmness. Use straight needles with good points – you’ll want to knit the first few
stitches right one the point. Circular needles are not recommended for intarsia because you can get more tangles. Pixie is knitting her project in Valley Yarns Northampton on a size 6 needle to get a firm fabric.

Wind your yarn into small center pull ball and place in box. Do not put in knitting bag because they may tangle. Never knit intarsia directly from ball – you want to work on a much smaller scale (small balls or butterflies). It is easier to contain and less likely to tangle.

Share your intarsia knitting tips with us!

Show #83 Notes

Happy Birthday to Steve

Guest: Vickie Howell
Author of the new book, Knit Aid. This book is a fantastic resource for answering your knitting questions. It is spiral bound, so you can carry it with you everywhere and it will lay flat as you need it.
http://www.yarn.com/webs/0/0/0/0-1202-1203-1210/0/0/4662/

Knitalong with Pixie - Intarsia
http://img.yarn.com/pdf/Intarsia2.pdf

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