As I was developing the motifs for the illicium blanket, I used several increases for their decorative options; some of what worked surprised me! So
> I messed up my first post about the white swatch; because I thought I was an Eastern Uncrossed knitter. Nope. Continental, yes, uncrossed, yes,
M1r, k1, m1L and m1L, k1, m1r are the last of the centered double increases I’ll look at in this series. Naomi suggested them, because
The kb, k, pick up the bar increase and knit it twisted, is the original CDI. It’s solid, twisty, nice in a top-down raglan increase.
I still haven’t found my camera, but I bought an adapter for my tripod that works with the backup camera, and looked up how to
I’ve been comparing centered double increases, and putting up tutorials on how to work them. So far I’ve written a second post about increases, because I
I wanted to look at the Yellow swatch today, I like the warmth on cold days. I worked it according to this pattern, for CDI
I’m back from pneumonia-land, so let’s get back to double increases. I’m focusing on solid double increases, the ones that can be indicated with these
This year when I was developing the octagon medallion for Illicium, I used a few different double increases in the center of the star for different effects,
There are other tutorials for this technique up, I’ve even made some – the first one I posted on my homeschool blog, which goes into