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We we so to hea that Toyota will no longer be manufacturing g maches. However, Toyota oe need not panic as spas and sece wl be readily obtain able for some time to come Mr C. Whitehat Sales and Mar keting Dictor Dictor sent us the follow follow ing leter: Due to wordwide fall n demnd TOYOTA KTG MAS wi no onger be auctued. Owners of Toyota knitting macnes cn continue r several yes to have ther macnes ser vced via ou m Sece epar ent - tele telephon phonee nube nuberr 274 727555 and may conue to obtan spae ps direct om our shop n Bexeyheath or by post om o Head Oce in rd, Kent Tis dision hs no eec what what soever on any oher Toyota prod ct We wl shory be inroduc g new modes to o highy suc cessful range of Toyota sewing machines and overlockers which wil connue to be a leading brand toughout the world especiay the U. On a complete completely ly dieent subject Alistair McDonald McDonald expssed con ce about some of the comments made in er Mason's aicle in e Mah issue. fae to to Te it was ther a lage topic to cove
PAGE in a compaatively small article so some genealisa genealisations tions were of necessity unqualified Hower here are Mr McDonal McDonalds ds comments My job is o market Hnters Yas to indust to retaiers and to the public We have r a Ma Order sevce r o woollen spu knit tng ys r some ve years and we reguarly advertse in aga zines which cater to he machine kniter write to express my con ce about some of the statements made in he article 'Yarn Know How by Tey Mason The wters qualicationss e qualication e foidable nd hesitatee to citicise citicise but some com hesitat ments cnnot be alowed to pass
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or many years my students have tol me that one of her voute topcs hs been the rbber. When I begn a lecte on the rbber my rs queson s: "How may have a ribber?. The majory of of the class class generally rase the hnds I hen ask How many of you love work ng on your rbber?. Invarably fewer hands are rased ad there is some nervous aughter. Fer questonng usualy shows hat he students seldom use her rbber for anyhng but ribbng and athough hey fee that rbber b ics are very desrable, des rable, heir suc cessful producon s another matter. matte r. I once t t the same way but many hors of study and obser obser vaon have led me to some very nterestng conclusons. conclusons. Let us look at the quesons that am most asked about the rbber (and n my nex ar arcle cle he poducon of ribbe ribberr b). We w exploe tques that wll make knttng wth the ribber much easer WHAT IS THE RIBBER?
A student of mne once sad The rbber s a be of needles hat ss n yo ap gets n your way and a cosant souce of aavaon n act he rbber s a bed of needles whose orenaton s oppo ste to that of he man bed ad capable of ttng sttches back wards to those ke on he main b. I we look at a tg t g mache we wll see hat we don't actualy hae a king machne we have a purlng machne. the man be makes pul sttches ten he bber makes nt sches s his com bnaion of ni and pl sttches one wth the patternng capa blities of the macne tha make up the whole tay which we cll rbber work. THER ARE SO MANY RULES!
Wha wll happen I rget some some thing? Wl I break my mache? The most terring thng hat most ntters nd when hey rst sta ttng wh the rbber s a endless ist of RULES. Rules or neede set ups res r castng on rues for tenson etc. Durng the cose of t acle we explo these rues whch ones are nec essy- whch oes ca be safely gnore WHERE CAN FND AN EXPLANATION OF THE STTNGS OF THE RIBBER CARRIAGE?
hey do not seem to be n he manual. When I got my rst rbber he hng tha surprsed me most was lack of an expanaon of how the cams on he rbber operate we look at the combnaton of cams present on most rbbers we wll see
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hat they are capable of dog par tial nitng, slp and tuck just a s te man bed of e machne. On most me paeed mlolo knttng f rbbed bcs s done as a ncion of sp since he y caier r most rbbers s capabe of hodng only one coour of y at any one ime Toyota wh hei Smulknt uncton s the only Japanese system that can carry two derent coours coours of o f y at once We w not however dea wth coou wok i tis discus discusson son Look at yo rbber manua and you wl see at he patal nit ng levers ae located n e sdes of e carria carriage ge The con of par al ig on e b e ae as on the main bed the o pos ton needes brought to te ly exended poston wt When the partal knttn levers ae engag nl bht to the ly exended poson w not t The r r dong wp st to avod holes i ths tye of work are he same as r the ma bed Thee ae tee sde evers on he ce of te rbber caage Com bnatons of the settngs of these hee ever everss cont conto o te si sip p and tuck nctons of he rbber he cente lever conrols te selecton cam The selecton ever sets the mechansm r eher slp or tuck O Brother maches r example he down poston of the selecton c ever ses e macne sp and the upper poston of te seec on cam ever ses he he macne r tuck The outsde eve canvl e mechansm whch sets he direc tion of the nction For exampe f you want to slp om rght to le set he seecton cam ever to the sp postion and engage he diec ton cam lever on the le sde of e carrag carragee (he sde sde of the carriage carriage wch eads conos he dection of the ncon) I you want to uck in boh dreions set te selection cam lever to the tuck (upper) pos ton and engage both drecton evers ever s The dea s he sam e as on he man carage carage except that he both the seecton and drecton nctions ae ncorporated he same setng Looking at the rbbebed we see rack other mhanis -the rack ig hande he acng ndcato and the ptch ever The rackng hande changes he orentaton of one bed in reaon to the oer he rackng hande ndcator w show he ositon of one bed relatve to the other on and off centre he cenre posion on the racg ndca ndcator tor s 5 At hat pos ton there s a ribber neede match ng evey needle on the man bed ony nessary to have te ck ng indcator at 5 when you are usng needles at the very end of the machne. I had a student who was n e mddle of he back of
to the cast on cmb. I do not rec ommend tis I leave he tenson set to 0 troughout the knttng of he selvedge and prefer to conrol the tenson on the cast on comb wh my hand ther han sng the weights The selvedge tends to be tighter ad more atractve using ths ped Now s the e as e manua insrcts r he cr clar rows and t the nur (wo o ee hat you desie oh ca riag a now t back to pan it g and one more ow s knted to cose the crcular rows of the sevedge (see Sample ). NOW THAT HAVE FNSHED KTTNG THE SELVEDGE, HOW MUCH WEG SHOUL USE? Aer the selvedge shed I add weghts at a o of one ae ibber weght r every 40 or paa oup of 0 neees whn couning both sbe e to oveet yor yo r b. sb work and tis can cause prblems wth sttches not ntng o prop ery he weght ns to evey dsbuted across the ength of he cast on comb wih he end weghts ng to e outsde but close to the edge of he b as possble
he sweate when she et out a s rated sgh and stpped the pece of brc o the machine I went to her and asked what had happened to cause her to do ths and she sad she had just discoveed that he ptch ncatr as set to 3 and her pattern sad t should be at 5 ct hs would ony have been a problem i she we sng the enre bed of needles The ird mhansm s the ptch ever When set to P the needles on he rbber and e main bed are algned one wt the other In hs postion te machne must be set up n a patte that s a varaton of every oter needle n work on one bed and the opposte every other needle work on the other bed When the ptch lever s set at H the rbber needles are algned wth the sner pegs on he man bed and t s possble to have needles workng sde by sde on each eac h bed wthout ammng dung the kttng process HOW DO I SE UP THE NEEDLES TO KNIT A 1 x1 RB?
The rbber manual tels us to t o place he ptch of o f the rbbe at P, and to set he racng ndcator at 5 (the centrng nmber of the rbber) ' he rst thng we must do s set up the needles he set up fr x rb s every other neede on the man bed and the opposte every oher nede on te rbber as many needes as ae needed to get the desed wdth The maual tes u that we mst
have boh end ndes on e man bed Ts s not e we cast g on and usg te neede set ups as shown n the manua we shod have e end ndle on he le hand side of the machne on he man bed When knttng the crcular rows of te selvedge t s helpl to have te end neede at e e on the bed wch wl be nttng rst On he right sde of e machne he posion of he end neede does not matter. he end needle on the rght may be on eer bed unless there s a reason r t to be on e man bed In stuatons whee I must have ndles on e man d on each sde and I need an even nmbe of sitc sitches hes aer the th e rbbng I usually begin wth one ess sttch and ncrease one sttch ater the selvedge s completed HOW CAN I KNIT A BETTER SELVEDGE?
We ben casng on with he rbber by tng a selvedge he selvedge stabses the edge of the fbrc he manua tells us to set he ten son to 0 and nit one row across te needles Ths row rms a zg zag of y between he two tw o beds You are to hang e cast on comb on the zgzag row The cast on comb provdes downward pres sure on the work and asssts he carrage n rmng the sttches The cast on comb c omb compensates r he ack of snker brushes n e rbber siker pate At this pont he manual tels us to len he tenso and dd wet
HOW DO I KNOW WHAT TENSON TO USE? The tenson is tghtened to two to ur tenson numbers beow where that y woud normay be ntted n stockg stitch I you ae famar wh he y make a w samples to nd e best ten son settng r the rbbng of tat partcular y bere castng on r te rb of e f gaent pe pe Recod he tenson hat you choose as a stating point when you use that yarn agan Ater you have knitted he y several imes you can probably safly assume that tenson tenso n to be use r al colou colous s of that y he lage reducton n tenson om that of the man bed s the method used to com pensate r the larg e gap between he two beds of needes When you remove the rbbng om the machne ad remove the cast on comb the thng that you wl notce st s hat the sevedge has a tendency to rue When the brc ud and puled the re s st te To ete he re re take a bockng wre and run t through e edge of the selvedge and pul up genty on the rbbng to pul up the stches al the way to he zgzag row. (Bocng (Bo cng wres may be made om pano we but be se to use staness stee we so that they wll not rust when steam s apped dung blockng)
Next tme we wl take a cose look at he actual brcs om the ribber
In view of her amly hisory, cnot help wondeng i we woud have understood rene, even had she acquired a knting machine, if her mily had stayed in their homeland! rene's grandparens we wte Ruis Ruis lvg on te te ow esate nea Moscow (some where nr he nway o he cu rent airpo). They had servans and goveesses d spoke uen Fench - the lgage o the cou bu come he revolu revolution tion le he cootable li r a reuge in Sberia. When he problems spread ere, he mily ravelled south endng up China Aer he wa he suvivng members members of the mily were staeless refgees The dpents ad spli up so her nmother nd moer spen a few years under canvas in a reg camp bere being accepted ther th er sout south h i Ausraia That is where Ienes pens me d where she was born However lhough ey med n n he sme country, due o her fers work in local governmen new posts and promotons kept kep t em movng om Tasmia to New South Waes d then nly o Quees land I was here hat rene stud ied and ualified as a domestic science eacher and taught or a shor time
of Irene Krieger The Internaional Family by couresy of the Russian Revolution
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However wadering mus have been in the blood r she soon set of on her ravels, sarting with Souh Aica Unlikely as i may seem s was where she ws rst noduced o kttng machines
She wned o do someting ha used her domestic science skills nd aplied r a demonsaors pos in a large departmen sore Although she had no machine expeence, she was hopef s she had a gd knowledge of hnd it g Dg the neiew e soe personel showed her he kitng machine nd how o use i Wih the fng howeer at she wn' likely to ge ha picua job, job, er
the ineview rene waked out of the sore d aross he road ino he Singer sho opposite hey asked wha she knew abou knit g machines nd Iene Ien e old hem everyhing she had learn n the last half hour ad go he job She was wih Singer r a while nd enoyed both e knitting nd sewng machne side, en worked s n ineior decotor r a couple of yes before deciding ha she
dn't want to put dwn roots Aica, so i was tme to move on. Flying the longer distnces and usng a vaety of oca port she taveled to East Aica Her route reads like an exotc geoa phy esson ncludng such places as Dubn Cape Town, Johanes burg, Bulawayo wth n ntended na destaton of Cairo How ever ts was not to be as it was ever the me of the t he Sxday war wch nded her at he r n Adds Ababa so she took the next avail able ight nd went on to Athens m th wh w h ntea n ome, Geneva Vence Swtzeland and Pis she naly came to London BACK T CRAFTS y this time she had decided that what she really wanted to do was to go to Russia but needed to get a job d save to do so Agan lk g r someth somethng ng that would ue some of her neee and exper tise she ended up wth a job in he Newom shop Rent Seet I don't ow how many of you wl remember the shop but it was always fl of fscinating ts ateas b nd s s frs with an equally interestng x of o f customers om all over the world It seems odd to me that had probaby met Iene there, as I w a ve glar customer dng her period of empoyment She wasnt tied to one depar deparent ent as she was equently called on r her tnslating sis s wel l s her techncal ablity I order to nease her poten ia eployability' ep loyability' abroad ene worked a varet of oce env ronments teachng hersef audo tpg whlt whl t n employ employ ment oce d beg paid r pub crawlg' crawl g' -whst empoy empoyed ed at a chartered suveyors whose spe ciaity ciai ty was he atng of pubs!
her t do she sad that se wold poducg on desis and any prots she made could go towads the hodays Durg her t year they holiday holidayed ed n Kenya!
ARRIGE AD A KITTIG ACHIE HAPPY ACCIDTS Although Iene thought her wan derng mht continue when she She contued her desig and met her hbnd who is Gen kitting r about ve years nd nd at the tme workng though a stated workng eelce r Pfa avo!! Her oneyear conract in England, her by doing someone a avo rays abroad sce have been r local y shop had prosed to holidays vsitng the famly or nd some suitabe people r a holidays in latter yers s a guest lectr at le f reqing a demonsa se and shows She seven tor at he de Home exhbition sg members of her famly Irene was asked if she wod go he neest is an ant n Swzer r n inteew she did got e enjoye the wor workk and althoh land wth others scatered om job enjoye Astrala to Japan lucy she she stated out on their sewing macne side soon moved across doesn't mnd yng side Work When she maed the f she t the mahine ng side wo rws nsoag oc ing at an exbiton one day on a and her boss was retiring so it std opposite Mache iting seemed the peect tie to ret Nws she was spotted by Goia aking voluntay reddancy Aes (ormer editor of many of ughtt her-gess ugh her- gess what what a t t he Colectons) shng o ng macne Aeeng to stay at a gent (Irene w actay we home as her husbd wanted he gaent at the me) Gloa
cossioned the desi om her the and th and sn h d were appearng regulaly in sev eral of o publicaons Her wrt ng staed when Jean Ryder, the rmer edtor of Machine iting New, atended a tak she gave to City nd Guilds students at Le non Spa Irene' Irene'ss owledge was obvos and the est - as they say - is history! history! Re come to t wh e t that hs staya stayathome thome wfe doesnt stay at home as often as she d but as she sll pays r the holidays (they have just reted om a week in Eypt) there ae no poblems there! FRO COPUTERS TO FILS Like mny who work machne nittng Iene still enjoys design g jst r . She loves anythng technical so is thrilled to work wt he Elonic Elonic 0, Ceaton and her computer However she is no technology snob d enjoys computer gmes too Machine
embroider gives her eat enoy ment when time allows and her Rsian orhodox upbnng h ven her a love of he rch colo ing and detail of icons She t lates these nto a collage hathed wth gold and slver threads fr hness nd texe She says she just loves making thngs and vdeo lm makng is somethng whch aso occupies a lot of her f me Havng been a keen stls photog apher r some years (she adit ted to 10 reels of 36 ames durg her week i Egypt and said that was rationing herself!) the film mang seemed a natal nat al proes sion and she elishes the editing and special eets as much s the picture tang! It goes g oes wthout wth out sayng hat her eatest ove is st tavelng the t he sort where you get t know the people their habits and customs customs ut anything to do with making things comes a close second wch g news r al achne tters!
D�CORATIV� us�s OF THE SEWING MACHINE Almost al decoratve teciques reqre neee swing, even if i is only to change the position of sraigh siching so yor sewg machine must be capable of zig zag a he vey leas GET A BETTER GRIP!
the sitches up nd he embroidery is much more vsible The needle hs a perforatng eec on he plas tc and being clear, any ha gets le behind is virually invisible. However, I have recenly discov a produc wich much mo sued o he job It is a water sol uble abric called Avalon wich is widely available at sewing machine shops and haberdashery deparmens I looks ery much like plasic except ha it is dull instead of shiny but t has the added advanage ha any tha remains afer embroidery rinses away nder he cold tap can also be use usedd undeeah e kiting sead of he Sich and Tear or paper
BUTTONHOLE FEET
Mos machines hese days have a special auomaic or semi-auto acc butoole a butoole se bu i yors doesnt if i will do zigzag you c make butool cos c usualy b nd in he mnual or alteatively, you can llow te insructions given wih Diagram A ou will need o experimen w sch s and an d wdh and prac tice does make perfec I would songly recommend tha you use a butonhole o These re not he js o pad ou e acces accessoi soies es box, ey reall reallyy do make a dier ence o he nished buonhole Designs vary bu heir main a ure is a grooved nderside. Afer one side of he butoole is made, it s to te groove ad guides he machne so ha he sond side is parallel o the rs I you do no have a butoole ot, go o your sewing machine deaer and see if he can provde you wih one. ou will need o ell he make nd exact model of your sewing machine as fe have dieren means of atac atacment ment height and shaks
When he individual zig-zag sches re bough close ogeher a sain stich is rmed and this can be pu to many uses bu i brings is problem problemss as well. The bies pr oblem is that when the siches e vey close ogeer he feed has difficuly aking the stretchy knited bric away as enough and he siches can pile up on op of each oer nder the foo This evenually jams the macine, macin e, or he c gets setched MACHINE SEWN s i is sewn nd he seam is wavy BUTTONHOLES Knited bric has a lo of give and as te needle swings om side o Being able o make your buon BUTTONHOLE STYLES side, the hread can pull the bric holes with a sewing machine Swatch A shows r buoholes to a rdge der he ot instead nsead of knittng em is a eal The one on the le ws made sig of givg a ce a stitch I m not me saver. saver. I dont ow about you an orn o nd nog der sayg hat all hese ngs have to bu I have rouble with kitin kitingg he fbric or on top of it o sop i happen bu raher hat they can buonho buonhole le bnd bnds s If I knit hem seching you can see i is a happen The resul you ge will om he boom up, no mate materr how mess The mdde butoole was depend on wha you are ryig to carefuly I calculate, te buon made using he specia ot wit do nd he ype of bric you re hole secion never seems o coe 'Stich and Ter deeah ad dog i on. Foraely here are spond exacly wh relevnt prs waer soluble rc on op and the precautions we can ake o mn of he gen always t long, ress are much beter The bu imise hese eecs Pung some or oo shor or ere aren enough onhole on e righ was corded hing rm without give beween booles, or hee re re too mny which raises he stches o ve a the feed and e fbric fr beer Like mos kniers I suspect I usu more prononced eec To cord grip improves sitch quality a ally buy the buttons afer I have a buonhole the sitches are macaly Whatever used has to kntted the garmen, so I wory al worked over a ne cor cord d I used a be removed or say here rever he way home ha he butos wl small lengh of Arisic The but so we have to be a bi careful in go ough he holes These prob onole ot has litle noches o ou choice There is a produc on lems are a end if you make he hold he cord aut nd in the cor e market called 'Sitch nd Tear Tear buool buooles es on a sewg mace rec place whilst sicng which is specially desied r s You cn have hem exactly where Somemes a sndrd mchine mchine prpose I looks raher like a st you wan hem how many you made buohole is jus oo deli inerfacing which ears away wn nd the size you want A te apce r a robs clealy aer the emboidery is n added advntage is tha, whils a ted garmen his case you can ished (he sewing macne neee ie buohole is smply a hole consruct a buoole mually perforaes it rater lke a postage tough whch you push a buon, wih lengths of satin stch I used sap) Beng a bictype prod a machinemade butonhole can a 4mm sitch widh fr he but uc, any bits hat remain rapped rm par of the desi Gold lrex onhole you cn see on Swatch B wth he embroidery can safely but butoo ool l ake ake an oheise pla plain in and how I made i shown on Dia be lef there A shee of paper cn black cardigan in inoo e desie desierr g B Plese be cafl when you be used in an emergency e mergency bu he leage For Cismas, I ade my cu the hole of a machnemade excess is much more dicul o teenage niece a big bay Fisher buohole buohole as it is is ve easy o o sp remove and ing o pll the lst ms rb crdigan n los of brigh tough he maching Use a very bis ou cn spoil he embroidery colours she didn know I was sharp pa of scissors a cut on on he righ side. usingg up usin u p ends of cones, did she? she?)) te po nd never pu he pots I had used navy r he wels, cs, cs, of e scissors beynd where you pockes pock es and bnds bnd s to ry o tie he wan o cu. Make severa small Anoher problem encountered whole thing ogeher bu i still sipse err h one bi cut Some when whe n embroiderng on kiting is looked raer bity. bity. One idea was one once told me tha se pus a ta e embroidery sks into te o e butos of en colo p across the ends of the button depth of he fbric Unil a few bu tha just made it worse I hen hole as n added proection Tha monhs ago I used o embroider hit on e idea of usig red butos way he scissors will not cut troug a pie of cler plsic such with yellow machine-made hrough he bar if she miscacu as an opened out eezer bag bag.. Tis butoholes and te whole desi laes their posion ad a seems wors qe well as the plc hols suddenly looked right like a good idea o me The
butohoe on on Swatch w made with variegated thead.
eective and vey easy to do but it does require some pracice can ae two frms. You an use bult in embroidery sches om the maine or you n consct your own using straght sith and zig zag. Swath E shows a monogram which is built no my machine. I made his in seonds with a back ing and top fabric to stabiise he niting. Swah F was more com plicaed in tha I made his ee hand with zig-zag. The eed was dopped so tha I could move he fbr in any diretion ted. You may have to h aound r the ever or buon to do ths. Once he ed is dropped you a in on to you do no move the abric, he machne makes stihes on the spo H you move the abri ucly the stthes open up an if you move it slowy they are loser togeher. I annot pretend tha this tehnque does not require pra ce and a ertain amont of sill a the mahine. Most people woud put the fabric in an embroidery rng to keep it tau and his is how I made he smple With woven fabri, you usualy streth it as much as possible when puttng i into he ring b his is the last thing we want with itting. To stop the stretch sandwched the ing bewn to laye o water soluble fabric and embroidered through all hree layers. Do no hinkk r one minute that I just sa hin down and embroide embroidered red ha leter o the top of my head. took a lo of arefl plning d position ng to get righ
OF CURVES AND CORNERS
Bere sartng tak the piees to the ng gong rough al layes if using a bacing. You may like to Along with he buttonhole on use a layer of plasti or water sol Swatch , you w see a button. This was stihed on using the uble bc on the top s wel. Posi sewing mahne. mahne. This is on e of he ion the edge o be appliqud so world's bes time savers. Mos hat the ahine sitches into te people do no reaise that the gap ntng and woven brc equaly beween bewe en the hoes on mos buons buons and use a small stith size o bing is standard O couse, here are the sthes togeer r a good cov aways exceptions and I am ta ee. A ht edge i e u ng about mass produed butons you jus have to sew but when i not hamade. I use a m zig comes to coverng ures do no zag wth he sitch engh set to 0 attemp to swg the bri as you so he mahine is seng on he sew because even with a backng spot. Manung he buon under you may steh he knting. Stop the ot can take some pacte and wih he needle in the abri i I acaly e the o o alogether he o adjus the bc lower he and use is stump to hold he ot and ontnue. t is so mpor at hat you stop on he orrec button down. Expement to nd what is best side o the ig-ag. A ue has a r yor machine. Always check ong and sho edgesee Diagam ha you have he buton posione C You need more sttches to cover poperly by makng the rst few he long edge th the shot but o stthes wih the wheel. Then al cose the machne n only repeat i takes is abou ten zig-zags and the same stitch so the adjusment the buton is atached My mane has to be made by the sewer. you has an automai te o but with stop with the neede in the long adjusment ment my pevious pevious one I used o pul he edge and hen make he adjus o he ric position the sihes ends through o the bak and ie hem To this day I am a fan of a wll overap on the shor side and tte dab of clea nai posh on he there wil be no brea in the ov back o the sithin sithingg to ho d the erage you were to stop wth the buon n pae rever. This stth stth needle in the shor side the ee ng n also rm part o the desi. would be to open up a gap on the For my nee's ardgan ardgan shed ong side and he sewing would the red buttons on wih yelow ook uneven see Diagram D Swach D shows a piece of appiqu head whih I have then gone on to embelsh wih emboide sthes FABRC SIFFENNG built nto my machine. Appiqu is aother use o sain sth is sual o st en the b MONGRAMS AND OTHER MARKG HE DESIGN to be appliqud n some way mos EFFECTS When it comes to mace ebroi oen wth onn nterfang. nterfang. The Embroidery on kniwear is very dery or even buttonhoes getting troube with this in reation to nitwer is that tted b alls Find out he axim swig of e eele. Deduc 1 mm for e gap and dvide y 2 Tis is e soly bu the sened ened woven fab axm w of e sde bars or exae e maxmum swg s Sm, e mamum wd of does not n small areas hs doesnt e se a s 2mm e e mace for an sic maer but if a lot o woven abr DARAM A BUTONOLES is o be used a alteave means of stiffening needs to be found. Sometimes a squi o spray starh whch wll wash out is al hat is needed or a laye layerr of at ater er soluble bric between he woven bri ad he knitting wll do the rik. he woven fbri is vey slighly e 1. mace o ep e mace ep e !or se a, e mae or ax wd an o sew o r ad in o ma wid a sew sew on e ew damp the waer soluble b will o ba sew oo a reqred le n reverse ew o level stik to it and will dry wh a em reco o arow wi o o s bar poray stiening eect. oher DARAM B DARAM D aleave a pposmade bric stiener. The one I use is avalable 3 + hough Pfff deaers but here are probably ohers This is spread on o the b (woven (w oven or knited) knited) and once dy makes the bc as st as a boad but no so si tha it would damage he machine. Sti ened in this way I hve embroi dered direly on to nitted abri � with no bacing whasoever. This 4 also washed ou ompletely aer o w eele i o w eede Lae aual embroidery and to my mind is so side ad og sde and vo ooe cange drecon as ow dos worh the money just fr the won gaps i coveage FURTHER TIME SAVNG
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the osiion righ rst time round is very mporan becase machin ing is hell o unpik. I use a dis appeaing' appea ing' pen to mak out ad in hs ase I actualy drew he eter on to the top layer of he water sol uble fbric so ould jus stith over my ines. I m se here is a proper name fr i, but a disap pearing' pen ooks ike a purple tp wih the advantage ha aer a cerain mont o me eposed o the ight whaever you have dw dsappears Ths mans you cn sbble as muh as you ike and in time a yo mistaes just disappea. Of cose, it is useless r phone messages as my husband und out. have to oess I have never told him why he ouldn't nd he message he new he had witen down. It is cuel now bu I conside considerr i his punishment r eaving he ap o and alow ing he pen to dry ou These pens re also available at haberdashey depamens bu you may have to hun arod a bit bere you nd one I use mine for marking ut nd sew necklnes necklnes nd al sorts of things SELECION AND COMBINATIONS
When hoosing an embroidery stitch r decoraon do y to mae he stitch t he spae available nd choose one ha does not have oo muh density o mnimise streth ing. Swach G gives an eample of a smple but eectve bit o embroi dery. y swng om om side to side the pate overs a ager area but wh vey little stith density. Various buil-in pates can be ombined o mae a new bigger patte and Swatch shows how used a scallop g-zag nd sight sth o rm a hain Frst made a row of scallops. is sagh on he swach bu oud ou d have made it go anywhere I wanted by stop ping at he end o a scalop and hanging diretion. n act aer each scallop I manually moved the fbi on a bi so ha the s lops were not right net o each other then made a seond row of scaops n eaty the sme way bu cing in e other o ther direction The hain was competed by making a bar o zig-zag over the gap between the sallops used stragh stith to get om one br to he ne bu you coud just li the o and advance the bric i preeed. I hope hat a the above has se you thinking about using your sewing machine on tted bric. For ne me have devised a way of using he sewing machne to ge he eet of ntasia whout ll the dding ad have desined a ga ment tha puts the techniques
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hand, taking Ns down o NWP. Cont on rem sts a R fo fst sde Se a o HP Set RC at 000 Aways takng te yan aoundd the st nsde N in HP o aoun Pus 2 Ns at neck edge to HP on next and evey foll alt ow 6 tmes n all. 53[56:606468) 53[56:6064 68) sts K untl RC sow 24 WK. Rese punccad to noted ow and lock Unavel nylon cod om 6770 7 47882) sts at a L bnging Ns don to WP Se ca o HP and o selecV memose or patt tout K and ake to . Reease punccard and wok to coespond wt st sde Se ca so HP Ns wil K and WK ove ove em 52 sts
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'Decorative Fishes explores and combnes a nmber of single and double bed techniques for wels, edgngs nd adtiona decorative feas a of wch shod enable you to trnsfrm n o-theshelf design into a more persona state ment either fr yoursef or r n individua client The frst swatch collection is aimed at he mens wear mrket and shoud go some way n demon saing he sheer varety of styles wich an be generated om one common starng pont COMBINING TECHNIQUES
Mny of he swatches used to ius trate this series combine two or more knitting techniques. It is important to consider te effect that one stitch patte wi have on anoher nd how t wlsape the appearance and handling of the completed garment. Edgings and welts can be designed either to m the body
snugy or to stnd away om it he amount of easticity in each stitch structure will to a cetain extent dictate the type of styling possible fr any given exampe. Other fctors which are ikey to conbute to the na outcome a: (a) he number and ositioning ositioning of needles in working position at ny one time. () ension dierences between the welt and the main stitch pate (c Contrasting stitch stuctures combined in the same desi. (d Y type and weight weight (e Vraons bewn bewn the numr of stitces knitted on the hem as aganst the main stitc patte EXAMPLES
Sampes 2 and 3 show a group of basic examples in which the degree of elasticity in each welt varies consideraby Sample 1 shows a pain knit two up/one down hafpitch rib combned wh a single bed twocolour pattern
nitted over 60 stitches trough out at 5/5 r the rb nd at T 8 fr he main sitch patte Sampe 2 shows a tuck rib worked on an identica neede rrangem rra ngement ent usng usn g the sme ten sions and number of stitches as Sampe . Sample 3, the tuck ib is ni nited ted over 40 stitches only and the main stitch patte over 60 stitches is immediatey apparent that he tuck rib wet on Sampe is as wide (and even wider when stched out the pateed section. his eect cn be oset demonstrated in Sampe 3 by reducing the nmber of stitches on he rib section he same princi ple can be applied to any other combinaion of sitch patterns. GOOD WORKING PRACTICE is always good practice to me
a tension swatch of ll the stitch pattes invoved in a particular design. In this way the correct number of stitches can be calcu lated r h the wet and he main desi. WORKING METHODS I he wet or edng is knitted over
less stitches han he main sitch nt 3 ows tubul atT atT 2/2 dual needles rwad ad back ont and back bed as shown in pae, refer to the worg mehod (c Change to T 5/5 and knit 40 Once all the stitches have been Diaram5 Knit6 row s in Colo Colorr B worked n hs way cast o across (g) Knit6 described i detail in the kitig ows of rib Repeat (d) i ColourA. istuctions fr Sample 3. (d) Transer all the font bed he whole row Repeat (e) inColour inColourC (You may nd it easier to per Brey he main dy of he ga stitches to e back bed. Repeat (d) ColorA. Color hs manoeuve you remove ment is cas on wh waste yarn (e) Set he machie r single single bed Repeat (e n ColouD ad knitted rst llowed by the wok the waste ya st Repeat (d) inColo ColoA A welt most cases he nshed (f Knt appox 60 rows of two (i Conve to sngle bed knittng welt ca be le on he machine colo paeed kning atT atT 8 AMPLE4 and contnue as before in two traserring all e bbe stitches (a) Cast on 6 stitches fo a ll color patte atT atT 8 to the main bed f a double bed AMP 2 needle b n Colo ColoA A knittng techque s beng used. The main gament section s then (a) Cast on a 2-up dow ib Knit 3 rows tubul at T 2/2. AMPE hooked up stitch r sttch on to as bee nt 6 ows of b at T (c) Knit 3 ows ll needle rib at T 5/5 Diaam 2 This example s smlr to Sample he emaining needles doubling 5/5 (d) Transfer e stitches as Dia 5 but is worked ove a dierent Insert the birdseye patten up stches where nessry to com gam 3, right to le. needle setting and where stches pensate r the reduced number of card. Set he back bed to tuck ad (e Set he tension at T 5/5. re ransferred gradually om he he ont bed to kit. available needles Colour A. 2 rows ribber bed to he man bed to rm 30ows ows of ck rb atT atT5/5 (f it 8 ows Colour Ct o he mne desbed (c) t 30 ColorC C 2 rows an embossed patte.Ths patte.Ths type of (d) Transfer all the ont bed Colour B. 2 rows Color in the nsrcons r Sample 3 ColouD work shold be ked on he half tches to the back bed. he edgs a ited on mo (g) Repeat the above se seuence uence pitch setig and whee all the back (e Set th the e mach machine ine f single bed stitches han he man stitch pat 8 hree times tota nit rows in W nd seleted bed needles are 8. kntng main tenson te proceed as llows: Colo ColoA. A. needles on he ont bed a i W (a) nt he edgng Tra Trasf sf all (f Knit 1 ow to cler he double (h) Conve to singe bed kntig On completon of the welt the the ribbe sttches to the back bed stches (if a double bed technique s being ( T he wok sng either e and continue n twocolour pat bber bed sttches re tnsfred te at main tension 8 approx to he back bed. Kit one rowT rowT grte br or waste ya used) Sp o wit waste ya. 60 rows. e work usg waste ya o he Continue to knit i pate as ) Select the coect numbe o garter bar and continue knittg n the prevous sample needles reqred to kni the man AMPE 5 8. twocolo patte at T secionn of the secio th e grment. Replace the edging stitches on to the appo AMPE 3 (a) Cst on fr f r a x rib ove ove 64 pate needles, doublng up whee A he examples ven a tended sttches (fll pitch). (a) Cast on ove 60 sttches in necessy as starting ponts for your own 3 Knit rows tubular at T 2/2 waste yarn Knit several rows at (c) Set the the mach ne to knit the T experimentation d can be com (c) Knit 3 rows rib at T 4/4 8.Change to he main y and main secton of the gam gament ent and two-colou bned with the metods feaed (d) Transfer stches between he stitch patte. remove the waste ya approx60 rows of pae ont and back bed as shown in n subsequent rtcles Togeher Kit approx60 these sample swatches m the Diaram4 atT 8, ad cast o. AMPLE WAHE bass fr developng that desiger (e Knit6 Knit 6 rowsColou rowsC olouA A atT4/ 4 4 (c) Cast on fr a 2up down down ib look Transfer stitches between the The mai oup o swatches kt (needle arangement shown o ted to illusrate this arcle com Sample over 40 stitches bines a variey of sge nd double (d) nsert the birdseye punch bed stch sctes each with its card nd set he back bed to tuck own nique properies You will and the ont bed to kt. notice r example hat the plain (e) t40 t40 rows of tck rb atT5/5. atT5/5. knit broad rib pates reduce e Transer all the ribber stitches over-all wid o te welt much to he main bed Set he machine more so han he acked ribs and r single bed kitting. embossed pattesAll pattesAll examples () Wih he back o he man man gr uless oewise stated are kit ment secon cing hook up e ted over60 over60 sitches toughout r stches om this secon on to cor such comparsons. esponng needles; dobling up on stitches on every alternate needle. (he am is to reduce 60 AMPE LE stitches on to 40 needles) Some Men's wear needles will now contain two The samples detailed below ae sttches plus orginal stitch ied i Yeoman's Panama (be which shouldthe remain separately content50% content 50% Cotton,50% Cotton,50%Aylc) Aylc) behind he needle latches. Other and a smal amot of Yeoman's needles will contan one sttch n Brittany cotton used double the hook of the needle and one behd te latch. AMPE 1 Once all he stitches have been (a) Cast on r a2up 1down rib replaced om the man section as shown n Diagram . Wok a dra draw w he he the new stch( stch(es) es) rouh racking caston the old stch(es stch(es by pushing indi- Diagram •
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FOR KNITTERS NSTALLNG THE PROGRAM
Provided that you stat with he coect hardwae, loadg the so wae is relatively easy. The pack comes ith o sets of oppy if you have two disc drves choose he set of discs that t into dive 'A nsert disc 1 and llow the instruction manual on page . When you get to the stage where you must change to disc 2, it is nearly coee time! So, insert disc 2 when prompted type y key (I
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normaly press he space bar) ad hen go and put n he kete Disc 2 contains all he pattes (over 400 which are in your 6000E and these must all be copied to your computers hard dsc which takes quite a while. CONFGURATON
Aer all he les are copied the progam is ready to r but rst
you must tell the program what ype of hardwa you are sing and the language language you wsh w sh to use The pro comes preogued r specic hardware and operating n he German lagage. There is aso a st conguration program which can be used if your com puter hdwae is exactly he same as the standard requirements as per the insrction manua. Other wise use the third disc of he set which is the SE CREA disc Follow the instructions in the manual to configure the system. You will probably require your computer comp uter manua us you know the exact specifcations of your computer, montor, mouse, pnter and scaner. I you have puchased puchased you you com puter new (om a dealer as rec ommended last monh) this will pobably already have been done. However it realy is not that dif cult -patie - patience nce is a great viue RST USE
Oce he congaon conga on is complete you ae ready to use the proam. The mouse mouse must be be on or he pro will not work If a message am Locator not inalised appeas on your screen, you must type the appropriate command to activate you mouse (pobably something like MOUSE or MOUSE ON) and then type CEATION once more. I fud he insructon manual vey clearly descrbed eveything eveything but felt hat a tutoa in he rm of a w exercises would have bn emendously usel r new com puter users. The Index of cons in the manual could be greatly improved by having the name or brief descrption nex to ech icon woud d have saved ime avng avng T wou to ick through he pages r the appopiate one Kne who have used paing proms bee ill famlia with many of the ico Even so I would recommend that that you spend a few mnut pencig in a descripton r each. DO NOT BE ARAD!
Theopenng me menu nu is is quite s sght ght ard and und the designig screen ne but mainly because I
am used to panting proams and osed most of he ico How ever, I can magine he lost eling hat mt sly b pesent i many newcomers when this screen appeas The most mpotant hg to remember is that if you have got his fa, you can do no hm to he soware or to you computer by playing wth the progam Just fllow the pages of the manual read everything carelly and try out each fcility as it is described described MOVNG AROUND
One of he biest helps is he Dia ogue box at the bottom of the screen tel tells ls you which whi ch icon is
activated and activated an d how to perfrm he nction usualy giving a descrp tion of what happens if you press the leight mouse button Use the mouse and cck on each icon in t reading he descrip tion in he dialoge box as you do so. Most of he icons have more icons hidden away all you have to do to see hem is click he ight mouse button instea of the lef one. Aer you have worked hough he manual in this way, it is ime to try out a design of you own Remember that anythng you have forgotten can be ound in the sction manua and there is no time limit between performing acions on the computer computer - it just wais r you util you ae ready
AN EXERCIS IN DESIGN CONTROLLNG A MOUSE!
From he menu options on screen select one of he pencil tools what ever hckness you you lke. Hold don the lef mouse button and move he mouse und the mat to ceate a scribble pattern Look at the screen scre en not he mouse and you wi l eventualy nd hat the lines will apper where you expect hem to Make the scribbles overlap one another so hat you create lots of le stios. Nex use he l ci ity (he icon hat looks like a pant kettle) and select vaious colours to ll in sections of your scribble STORNG ART
Next we can stoe a part of this
scribble to make a repeating pat tern om. Click the e mouse button on o n e e stor s toree icon (it oo ooss kee a oppy dsc wt a down k downwad wad poinng aow above it), ype in a name r te desi (you can use up to eight chaae) and ck on te store icon (top e of te new wndow) Finaly tae te crsor into he dawng area nd use e right mouse button hed down to dw a ubber band box aound he portion you want to save Cc te e mouse button again You w now be shown the coors used and asked to conrm ey re OK by cicking once more om here on, just ook up te icons in yo manua if you do not know whch hey ae or I wi r out of space befre we compete the exercise Now lea the sce sceen. en. Rit clck on e erser d le cick on te second icon om the right You ae given the option to ce (or not) by cckng e or ght moue buton Cik on e buton to cea cea ow we ca oad te patte we jt saved d me it nto a repeat ing pae on e screen. Cick on te 'Retreve stored patte icon (the disc wit the upwad point ing rrow) d type te name of the design desig n you just created. created. Cick on the top eft icon in the new window and stamp down your design on to the ceaed screen Cick on he repeaing motif icon positon te cusor at he botom e of he design and use he ight mouse button to create a rubber bnd box around te design design Click he e mouse button twice nd your pate pate wi be repeated ATTC AMMT!
Did you captue it with with n rea of of white around it? If so you wi need to practse captung pattes pattes accuately Cea te screen aga and t out the earge nd reduce cilities You wil have to load your design again and stamp it down once Cick on the reduce/enlge icon use te right mouse button to draw rod te design and cick the le mouse button to to captre captre it. Now mae e captued box rger again w h the rght mouse buton nd e cick to stamp down n enlged copy of you desi. Le click agan to capte capt e e desig once more nd ths te reduce he box util it is smaer t the oal nd nd stamp down a miniatue version Right cicking on the reduce/ ele icon v you yo u mo opto whch e very e T T out some of tem w ts desi now. We can capture a desi and stamp it down several several m or pic it up and move it. Interstng eects cn be acheved by caping a desi and en hodng down the e moe buton to draw wi e desi
TU T U
You wil recognise he mior and rotate icons within the enrge/ reduce sumenu tey a the me ones used by he 6000E consoe d work exacty te sme way Cear the screen and y moring ad rotatng copies of you desi Whilst you are trying out this simple exercise, mae sure that you now how to 'UNDO te lst step as you will then be abe to cace anything at you do not ike Rememer at ts w ony work immeatey afer you have competed e instcton did nd hat using he NO when using the too w dif rent coos cleared al te led aea which seemed a ite sange to me had expected to ce ony he t lled section TY M W HAP
When you et bored wth workng yo scrbbe desi crate a new desi Ths tme try out te cce, eipse and ctnge awg toos Seect nd pace wt a e cick and sze he too by hong down he ight mouse buon nd drag ging the tool to the shape you qu. Stmp Stmp down down o of shap shapes, es, overapping s bere d n with dierent colors Save par of the new desi and y y te above exercise agan. Interesting pattes can be cre ated by b y maing overlapping shapes on the screen d lng each aea wth a ient pae prevouy saved Try usg a erent palete r you new design. Le cick on te color icon chages to e next palette and right cick alows you to vay the actve colou. At some time during your desing ry ou t the erase erase outside a rubber bnd box city. ci ty. Just use te right moe buon to pace te box around an ea hat you want to keep d en eveying out side e box wi be erased You cn aso erase withn te box by selectng a dierent icn LTT A CA
When yo have a scrn lled wh colous try typing some text in a colour (pferaby (pferaby one not yet usd) on to the desi The tet icons are wtn he circe icon sub-menu. he te is typed into a box at e top of the screen ad then paced whre requed on he desi. you have a se ted to yo computer (and Creation 6 cong ured to use it) scg picres d m hem pay ound wit e scn opons r a we, g te vrous opos to obtn scanedd mages of eent sizes scane PT
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d decided at I ke the pnt out achieved by using e det settgs but pnig n rea om te maed seen Use e pnt within rubber band box fciity aer you have mae e sn s n The printout obtained obtained hs he id es prnted out s we. you set e backgod to white (all sid ers on the right) befre printing you wl have a whte wh te backond Leaving it on coo w give the pattern on a grey shade which makes e prtout less ce to see (nd aso at e noe if usng a dot matx printer) My computer ocked up aer evey printout was nished but is could just be n nomay of my parca computer hadwae congation. If tis happens to you it is impotnt to save yo desi ber prg or hey w be ost Te computer wi need setng to get it g aga nd s eres yg in te tempo y work rea ( memoy) everything stored to disk is of cose quite safe
unction. However, om conver sations with existing users this fciliyy seems to work most satis fcili fctoy. ile you playn playngg ut wh the program, do please practise storing fies to a foppy disc as backup. t is aso use to now how to create backup discs om DOS. To get om te desig desig scren scr en (aer you have saved your pae please!) back to the main menu nd hence to OS yo u must cick he iht mou mouee bon on he eer icon d ten e cick on te et to main menu icon reay have enjoyed using Creation 6. you have yo own copy of Creation 6, do hope hat hs atice has encoaged you to expement w he vaous ci ities ·
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will happen?" was so tempting have included a few tips hat may TH BACKGROUND pement ht lost mny ho be of some help Hand ng had played a big pr ths way Most of he stitches I n my life as all my relatves t have discovered involve a cean GARTR BAR TPS ted, it was part of our lives No amount of time and efort to . U in c p weis cld'ss w mple cld' mplete te with with achieve achieve but bu t when you late it back when g work Claw weights out jerseys, crdigans, po-po to he hand kttng it is sll a lot on he gat hats and even socks to go into yor quicker nd gves yo work that ge t on fa o and geneally c ae havoc gmboots. Mothersalways went to individual look that many of us especiy wth the rst few rows meeings wih her niting bags strve r of g One peg about evey 5 and ccked the way tough my stches you need. an AGM As a child struggled TH CHALLNG Use thick yarn for your frst trough scrves that seemed to get As fr my iends they watched attempt at tg wll be easier smer as wen wentt and an d had he h e habit nd wondered still condent of to handle. of developg holes loved he fl he ct tha that t hand was better O ne The key to success gaer br nd the colo of wool but I was day a end was iting black work is saght needles needles lways too slow, he whole pocess berry stitch and comented hat ws sheer usaon STTCH TRYOUTS When my children arrived a machine could not reproduce sruled to keep up wih the nit such texture his was a challenge or a strt just sx ows of this tng with vsions of babies n pk I could not resist She only had sttch sttch his looks lovely on a baby and blue Wih two chilen just two needles I had two hnded gentsyoke, or as a rder rder Afer Afer kept up but fu was wasa dierent sely my machne ws capable of you have attempted a small sec matter My machne was going to producing more hn just puing on you may be inspred insp red enough solve all my problems and solve in a crd and fathlly llowng to t somethng ll over hmnul my problems it did. But it also cre hmnul This one comment sent me P n Most lace pae have ated problems among my two ws ed ed n each each sec sec dw a path of creative knitting wo ws needled iends on o n of trnsrs ths pae has that fr me has become chlleng only one ing and rewarding nd taken me FRST ATTMPTS far beyond amily knitting he FALKBRRY STTCH was itilly dsappointed at my stitch included in this artcle is a rst few attempts possibly had direct result of that challenge Eight stitch nd 2 row repeat something to do wih knitting a have called it Falkbery stitch To star this stch om the boom 4 ply weight yarn on tension 6! Ts stitch gave me a better nder nder of he gent, cast on usg wste [Ed's not: Btish readers note hat standing of my machne nd has y Hng on clothes pegs change Palines 4 ply was a lot thicker led me to discover many more to man y and latch tool cst on han the ys we cll 4 ply] The Some have since und in other Knit row, then str the pate whole gment almost stood up by boos, a lite disappointing bt I T work with the grter br itself my tensions were far too have come to realise that nothing Knit rows. back tight, my bands were oppy and is ever totally new and if you dont don t sr s s shown n he my sewng up le a lot to be ded y you will never now Pick up all 3 bars between sts and as fr textue it was non rows down nd place on to t o empty existent But it was all good n A VALUABL TOOL needle directly above and made me even more deter Knit 1 row ned to ive r th e sme resl resl alkbey stitch and many of the Repeat ansfer movement (leave on m machine wit my two h other stches based around he empt emptyy N in W) nd row ed needes as coud be acheved use of e grer bar his tool is sr s shown shown he da by my hand ha nd knitting iends wth oen le n its box uned yet this Kl row nd t work. one tool is probably he most vau only two needes able a nitter cn own especially K rows. in the constrcion of gments I Repeat trasfr movements and DSCOVRS own tee nd hey n constnt picng up of loops but lteate he pae pae s shown shown i e am was not long befre I stted to use It would take several ricles he discover he ll potential of my to lly explan how to use a grer machine the most exciting dis br so I hope hat by yng a small small Try this out on the chnky covery r me was the ability to section of alkberry stitch you machine machine the th e reslt is just as st nven nve n new stitches. " just move wll gain condence and take the ning as it is when knitted in 2 ply ths stitch to here I wonder what gare garerr bar out of its box r goo d. baby wool.
NATURAL THEMES
C presened a vry wrabl rang r s ut all in pur coon. Syles rangd om long-n uis which om bind Fair Is, a and cab deails o lassi or shor lngh ardign jacks All h dsigns fau naur in some way and ahough h oours ar fairy subl inrsing dais suh as he yoke on h Wisia uic sur h wearer woud b wohy of a second glanc! YOUNG AT HEART
Wih hemes rnging om naura o pur n ree he work of many young dsirs Th shaps ar bsed on a drop slv and lhough he range is may sweaers hey do a a som crdigns crdigns as wll Vr ualy all hir spring and suer garmns ar in pr oon wih smooh or slighy exued bak grounds Svral of hir designs such as 'Laksid 'Laksid ar ruly usex and would ook as aac iv on a man as on a womn whis hir Ross design is df nly fr h me who likes o snd ou in h rowd! Thr Rab bis swar reflecs he huor ous hm of some of hir gar mns and uss som of h cer clan olours which made heir sand mmorabl
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Library Build up your Sttch pull out out an andd Library- pu keep secton wth deas for ALL machnes Fair Isle borders of all descriptons are the main theme of the Sttch Libr a r ry y this month. Mixing and matching smal epeat paens wth ohers can create some excitng combnaons Add a I ie chage o coour ad a d he paen appears compeely compeely diferent! Change he 'stpng o the coours and pevously dden patten eatues ae eveaed! Use our suggestions as a saring point o expeiment wh your own comnaions and dont hesitate o take thngs a stage fuher by sng severa he diferent dif erent borders n comiaon c omiaon on one garme! Many of the desgns have sma epeats, which ansae wel into 12, 30 40 or 60 sttch pattern patterning ing systems - as we as keepng loats o a mnm mnmum um So whateve the make make model and paterning system o you machine you are sue to find a good selection to add to your Sttch Librar
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sthes x 28 ows Shown a 24 stitch desi, he repeas actually occ at 8 sttc er vs so hs is one that coud be ue on a 40 stitc system, such as Passap/P Passap/P Jus wo variations have been sho. A uses it as a simple borde oy one epeat of he pate beg use A2 ues it wth canges o colour as aover desi changing te coous in Feeder 2/B ony thu: *Roya K12 ows; ade K9 ows Fuchsia K4 ows Roy K4 ows Fucsia K7 ows ows. Repea Repe a om to to thoughout. As you cn see e patte ms a usef bis a sos o coou ing experiments but ee are even more possibiiies uabe Aapao: . n ove pate especialy on men's wea 2 As an alove alove pate omtin the oube set of diamon diamonds ds by emakg the pae uing he st sxteen ows oy 3. Ty i on he gater carriage as it is hen agai on eonation (o doube he heih). 4 Use a neee ib set up wth uck on the ma be nd k on te ribbe bed Paer A
DOT-ASH 1' sttches x 26 ows This sma repeat patte is ideal ciden's cothes o ny iems whee nm oas e equred. I is smpe, yet busy ad two ve son e show. Ct is woked a an alove Fa Ise design C is woke usg Pe Bue Feede / A oughout changng coous in Feede 2/B - K rows Royal K9 rows Fuchsia K9 rows Whe. Repeat these 26 rows thoughou. Thee ae mny possibe adapations fr hs lite desi pehaps you coud use some of he he ieas om our next stitc patte, wch w ch is a vey ve y sighy amene version ver sion of it Pae C
T·A 2 ae ' sces 6 ows own as a 24 stc epeat s wo work on a 4 o 60 sttch BOBBLE CK patenn sstem It as ots opotenta opotenta an ve possites are us Pae B 24 stitches x 2 ows trae Wi he boe theme i n, we have sho o ves vesion ion wh coou l s a borde usn e s 3 rows ony cages Bo e woked ateag spes ofur ofur ows wh two ows. Z s a orer wt stockn sttc gaps' Wok us Whte/Fucsa B uses r coors - *K4 ows Pale Bue K2 ws Dak Bue, K4 ws K3 ows We/ ow We/ade K5 ows Wte/ ow Pk K2 ows Dk Bue K4 ows ows Cem KZ rows Dk Bue Repeat Wte/ucsa K3 ows Wo stocn sttc ows as esre and hen om * o * houhout The nt sie is shown whch gave the pate recoence cad n epeat coou cges as bere ts name J s over patern s woe usin ree coours ere ae some B uses wo coous - K4 ows Pink KZ ows ows Dk Bue These sx sx ows were Wte s use one but cage c be e on F Ise seting rows are epeate hroughout e p (tuck) sie is sow a ca rtan oous varie us 3 rows Lac row Wte/ 5 utabe Adapaon: ows Whte/Fucsa ow Wte/; K6 rows Whte/Lac Repeat om 1. a pan over bic eihe worked a single be tuck or y t to trugout on a neede ib bric se to tuck an R se to knt D4 s a eeper oe wt L Be n Feeer touout we 2 Ty a f vaon ofB by ug up omen ofcoou ofcoou d mg cnge te coous n Feee 2/B - Whte 3 ows; Bue/ K ow he stpes ierent including e wo rows whch we ave consis Fucsia 5 rows Bue/ row Ra! 6 rows Bue/ owFuch owFuch teny le i Drk Bue. sa K5 ows Bue/ ow Wte ows hs prouce one repeat 3 Work y o he sripe vaions in neee ib (see suestion o e boer ). 5 Fna we woe te coou bodes as aover patte sim 4 Wok 1 ows of pae as a exe borer to a pa or Fa Ise a to D3 w Bue n man eeder trougout oter coours were grmen hs can be b e especiay atactive on baby wea. caed - Fcsa 3 rows Bue/ K ow White 5 rows; Bue/ ow ade 6 rows Bue/ row Wte K5 ows; Bue/ ow Fucsia 3 ows Repeat om o thougout
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Pater E sttches x 3 rows Ths is a te sttch repeat, but another design where small oats make it use. I o st vaaton it hs been worked as an all-over
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GARDEN BORDER
Paer G stitches x 6 rows Patte by Ruh Lee
We have shown the spest possibe rm o ts desi, whchcoud be subjected to a wealth of coou changes which we hope you wl try r youselves
centre patte rea by the use of Deep Blue at the edges Sutable Adaptatons: 1. For a erent eect r a border y stating on punchcard row 6 d worg in Fa Ise r 3 rows. The scrol eect could be ready adapted to m yet other design if the cenal area was replaced b y another centa repeat of the the patte show ve stitches to le and six stitches to ight n o diagram
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Pae 'F stitches rows adaptabe There a lots of borders borders ths month's colecton which re just ght r the teatment we have gven s patte The patte aam shows the border section and which pt of the upper patte is suitabe r an allover repeat We have selected just two simple variations. Fl is worked as a Fai Ise border ad allover patte F2 is worked wih he gater cage at st to gve gter sttch strpes'. Ret to the man caage to work a Fair Isle pae. Once this is completed, he rest of of te knittng is done using the gter ciage.
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Pae H stitches x 8 rows This is noter stitch repeat but is quite easiy adapted to other
widths For instance elongate he ower stems and make he aches a litte bier r a 5 stitch repeat r use on a 60 stitch system also med the strtng point r other designs shown on page 38 We have show it as n lover pate alhough the break r te poten tia border desigs ca be ceary seen just work e pattern though once!
Bonnie's 4 ply Acc was used for most o the samples. Bones Wools Ltd, 1273 Bsol Road Souh, Noheld Bmgham B31 2SP
FLORAL ARCHES WITH CE 12 stitches x 43 rows This is realy two borders put on to one patte card. A little colour changng r he Fair Ise section adds to e damatic eect You need a rsfr lace carriage r the ace section and the patte pa tte is worked hus: *Lace crriage () 6 passes, KZ rows• Repeat om to 4 tmes Lock he puchcard/progam pat on the 25h row bere working ther (if desired) stocking stitch rows When you want to work the Fair Isle seec/memorise r pat and keeping backod Feeder /A /A ough out, change coos i Feeder Z/B -Jade KO rows Fuchsia K8 rows We have show the cast on edge of the swatch so you can see the sca lop et ganed gan ed by working he ace Ts pate woud make a delight f and coourfl border fr a suer top or tunc -the bulk of the bric could be in stockg stitch or in unobtrusive garter stitch if desired
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GEOMETRICS N MINIATURE 'J 24 stitches x 3 rows Show as a 2 sitch repeat he rea repeating ctor is sx stches so hs desi coud be used on 12 24, 30 or 60 stitch repeat systems Ths pate woud be idea r chidren's clothes-sma oas ad as I hope we have shown i , lots of potenia r changing e second coour r a bright mode ook. ur second version, JZ, was worked usg a garter carriage, where he sma shapes buld into unobtru sive textured bric, whch would sut ny member of the famiy Pater
SCROS 24 sitches x 2 rows noher 12 stitch repeatwch could be easily adapted r other sys tems has a sighty Cetic knot air when used as an alover Fair Ise as in Kl Add a litle change o coou in the second feeder and he eye behods it quite derenty For we changed Feeder Z/B colours Liac, K3 rows; K row pain; White K5 rows; Fucia K3 rows Whte, K5 rows K row plain Lilac K3 ows ows epeat om to oughout Pater K
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BRDS stches x 59 rows Patte by Ruth ee Anoher desi which meets the need r shor oated Fair Isle designs in a very stylish manner works beautily as an alover patte as in L1 using just tw colors. It also cries out r colo chge -we show ust such a border variation in L2. Suitable Adaptations Try it as an allover patte using a space dyed vaiegated or multi coloued ya in Feeder 2 2 Use it as a border endng he patte at the point we have shown on PZ Cary on the diamond repeat by working on diagam rows 37 to 47 to rm an allover patte -to give the same so of eect as shon in patte F Pater 'L 24
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PAP/AFF P AP/AFF FLORAL CHES' at 'N 40 stiches 0 rows Ou frmer ora arches were an obvious saring po fr a three colou desi and he Passap/Pfa system makes hese easy o knit athough he stitch pae could aso be used on any Japanese eec ronc machie (see beow) The sampe was worked in neede rib On he back bed pushers were rranged one up one down the back carriage set to BX and he gh arow depessed On the ont bed pushers were a i ad he caiage se o BX th the le rrow depressed depressed Deco Dec o set on 2 nd coors chaged thus: *RC 000 K2 rows Cream K2 K2 rows Navy* Repea om * to * 7 ies R 28. rows Fuchsia rows Cream rows Navy* RC C shows 28. Repea Rep ea om * o 15 es in allRC allRC shows 8 K2 rows Fuchsia These 20 rows m he pate and re repeaed hroughout Japese e You only need to mark or program the rs 20 stiches stic hes of pae om the am Set paepro paeprogg sches r norma paeng (ie do no set Jacqud butons) but do remem ber to se fr doube ength - and remember you will need to do you seecmemoise seecmemo ise row om ght o e e so you cn e he coour changer Work in l nde rib wh caiages se r doube Jacquard Jacquard and change he coos as given r PassapPfa machines
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Lady's Square Neck Cotton Top MACHIE: Ths istrtis r wri fr str gg phr r ti mhis with ribbr YN· My A Mi 4 py S C R 100% C COLOUR s ht (MC}, Am () Mit (BJ TOCK T bti this y ps writ t My A Mik Brir H Myhmy Hb Brig W Yrks HX7 SPF
27 sts and and 34 ows to Dm Dm measured over patt, after washing dryng and steam preing (tension dia approx 9) ensionn must tched ensio t ched exacty fore stating stati ng garment
Ns on MB and corresponding corresponding Ns on RB to WP Work wet as given in patt note Transfer ss to MB Insert punch rd and and ockp ockprogra rogram m pa on on firs firs row row Set RC at 000 sng MC and MT K3 rows Set carr to seecVmemorise for pa and K row Reease punchcard and set rr for pa (see pa pa note) note) Work Work in air se and coour suen through out K unt RC shows 09 Pace a marker at eac edge K unt RC shows 20 D D Set carr for HP Push 56 Ns a centre and a Ns to L to HP HP WK over rem 37[4:454953 37[4 :454953 ss Push 56 Ns near est car to WP ad WK CAR Set carr so H Ns wi wi K and WK ove overr rem 37[4 37[ 4 45:49:53 ss
BBV See page 43 Knit side is used as right side Measrements given are those of fnished garment and shoud not be sed to measre work on the machine D / Punch card mark myar sheet or pro gram pat before starting to knt
ain p worked in Fair Ise and st st using MC in feeder /A throughout Change colours in feeder 2B thus Using A, K6 rows sing B K rows sing MC ony K4 rows hese 5 rows form for m patt and are rep throughout ib are cast on wth an edge stripe which is worked ths With RB in positio positionn set se t machine mac hine for x rib Push Ns (as given in instruc instruc- tions) on MB and corresponding Ns on RB to WP Arrange Ns for 1x rib CAR sing A cast on Using K2 tubular rows sing si ng 20 K tubuar row sing B and T44 T44 K2 rows Wels and cus on: using MC K24 rows Nekband onl using MC KO KO rows B With RB in posion set machine for x1 rib Push 30[3846:54:62 30[3846:54:62
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Work as given fo back unti unti RC shows 50 Note patt row sing nyon cod K 37[445:49:53 37[4 45:49:53 ststo L and R of centre centre 56 ss by hand hand taking taking Ns down to NWP over rem ntre 56 ss CAR nrave nyon cord over 37[4454953 37[4454953 ss neares carr bringing Ns down to WP neares Lock punchrdprogram patt on noted row ad set carr to seectmemorise without K and take to t o L. Reset RC at 50 Keeping patt correct throughout, K unti RC shows 20 WK CAL nrave nyon cord over rem ss a R bringing Ns down to WP W P Lock punchcardprogram pa on noted row and se carr to t o seecVmemorse without K and take to R Reset RC at 150 Work to correspond with first side V With RB in pos postion tion set machi machine ne for x rib Push 62[646668:70 Ns on MB and corresponding Ns on RB to WP WP Work wet as gve gvenn i pa note Trans fer sts to MB M B Inset I nset punch punchcard card and ockprogram patt on first row Set carr fo ree pass and take to L Set carr to seecVmemorisee whout K (sippart seecVmemoris emy) and take o R
La � 's Cotton Cotton Top with extu�,,gings extu� MCHINE T hese instctions are wrien for standard gauge punch-
card or electronic electronic machines YRN: May Mickle 4 ply So Coon RE comNT 100% Coo COLOUR We used White (MC) and Mint (CJ OCK To obtain thisa, plse write to May Mickle Brier He Molmy Hebden Bridge, W Yorks HX7 SPF
Set RC at 0. Using MT, start and work n Far Isle and colour sequence (see patt note) thoughout K1 ro. ro. nc 1 st st at each end of next and every fol alt row 3432:302826] tmes n all 3 ow. 3012812612422 3012812612422]] ss nc 1 st at each end of next and evey fol 4th row 1617181920] tmes tmes n all 62 s untl C show 35 Usng M+ 1 row. Cast of loosely
ton set machne for 1x1 b. Push 177 Ns on MB and correspondng Ns on B to WP. Work as gven n patt noe Transfer sts to MB. Usng MT 1 row. Wth wrong sde acng pck up ss from sde f neck and back neck as fa rond as possble. sts by hand and cast of unt the remanng pa o f back and sde nd c hung on to rn ng Ns. sts by hand and cast of FRONT BD
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Push 3741 454953] Ns to WP Wth rght sde facng pck up ss from below shouder der and hang on to on one shou Ns Wth wrong sde facng pck up sts from correspondng shoulder and hang on to same Ns. Usng MC and MT+ 1 2 rows and cast of NECKBS BACK D SID BANDS
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Work as gven for back band over 7 Nsfnshng Nsfnsh ng by pckng up sts from below on front neck. TO MAKE MAKE UP
Wash garment peces block to correct measurements and alow to dry Steam press. When cool and dry st s t n sleeves between markers on body edges. Jon sde and sleeve sms Mte neckband slp sttchng excess n poston on the nsde
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To sut bust 818691:96101 818691:96101cm. cm. Fnshed measurement 96[104113]cm Length 70cm. Sleeve seam 16cm 16cm Fges Fg es n n suae suae bracket bracketss [ ] refe to larger szes; where there s only one set of fgures ths apples to all ses
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MAERA Many A Mckle 4 ply Sof Coon.
nt sde s used as ght sde. Measrements gven are those of fnshed garment and shoud not be use to measure measu re work on the machne
x 00g cone n MC. 00g n C. 3[5:6 8[1 7]
steam pressng (tenson dal approx 8). Tenson must matched exactly fore stang garment
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See page 43 NOTE
PNCHCARD PA TTERN/MYAR SHEET Pnch cardin reverse- .e. punch
blank areas and eave dark areas
unpunched: mark mylar sheet or pro gram pa (exacty as shown) before staing to knit PAERN NOT PAERN NOTE E Electnic machin: Use negative
switch to reverse marking when knit ting in pa. B p: Using C, work a chain cast on Usng MC and MT, K2 rows Brng Ns fuy forward and using C, wok a cain cast on agan (over ss areadyy on Ns) Insert punchcard and aread ock/program pa on first row Using MC and MT K3 rows Set carr to seecVmemorse for pa and K1 row Reease punchcard Set RC at 000 Work in sip stch throughout K4 rows *Transfer centre s of each st st bock on to adjacent N vng empty Ns in WP K9 o Rep from to unti C shows 99 CA
at centre ad a Ns to L to P Cont over rem 596469 sts at for first side K2 rows Away Awayss taking the yarn around the first insde Nn P, push 5 Ns to HP at neck edge o next and fo at row, K1 row Push 2 Ns to HP at neck edge on next and fo at row, K1 row Push 1 N at neck edge to HP on nex and every fo at row 6 times n a 39449 ss K uni RC shows 210 WK CAL Reset RC at 144142140 Push 596469 59 6469 Ns N s neaest carr to UWP Compete to corespond wth frst sde WK over rem 56[5860 sts JOIN SHOULDER
Push 394449 Ns to WP With right side facng, pck up sts fom beowW on back shouder and hang eveny on to Ns Wth wong sde facng, pick up ss from beow W on corresponding front shouder and hang eveny aong the ow Using MC and T10, K1 ow Cas off NECKBAND
Push 78184190 Ns to WP Using W and M, M, cast on and and K a few rows TO MAKE UP and seve sams Jon neckband seam ending CAR Using T1O and nyon cord Wash garment bock pieces to corect Using C, sew bocks of spped stitches BACK K1 row Usig MT2 and and MC, K16 ro measurements ents and eave o dry Steam nto 'bndes (as shown) working in Push 134146158] Ns to WP Work Turn a hem by pickng up up oops of frst measurem border pa (see patt note) row worked in MC and hang eveny press an when coo and dry oin side a zigzag manner for easy contnuty Set RC at 000 Set carr for st st and K aong he row Using MT, K1 row Wth untl RC shows 108 Pace a marker at wrong side facing, pck up neck edge each edge K unti RC shows 210 and hang eveny aong th row Using SHAPE NECK D SHOULDERS T10, K1 row ad cst off Push 565860 Ns at centre and a N Nss Jon second shouder seam at= at = alenate(ly) NWP NWP non woking position altog altog aogeter N(s) N(s) ndle(s) to ef o HP Set carr for HP and WK BBback BB back bed oppopposite opp opposite over rem 34449 ss at R SLEEVES g ginng patpatte pat patte CA Push 565860 Ns nearest rr Push 98 Ns to WP Work border pa CAL cariage a ef pos posion CAR cariage a rg Rrg R rg to UWP and WK (see patt note) and at the same time carr carr cariage RBibr Set carr so HP Ns wil K and WK over when RC shows 4 inc 1 st at each end cm cenimetr RC ow coner rem 394449 ss of next and every fo 4th row 24 tmes cocoour co coour reprepeat rep repeat con con conast RHS RHS rig and side nal 146 ss When RC shows 99, con conne Rib R ib enson FRONT change to st st and K1 row Wth wong rem rem eainng de dease Work as gven for back unt C shows sde facing pck up armhoe edg DKdoube DK doube king SSstitc sze SS ev eve st(s)sitc( st(s) sitc(es) 1444240 twn makers and hang eveny aong FB FB fon bed st s sockng sc SAPE NECK the ow-shouder seam to centre 'O. Fuly F uly ashoned enson Set carr for HP and push 61820 Ns Using T10, K1 row Cast off folfoowig fol foowig ogtogete
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MHI WIHU I MK I Push he nmber of mai bed Ns as gven in the pat o WP. Retrn al s o NW for x mock ib Rer evey 3rd o NWP for 2 mo rib Usig WY, cas on and Ka few rows, ending ariage a ef Usg 10 ad yo od K1 ow Se RC a . sin MC ad MT-3, Ke K e umber of ows given in at (ie eh eh of ib) sin M K row (fod row sg MT3 Ke K e same nmber of rows for de of ib aga Ren ermediae NW Ns o W i p oos fom firs row wored i M ad hag o o empy Ns ps adjaen N for 2 rb eveny aog ow Copee s given pa When wor s ompeed p yo ord from oe ed of wo hs reeasing ws nig ompeed
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Ths is e title of a new book by Jnet Haigh published by David & Charles) which has some won derul ideas techniques and desis fr use on a wide vriety of twear It was one of o pre publication book oers a w months ago, but if you missed it then put it i t on yo birhday list! The cross stitch charts re easy to fllow being a good size d in colour. Designs are given from simple neckle decorations and trms to damatic fashion eects eec ts for men, women and children
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This is he theme of Maggie Andewss aest pate book All Seasons Suts. Knied in Brmwel ys wt paes in sizes to 2, he ops, skis and ackets can be worked o comple men each oher There ae hee skirt styles jackets and ops o choose om Kniting is simpe and cn be done on he mos basic machine, stitch paes used on the ops being ineesting yet SPECIALLY FOR simpe mul ones Ski enghs LCTRONIS ge om 61 to 84 nd nd he s s One of Joyce Schneiders atest a sitabe r a wide range of age books, boo ks, ElecnaJy Yu, wit wit oups Al Seasons Suts shod en spiy Japne eoc be avai availabl lablee om you yourr o oca ca mach wth isc ve. No mak Bamwe sockis piced a 99. g to do he, s he ok is accom I you hae any dicy i oban ped by is ow dsc -so eey ing a copy hen wie o Mrs M. hng is worked out nd panned Aews, 79 Hooked Harow r you! There e wo jacket pat Esse CM8 6QQ encosing £425 e whch boh se he poenia (which includes p&p) of eecroc paeg to he l Squashh Blosso aes a stch Squas MORE GARTER CARRIAGE desi wih srong veical es TECHNIQUES Madson Avenue hs consg paterned borders which ae an he desi duo ofane Caer nd intea pa of he aover sitch Caroine Nelson is going fom desi The y sed not d strengh o srengh Their laest desi iy avaiable in his cony, but pae book is Hd Toolng with the sch and row gauge is at the Garter Caage nd contains abe on a wide range of 4 py p y y 24 scinatg d hghy oig and Joyce includes some British stch di compee wih pnch y amongst her eav The crds workng iams and meh pae not oly wel presented o. They have aso epded her butt also explained or instanc bu i nstancee gaen pae rnge nd we ils y hep echnique which cn e two of her oal desis be coporated ino eiher of he below catogue o hei books gmens or pateg is en and designs ca be obtained by e SE to Elaine ter ter such as inceasng sitches eveny seng a e 29 S Road Road don SW 4 Ln across a row; deteg which sze to k decreasng sing sho 7LY. rows changing changing acks on yor dsc d blocg nd pressg deta deta he cent range of Joyces book re usuy avaiable hough The Kniting Neuk 32 shey Road, Aberdeen Al 6RJ
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PICTURE WEAVING The echnique of muti-coloured weavng descrbed in ast month's ssue is a very versae one; more compcaed shapes and mo can be created usng the same meth ods. You can make chas fr your own designs by followng he inctons given n Step below Fowers, anals landscapes and phoographs can al be sorces of inspiraon. Weavng can be om bined wth sple embrode embrodery ry nd oher rmmngs o make spen ddy ich and luxou home nishngs ha are compeey orig inal to you wok of a n fct. he tlip mof tea cosy and mat on page 5 show he use of chain stich embroidery and crochet edg You Yo u could could e the same mof r a cuhon perhaps addng mo embodery or small beads r a
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he sample piece in the phoo aph was nspred by a packe of Michaema Michae ma dasy seed! The daisy shapes have been smped nto iegular ovals each wh a con ting cene nd scaed up Each oval shape woud be 20 or 30 cen iees across to make a bg bod desgn r a cushion rg or ban ke perhaps o hrow over a 4 STITCH couch or use as a bedspread (The sequns would ony be suable on Choose a suitable basc Veavng an cle such as a pcue or wall ich. The sample shown w ade usngg he sng sngle le brdseye pa pa hangng where they woud no be by usn te. The pae pa e you chse shou subject to wea and te) ding a saing pont s ofen be smal scae to avod long oats. he most dicu part of design 5. SIZE ng. Why not keep a scrap book fr photographs agazne cuings Decide on the meuremen meuremen of he peces of bric ec. that appeal o arice you wish o make see da you? g) Kn a ension swatch n he actual ys you wil be using and 2COLOURS measue he tenson in he usua he sample shown n brigh green way Transate the measuements and pnks woud make a ovel into stches and rows Large ems cushion brc. or a lager tem w need o b made n wo or mo consider more subte coouays sectons. These secons need no perhaps shades of pink on a necessaly be dentical he da ey/mauve ey/m auve back backund und or a da dark rker er am shows a desgn fr a blaet scheme such as puple rust nd where each secon has he sae shapes on i nd herere equies olve geen. the same char but hey are sewn A always f you are designng r a partculr room ry to choose ogether derent ways up. This he coous wih hat colou scheme desgn would be worked n hree in mnd and if possble actuay long secons each 96 x 24 nches bu the ch woud wou d only be r 24 take he yans nto the room x 24 inches repeaed u imes n eachh secton an eac and d each repea 3 YARNS coud use he colous n deren our ply coon was used as the combnatons nng y n he sample with various double n wools r he &CHART weaving yarn Noe he random eec of he double kn woo used The eases way o describe the n the backound which gves n charng procss s to refer o he nteresing conast o he brgh ch given. given. whch shows the n colours whch compemen i ry ed sampe pee n he phooph expermenng wh oddmens of It s a great advantage o use spe different ypes of yarns such as cally desgned kners graph boucl slubbed shaded fecked paper such as re Kn paern
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desi paper. This comes wih the rectangles rectang les in various ratios to suit dierent tensions Follow the insructionss on he insruction h e pack to choose a suitable rtio For the tension of the sample shown, he rtio of was chosen Draw the outine o the nitted piece you require on the specia aph paper with one of the heav ier solid lines at the bottom and one of the heavier verica ines at the cente - mark this line to rep resent he centre o the mache. Each rectangle on the graph paper represents one stitch Each horizontal line of rectangles rp resents one row o knttng The next step is to scae your desi to he actual size o the out ine on he aph paper Oce Oce ph tocopying shops can reduce or enlge any fairly cear cear image; lrge desis c be enaed in secions. Using acing paper ace o he main lines o your desi T he acng paper over and sbbe over the back of the ines with a sof pencil T he paper back to ight way up and place it over he out ine on the graph paper. With a harder pencil, aw over the lines agan hus transg them to he aph paper. Now work aong each line, translating it into a series of steps llowing ces and slopes as closely as you can. For the sake o carity each woven stitch can be represented by a symbo as shown on the le o the chart However it is usualy sucient to colou in the shapes with crayons (do this lighty so hat he small rectangles are easiy seen) or to label he shapes B B etc Bere you it each section, make sure you note down which colour to use fr each symbol or letter
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The banket in the diaam could hen be decorated in various ways some of which are shown on he sample piece blanket stitch chain stitch and Fren French ch ots a basic embroidey stitches to emphasise an ouine or l in a shape add a ochet ill to a ine of chain sitch r a hreedmensional eect Sew on beads or tassels join the sec tions with sie seams, or cro chet them together with a con sting colour wok a crochet edge al ound or add a tasselled inge he choic choic is yours!
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The patte has been written r standard gauge machines but the method can be used on most machines and he patte is read ily aapted to make other sizes Note: The back o he tea cosy can be worked pain if desired
Y King Cole Anti-Tickle 4 p and
Double Knit FR NT NTNN- 00% Wool COLOUR We used 4 ply in White (A),
Double Knit in White (8), Green Ie (C}, Bole (D} and Fuhia (E STOCKS you have any difiul in obtaining this ya pleae write to King Cole Lt Merie Mi Old Soul Way Bingley, W Yorks 8016 2A SIZ Tea cosy approx 35 x 27cm (to t a large teapot) Mat appox 20 x 20cm MATERALS Tea C: King Coe Anticke 4 py Wool. 80g n A King Cole Anti-Tckle DK 50g in B 25g in C and 0g in each of D and dding 70 x 27cm Lnng abic 72 x 30cm M: Yarn as for tea cosy but only 20g A an an dets det s eah f B D and Bot 3mm crocet hook
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1O chain, 1 D as shown Press according to instruc- pu through a loop Make 1O slp stitc into same place Wok 6 ons on bal bands Using crochet croch et hook 1 O chan loop and C begin at a t lower rigt corner wth double cochet into the 1O ght side facing, ork n double co- 1 slp stitc nto te same place and chet all round the edge o one piece asten o. taking approx one st fo eve 2 rows ABBREVATONS up sides and 2 ss for every 3 ss across MAT See page 43. the top and botom edges making 3 ss Pus 23 Ns at L and 22 Ns at R of centre 'O' o WP. 45 Ns. Work as given fo tea TEA COSY in cornrs. Fasten off. n pue weaving rom Wok around second pece n he same cosy to * Wok n BACK A FRON chat statin stating g a ow 31 wt ow wt cente Wo o piec alike (or back y wthout fasteng of Pace the two p togeter right sides out and work sttch coresponding to cente stitch on plain) Push 42 Ns to Land 41 Ns to R of centre n double cochet, takng one thread cat OMIT completely the pat eaves 'O to WP 83 Ns Usng and MT rom top of eac sttch on sond piece and lowers wokng ony the centre castt on an cas andd K a few ows ending CAL woking 3 sts in each coner round fowe and leaves at c side of it Work Using A st on by and ('e' wrap) from three sdes, leaving lower edges open to chat row 04 (RC shows 74) Cast R to L Using MT, K1 row Use A as Then work n double crochet al I round of using A knitting yarn an other coours as ower edge required as weaving yarns throughout. Cut a piece of wadding approx 70 x O MAKEUP Se RC at 000* Work Wor k in picture weavweav- 27c and a pece of ining fabric 72 x Dan in ends embroder and press as ing from chart unti chart ow 106 is 30c old the fabrc n half to make a gven or tea cosy. Using cochet hook ectangle 36 x 30cm and jon side and C wth rght (purl) side facng work complete compl ete Cast off using A seams Pla waddng and lning lnin g inside n doube crochet all the way round in tea cosy and old n ower edge of the the same way as given or tea cosy for TO MAKEU Darn in ends on wrong sde of each lning Sip stitc in place undeneath three compete ounds o doube cro chet in al Press aefully untl edges piece utne the leaes in chan sttch cochet edge usng D and the owes using E. Wok Make a hanging loop at cenre top: using le flat If desred mats may be lned us ing a washabl washablee material the flower stems in chain stch using crochet hook and C inser hook and with fabric using MAIN TENSION 24 ss and 40 rows to 1Ocm 1Ocm measured over weaving patt (tension dia appox 8).
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Kte-makng and yng appea to a ages. I can remember my her w as a wheen I was me wh r me kt es r ng kte m m chid and ater on dropping he pretence and ying hem r his own enjoyment. tnk he appea ies in the vivid colos and he shapes of he ktes, and n seeng them take o nto the sky So the motis o dogs and kit kites es can be placed on sweaters r aduts as wel chlden nd cn be vried accordng to persona taste. A you need re ree punchcads and a w emboidery stitches. THE DOGS
have paced the dogs (punchcrd 1) on a een bacond and made them the m rus rustt cooed because hat seemed the most appeaing and e me with bight colous he ktes. The wtes o the eyes are in a pae coour nd he pupils e in back. Getting the eyes right makes mak es a a the di die eence ence to the appearance o e dogs. ke k e heir eyes to be large nd soulul. The dak color i t on on e sno snout ut nd ey nd snout a n san stches. The e is made up o concentic oops each one smae as you work towds he centre nd held down with smal stitches The collrs e in chan oh he e coaa r, e o bluee co One is a blu stch st ch.. On
is a wte co (js my ie joke) I have sed a salgod sequn r he name tag. THE KITES
tess. M hete h 2 he unch se punc U se sre each kte ces a dog wch means revesng revesn g e punchcd. I have put one kte kt e beween needes 2 e nd ght o centre 'O, and he ohe kte beween needes 12 nd 36. The stng attached to the ktes is backst backstched ched rst. Each kite gets a dent ent. The lowe one looks athe Japnese w its sma ed stitches on yeow. The higher one hs coss stitches. gi rapping paper makes good kte coverg you can copy some o hese desis. You cn even put the weare wearer's r's ini initia tials ls on them. Anoe idea is to Swss d sma areas o each kite in ifferent coous. mboide the tais o he kites s I have done or se bghy colored rbbons instead. What n gth of y arn len wass to lay a le did wa ed d it d it, he nted it, h I nted
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wih pins, hen embroidered slantng sttches over he lengh of y to anho t (see embroidery diagram).. At rst had ied diagram) ie d smal lengh of y y n een coours al aong the al but although this imitaed many kes have seen te eet was messy. Whih just g to show tat you not always copy things too osey. LACING THE MOTIFS you would ke to fow a pat-
e and just change the motf, the Marion Mari on Neon d would be idea idea also see suestions f he pen ns and nosau sweaters n he January and February issues of P On a lare sweate beause the resttions of spae are wer the kes an fly hghe than on Swath . h dog is 30 rows h and each ke is 9 ows hgh so ake his ino account when pannng whee to put our motifs. have paed eah dog on neees o 36 le or rgh of centre 'O and eversed he punchard on one so ha eah dog fes he centre
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The sleeves have smaler kies up the entre (wach 2, phrd 3). Make thm go al e way up te sleeve rememberng not o cut of the top one or do ust thee n deren coos a shown on the swach. swac h. They The y wod aso look nter estng nea the shoulder so start them abou 40 ows bere he top of the seeve have given hem tle ais blowng n the breeze.
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colo to be bue, o suest a vas expnse of sky. you deide o do tha use geen f part of he kites and emboide bades of grass beneath the dogs' feet Enoy experimentg wh yo dogs nd heir kites We wil be dong a eent eent type of yng nex monh o Austaia home of the koaa bea. YARNS used Bwell Fine 4 ply Aclc
n the followng colou: 4 Green; 387 Rust Specal Mnt 44 Yellow 5 Red 4 Bron Black Whte.
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SIZS
To suit bust 86(91:96:0 :16]cm Finished Fini shed measuement 9904:09 9Jcm. Length 66.5[67.5:67.5:685685]cm. Sleeve seam 5[5252553535cm. 5[5252553535cm. gures n square backets [ refer to lager szes; where thee is only one set of figures, this applies to all sies MATERA
Ceandne ame Superwash Wool 300[300300350350]g n each o A B an andd C. 7 buttons MAN TEION
32 ss and 79 ows to Ocm Ocm measured ove 3 coou slip patt tension dia approx 8) Tenson must matched eactly before statng garment ABBREVATIONS
See page 43 NOE
Knt sde is used as ght gh t side. Measurements given are those of finshed finsh ed gament and shoud not b e used to meas measue ue work on th e machne machne PUNCHCARD PUNCHC ARD PAERN
Punch card before staing to knt. PAERN NOE
Inset punchcard and lock on first ow. Set to selecVmemoise fo patt and K row. Rese punchrd and set r fo slip/paempty Using MC K6 rows Usng A K6 ows. Using B K6 rows hese 18 rows fm patt and are ep thoughout SPECIAL NOTE Decreing in patern: When the
outer stitches to be deceased ae n WP decease the frst stitch then push the 2nd sttch to UWP for the nex rows. ncreasing in patern When the incease stitch is in WP, push to UWP fo the first 4 ows.
Muti-coloured Stitch Jackt MCHINES: These instructions are wrien for standard gauge
punchcard machines mac hines YARN Celandine Jamie Superwash Woo FIBR 100% Woo COLOUR We used Purpe (MC}, Pink (A) and White (8) STOCK To obtain this ya, pse write to Celandine Lt 4 Kirkgate, Otle W Yorks LS21 3HJ
A K6 ows Pick up ss from from beow the first row marked with nylon thread th read and hang evenly aong the row Using B K7 rows Pick up ss fom first ow worked n C and hang evenl evenlyy aong the row. Using MC K1 row and WK Remove nylon threads BACK
ush 58(66748290] Ns to WP With wong side facing, pck up ss from below at back hem he m and hang ang the row nc 0(0022] ss enly aong the row CAL nsert punch punch rd and lock on frst row Set car to selecVmemoise fo patt and K row Set RC at 000. Set car fo patt releas releasee punchcard and start and wok in colour patt throughout see patt note). K until RC shows 304 SHAPE ARMHOLES
Cast off 6(7788] ss at beg of net 2 ows K4 rows Dec 1 st at ech ed of ne and every foll 4 row 8(81013 tm n all 30(136404448] ss K nti RC shows 502(51050 51£518 Cast of. E FRON HEM
Push 7074778 85 Ns to WP Usig and M, M, cast on and K a few rows endng CAR Usng C and M K row Make all foll inc and de at R) Inc st on ne 3 rows Mark the ne row usig nylon cord Inc st s t on net row, K row Mak the next row usng nylo cod Inc st on next 3 rows RC 12 K1 ow Dec st on next 3 rows Pick up sts from last row marked with nylon cod and hang evenly along the row Using A K2 K 2 rows. Dec st on nex and evey foll alt row 5 times in all RC 22 Pick up sts from first ow marked wth nylon cod and hang evenly along the row. Usng B K6 ows RC shows 28 70(7477885] sts. K ow un a hem by picking up oops rom st row worked n B and usng MC K ow. WK RIGHT RONT HEM
Work as given fo left front hem but wok all inc and de at L.
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Push 4856647078] 4856647078] Ns to WP Using and C cast cast on on and and K a few rows endng CAR. Set RC at 000 Using C and M-2 K4 rows.*Put a nylon thread i the feed with the yan and K row Remove nylon thread from feed and K3 ows** Rep fom* to** to** K rows Pick up ss fom the last row marked wth nylon thred and hang evenly aong the row. Using
Push 75(7983879 Ns to R of centre 'O to WP With wrong side facing pick up ss from below of R font hem and hang on to Ns nc 5(5666] sts evenly along the row CAL. Insert punch crd and lock on firs row Set carr to selecVmemorse without K and take to R. Set RC at 000 Release punchcard and set carr for patt see pat note ). Usng
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MT, work in colour patt throughout K unt RC sows 304. CAR (K1 extra row for eft ront so CAL).
Push 65[68687373] 65[68687373] Ns to WP. Work as gven for back he.
SHAPE ARMHOLE ARMHOLE SLEEVES
Cast off 6[77:8:8] sts at beg of next row K5 rows. Dec 1 st a ahoe edge on net and every fo 4th row 8[810 8[810 1113] times in a 6164666870] ss. K until RC shows 425429429 433433. CAL. (K extra row for e ront so CAR).
Push 80[84849090] Ns to WP. With wrong sde facng pick up sts fro beow W on cuffs and hang on to Ns inc 15[16161717] sts eveny aong the row. CA Isert punchcard and k on irst row. Set r to seecVe orise without K and take to R. et RC at 000 Reease punchcard and set carr or patt (see patt note). Usng MC and MT work in colour pat throughout. K8 rows. Inc 1 st at each end of next and every fo 8th row 4648484949] tes in a. 172[180 180 88188] ss K unti RC shows 378386392396398]
SAPE NECK
Cast of 161171818] ts at beg o next row K4 rows Dec 1 st at neck edge on next and every fo 4th row 1 0 ties in a RC shows 466470470 466470470 474474] 35[38394042] ss. K unti RC shows 502[510510518518]. (K1 extra row or eft front). Cast of
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Cast of 6[7788] sts at beg of next 2 rows K4 rows. Dec 1 st at each end of nexandevefo eve fo 4 r 8[80 1010] ties in al. 14415046 152152] sts.*Cast sts. *Cast off 8 sts at beg of next 2 ro K2 rows. Rep fro* to 5[5444] ties in a. 64[70828888 sts. Cast of
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Join shouder seas. Push 132134136144144] Ns to WP. With wron g side facing pick up neck edge and hang eveny on to Ns
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Work as given for right front butcastng on to L o centre ·o and noting diffeence in rows to reverse shaping.
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et RC at 000 Using A ad MT- K3 rows In 1 st at eah end of next and every foll alt row S tmes n all At the same ime, when RC shows 7, use B and MT-2 and K unt RC shows 13 1 3 Usng C and MT3 K row RC shows 1 4 De 1 st at eah eah end of next 3 ro K untl RC sho 21 Usng MT-2 pk pk up loops from frst row worked n C ad hang evely along the ow K row r ow De 1 st at eah end on nex an every foll at row 3 tmes n all RC 2S Usng MT- pk up loops from fst row worked n A and hang evenly along the row K2 rows De 1 st at eah end of next 2 rows RC shows 29 1 32[134:1 32[134:136 36 1 44 4411 44] sts Cast off loosely BUONHOLE BAND
Pus 1621641 64166166] Ns to WP Wh wrong sde ag pk up rght frot edge ad hag evely on to Ns Usng C K3 ows In 1 st at eah en of ex and every foll at row S tmes all Atthemetewn RC sows 7 use B and K2 rows rows Mae a buton hole n the entre and omeng on Ns 29 and S6 a eah sde o O K ntl RC sows 3 Usg C K row 1 s a ea en o next 3 rows K ow De st a ea en o nex 3 rows Pk up loops o fst row woke C and ang eveny along he ow K row De 1 st at ea end of nex and evey foll at row 3 tmes al RC 24 Wok S bonoles over te same ss as befoe K ow ow Pk p loops fro frs row worked n A a hag evenly along the row K untl RC shows 27 De 1 st a eah ed of next 2 rows 1 621641 64166166] sts Cast Cast of loosey
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Work as gven for buttohole band omttng buttonholes TO ME UP
Blok and sta press pees to or e measurements Insert a kntng eedle n the edges of o f the hems an fot bands and pull owards whlst prssng et e t n sleeves on sde and sleeve seamson seamson hems at sde sams a the mtred orers of the left frot band o the mtred orners of the band buttonhole ban leavng a spae n ol A These at as a buttonhole tth the front bands ad the nek band to the er ege Thee may be some small holes along the seams whh an be stthed up ew on bos to orre spond wth buttoholes
Lady's Lace and FaitJ!OP · MCHINES T hese instctions are writen for standard gauge
punchcard or electnic machines wth ribber and gaer gaer ba We used a Brother 910 electronic with 850 ribber YRN Brockwll 4 p Coton FRE CONTEN' 100% Mercerised Coton COLOU We used Shade613 Shade613 White (M); Shade618Jade (ol 1) and Shade639 Shade639 Fuchsia (ol 2) STOCK To obtain this ya, plse write to Brockwel Yas Stanseld Mill Stanseld Mil Lane, Tangle Sowerby Bridge Bridge W ors HX6 3Z
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transferng sthes to RB knt ed push Ns on RB o HP for ease of knttg) and the tasferre bak to MBWork MB Work also be reversed by stop png RC outng WK rehang ss from below WY o to empy Ns tart RC ontng ont ng aga arrage ge Al make sure the uus arra s ompletey of the needle be and o the exteso bars to avod jammg the ahne as both arrages ae set for patteng We kntng pa 2 lae an Far sle) se KCll on eletrons and mahes wth ts falty to anel e N sele ton Esure en N seleton s an elled on pnard mahes The floats are so short at eah e that s mossble mossb le o sew hem h em o of he way to vod 'show througCaellg througCaellg ed N eeo also ensures that tey are no tansferred by he lae arage U�e abr softener whe washg ga mnt as t greaty great y mproves te feel ad handle of te abr BACK
Wth RB posto set ane for x Psh 1 461 7094] Ns o MB ad orspodg Ns on RB to WPArrange WPArrange N or 1 x rb lde lever II CAR Usg M �. st on ad K3 tublar ro ro Usng MT-3/MT-3 K2 rowsTrasfer ss to MB* **e RC a 000. Usng MT K4 rows SIZES fshe garent and sold o e nse pnhrd/pogram pa 1 on rs To sut bus bus 8691 961 0 0110606- m m used to measure work on he mane row et arr to seet pa ad K row CA Usng MC n eeder /A through Fnshed masureet 9713129Jcm ot ad o 1 eeder 2/B K2 ows PUNCHCARD AERN Legth 68S7 1 72m Usg ol 2 feeer 2/B K2 rows Punh cards before starng to knt leeve seam 33S34S3Sm RC 29 end of pa 1 CA) e arr for Fgures sqare brakets ] refe to st s ad usg MC KS ows RC 34 larger szes; where there s only one set MY SHEET/LECTRONIC Mark mylar sheet/program pattens Reverse kntg sng garter bar or of fgures ths apples to all szes noe) Pae CA K3 K3 ows before sartg o knt Mylar sheet o see speal noe) RC 3 CARRevese CARRevese kntng a pae ordnates are MATRIALS CA **Usg MC KS rows RC 42 Browell 4 ply Mererse Coto CAR nsert nser t puard/pogam or pa Patern Frst row o pa 47SS2SS7Sg 47SS2SS7S g n MC 2 on frst row Ensure Ensure end N seleton as row o pa 24 SOg n ea of Cols ad 2 aelle see speal note) Take ae eft edge of pa pa smll setnsleeve souder arr C) aross twe twe Usg MC K2 Rght edge o pa 24 pads rows Take C aross 4 tmes Usg aten 2: rst row of pa 27 MC feeder /A troghou set MB MAIN TENSION ast row of pa 62 arr or ar se Usng ol n eeder 30 sts and 41 rows to m measure e edge of pa 2/B K2 rows Take C aross 4 es over lae pa 3) afe washng dryng Rgt edge of pa 24 K row Usng ol 2 eee 2/B K and steam pssg teson a approx Patern 3 Frst ro of pa 96 row Take C aoss 4 tmes K2 ows 7=MT) as ow of pa 47 ake C aross 4 tes K2 rows ake Tenso ms be mathed exatly before eft edge of pa 1 C aross 4 meset meset man ar for st stang gaent Rght edge o pa 24 st ad sng MC K2 ows Take C SPECIAL NOTE aoss 4 es Usng MC K4 rows ABBREVIATIONS If sn sngg gater gat er ba the rbs can be worked RC S8 CAR C AR Reves Revesettng ettng as beore** ee page 3 frs and the rbber usrewed ad et RC at 000 CAL KS ows CAR NOTE remove fo ease o garte bar se f sert punard/pogam pa 3 ar Knt sde s used as g sde desed dese d Alenat Alenatvely vely garter garte r stth rows and wok ansfer lae pa throgh Measuremets gve are tose of ol be worked usg gater arage out K ntl RC shows shows 108(1 1 21 6]
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Cast off 13[24:35] sts at the end of o f next 2 ows.120(122124] ows.120(122124] ss.K ss.K until RC shows 94(198:202].CAR. 94(198:202].CAR.
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Note patt row.Using row.Using a separate piece of MC, st of 40 ss at entre.Using entre.Using nylon od, K 404 42] ss at L by hand taking Ns down to NWPCont NWPCont on em 404 42] ss at R fo fist fis t side. K ow.Cast ow.Cast off 3 sts at nek edge on next and eve fol alt row 6 tmes in al K1 row.Cast row.Cast off 2 ss at neck edge on nex and every fol at row times n al RC 26(220224]
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Note patt rowUsing rowUsing a separate pee o MC st of 14 sts at centre.Using centre.Using nylon ord, K 535455] sts at by hand taking Ns down o NWPCont NWPCont on rem 53[5455] 53[5455 ] sts at R for fist side. K1 row Cast off st at neck edge on nex row, K owCast owCast off 4 ss at neck edge on next and every fol alt ow 4 times in al, K1 row.Cast row.Cast of 2 ss at nek edge on next and every oll alt ow 6 times in al K1 owDec owDec 1 st at nek edge on next and evey foll alt row 8 times in all K2 owsDe owsDe st at neck edge on next and every foll 4th row 4 times n al.121314] al.121314] sts.K sts.K until RC shows 21622022]
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CARUsing nyon od, K1 ow. 152(15660] and work L side to co CARUsing Set RC at 000Using 000Using MC and M, K3 respond with R. rowsCAR rows CARRevese Revese knitting.Take knitting.Take CAL SEVS Work lae/Far Isle section as given given for Psh 08 Ns to WP Using WY and back rom** to .Afte reversing knit MT, cs on and K a few rows ending ending ting the seond time, follow te all ove
lace section as given for back. At the same ime when RC shows 6[5:3], inc 1 st at each end of next and evey fol 7th6th5th] row 91511] times n al 126138:130] sts. K505 K505]] rows. Inc 1 st aeach aeach end of nex n ex and every oll 6th row 604] times in times in all. 13 ss. Place a marker at each edge. K untiI untiI RC shows 11712 125. lace a marker at each edge (end of ndearm seam). SHAPE TOP
Dec 1 st at each end of next 35 rows. 6 sts. Cast off 3 ss a a beg of next 6 rows. Cast Cas t of rem 50 ss CUFFS
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With RB in postion set machine or 1x1 rib Psh 105 Psh 105 Ns on MB and correspondng Ns on RB to WP. Arrange Ns for 1x1 rib. CAR. Slide eve II. Using MC, cast on and K3 tbar rows. Set RC at 000 sing T3/3 K2 rows. Inc T by one dot on nex3 ows to T44. K nti RC shows 5. ransfer sts to MB. sng M K1 row Wth wog side facing facing pick up back neck and hang evenly on to Ns Ns K1 row manally and st of faiy tightly in front of gate pegs to pevent neck stretching.
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