Knitting the world together
This activity may need a bit of retail therapy! Work through this web page to find out what you need to take part in the tutorial.
Start by downloading the handout for the tutorial. In it you will find the pattern for the waistcoat that you will knit, together with hints and tips on how to knit it. To make it easy to follow, it is divided into the same activities as this tutorial.
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Before you start, please make sure that you have done everything in Activity 0. For instance, have you downloaded the handout and have the yarn and tools listed in Activity 0.
Instructions for this activity are on page 6 of the handout. You do not need to swatch for this project because its size does not matter. Instead, you can treat the entire project as a swatch to practice. Then make another one if you want to have a “showcase” to show others.
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You should have already completed Activity 1: Vertical stripe knitting and have 3 rounds of vertical stripe ribs.
In this activity you will learn how to read a chart for colour knitting and practice knitting with two colours at a time to create a motif.
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You should have already completed Activity 2: Knit stranded colour work in the round and have competed 2 rounds of your motif.
In this activity you will learn how to catch (trap) floats when you are knitting on the public side of stranded colour work. Catching floats helps maintain an even tension. Shorter floats are also less likely to catch in fingers.
The instructions for this activity are on page 9 and 10 of the handout.
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