Extreme Double-Knitting New Adventures in Reversible Colorwork

199 Pages·2011·19.21 MB·English

by  Alasdair Post-Quinn

extreme
double-knitting

extreme
double-knitting
new adventures in reversible colorwork
ALASDAIR POST-QUINN
COOPERATIVE PRESS
Cleveland, OH
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ISBN 13: 978-0-9792017-7-6
First Edition
Published by Cooperative Press
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Patterns, charts and text © 2011, Alasdair Post-Quinn
Photos © 2011, Shannon Okey and Alasdair Post-Quinn
Models: Laura Laa Ceredona, David Dio Trittschuh, Alison Malcolm and Clara Malcolm
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For Cooperative Press
Senior Editor: Shannon Okey
Technical Editor: Andi Smith
This book is dedicated to:
My lovely wife Amanda, who, in our first year of
marriage and our first year of homeownership, has
put up with my obsession admirably, and with
whom I look forward to spending much more
social time “now that the book is done.”
My good friend and Common Cod Fiber Guild
president Guido, whose constant refrain of
“How’s the book going?” has helped me to
keep my priorities straight.
And my cat, Embers, without whose
complete disinterest in yarn this book
would not have been possible.
TAbLe Of cONTeNTS
Author’s Note..................................... 9 Decreasing ...................................... 54
Single Decrease Setup............................ 54
Introduction page 10
Left-slanting decrease (right stitch on top) ........ 56
SSK: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
What is double-knitting? ......................... 10 P2Tog:........................................... 57
What can I expect from this book?..................11 K2Tog:........................................... 58
SSP: ............................................. 59
Chapter 1:
The basics page 12
Double Decreases................................60
Double Decrease Setup...........................60
The structure of double-knit fabric.................12
Standard double decrease (center stitch on bottom) 61
Working with double-knitting gauge ...............12
Ridged double decrease (center stitch on top)......64
Double-knitting terminology ......................13
Following decreases in double-knitting charts..... 67
In defense of twisted stitches......................15
Increasing....................................... 67
Right-side increase...............................68
Chapter 2:
Left-side increase................................ 70
Double-knitting flat and
Double increases................................. 72
in the round PAGE 16
Following increases in double-knitting charts ..... 72
Standard double-knitting cast-on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
PATTERN: Bratach ................................ 75
Double-knitting stitches.......................... 19
Extroverted double-knitting ..................... 19
PATTERN: Silk City................................ 81
Introverted double-knitting ...................... 20
Standard (“two-colors-at-once”) double-knitting ...21
PATTERN: Silk Road............................... 87
Standard flat double-knitting......................21
Standard flat double-knitting edges................21
Chapter 4:
Closed double-knit edge.......................... 22
Two-pattern
Closed double-knit selvedge...................... 23 double-knitting PAGE 92
Open double-knit edge........................... 24
Standard double-knitting bind off ................ 24
EXERCISE: Algiers/flower chart....................96
Decorative double-knitting bind-off .............. 26
Double-knitting in the round ..................... 27
PATTERN: Open for Business ......................99
Double-knitting cast-on in the round.............. 27
Working double-knitting in the round............. 27
Permanent Blocking............................. 100
Standard double-knitting color-changing ......... 27
Adding a new skein............................... 29
PATTERN: Four Winds............................ 105
Reading standard double-knitting charts.......... 29
EXERCISE: Diamond............................... 30 Chapter 5:
EXERCISE: Diamond in the Round .................. 30 Multi-Color
Double-knitting PAGE 110
PATTERN: Corvus................................. 33
Color management in multi-color double-knitting . 111
PATTERN: Sierpinski.............................. 39 Multi-color two-pattern double-knitting ..........112
End management in multi-color two-pattern double-
PATTERN: Wrist Chakra ............................51 knitting .........................................112
Tension in multi-color double-knitting ............112
Chapter 3:
Double-knit
PATTERN: Struktur................................115
Shaping Page 54
PATTERN: Falling Blocks ..........................119
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Chapter 6: Afterword PAGE 176
New Dimensions in
Double-Knitting PAGE 124 Appendix PAGE 177
Double-knit cables...............................124 Slip-stitch double-knitting .......................177
C2B (cable 2 back) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125 Slip-stitch double-knitting edge stitches ..........178
C2F (cable 2 forward) ............................ 126 Slip-stitch double-knitting summary ..............179
Slip-stitch double-knitting decreases ............ 180
PATTERN: Vasily................................. 129
Two-pattern slip-stitch double-knitting ...........181
Two-needle double-knitting cast-on ..............132 Tubular 1-color double-knitting...................181
Lock-stitches ....................................135 Quadruple knitting...............................181
Transitioning from lock stitches to double-knitting 135 Textured double-knitting........................ 182
Two circulars and 3 DPNs......................... 136
Double-knitting in reverse stockinette ........... 182
PATTERN: Box of Delights ........................ 139 Double-knitting in 1x1 ribbing.................... 182
Double-knitting corrugated rib .................. 183
PATTERN: Footsies ...............................143 Double-knitting in seed-stitch................... 184
Double-knitting basic openwork ..................185
PATTERN: Whorl’d Tree........................... 149 Double-knitting short rows ...................... 186
Chapter 7: Alternative double-knitting decreases ............187
Finishing PAGE 158
Right-slanting decrease ..........................187
Left-slanting decrease ...........................187
Cinching ........................................158 Double-decrease setup...........................187
Weaving in ends .................................159
Blocking........................................ 160 Global key of
chart elements PAGE 188
Chapter 8:
Reading (and Understanding) Glossary of
your abbreviations PAGE 189
Double-Knitting PAGE 161
Glossary of
terms PAGE 190
Reading and translating charts .................. 164
Reading your double-knitting.....................167
Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Checking work in standard double-knitting....... 168
Bibliography.................................... 193
Checking work in multi-color double-knitting..... 168
Checking work in two-pattern double-knitting.... 168
ABOUT PAGE 194
TROUBLESHOOTING: PAGE 169
About Alasdair.................................. 194
Dots between stitches........................... 169 About Cooperative Press .........................195
Bars on the outside of the work .................. 169
I dropped a stitch!................................170
Accidental color changes.........................170
Going back to fix mistakes........................173
Missing color changes............................175
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