Tag: Patterns

Brioche Pattern Knitting

unikatissima Brioche Pattern Knitting

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Recently I busied myself with something very special: brioche pattern knitting.
And now you can try it, too :)))

You can see on the picture a scarf that I knitted with the instruction further below.

 

unikatissima Brioche Pattern Knitting As you can clearly see the pattern is ‘normal’ on one side and inverted on the other.
Because it is brioche knitting nothing curls and the fabric is wonderfully soft.

 

I find brioche pattern knitting fun, even interesting and amazingly fast (but perhaps I only became a much faster knitter with more practice ;-)))

By the way I used one of my random squares as template ;-)


Links:
Brioche Pattern Knitting – Pattern Jade (unikatissima’s brioche pattern jade) (English) – PDF file(~ 620 KB)

Here at unikatissima:
Random Squares Pattern Generator

I have still more brioche knitting patterns in unikatissima’s shop, partly free, partly for purchase.
You may find there something that you like, too :)

You can find my designs now at ravelry

Endless Embroidery

unikatissima Endless Embroidery

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Ok, I must admit that the picture doesn’t look like endless embroidery, but it is: I designed the pattern (see links below) so that you can repeat it endlessly.
Besides the others embroideries I told about I like this so much because you can fill shapes with.
What shapes?
Well, you can sew a simple purse and completely embroider the flap. Or the lid of a round box (the item on the picture was meant to cover a lid). Or a pillow. Or along the neckline of a t-shirt. Or a linen tote.
It doesn’t matter what it is, (at the latest:)) after embroidering it it will be a very special item.

 

unikatissima Endless Embroidery Although I liked the item on the photo on top I wanted to see how it looks if I decrease the colour contrast of fabric and embroidery.
Hm, I like both ;-)

 

unikatissima Endless Embroidery Here I’m at work: in the foreground you can see my magazine embroidery hoop: it’s still fully functional ;-)
On the left top you see the iron-on copy of the pattern: I bought such an iron-on transfer pencil to trace the pattern and then iron it on the fabric. I even found a tutorial for this.
Because I’m not a good embroiderer and didn’t really trust the washability of the pencil I simply ironed the pattern on the wrong side of the fabric and embroidered it this way – it worked fine. I only had to turn my work often.
And because I made it on impulse I embroidered with sewing thread. It must look much better with embroidery floss.
By the way, the thick dots are French knots, it was fun to embroider them into the little squares.

 

In the file with the pattern (see links below) you will find the pattern as endless version (simply place side by side in both directions) as well as edging and border.
Now you can embroider all sorts of things to your liking from top to bottom or only partially ;-)

It’s as always: Simply try it out! ;-)

I wish you a lot of fun with it,
Susann


Links:
unikatissima’s endless pattern bulawajo: PDF file (ca. 384 KB)

Google search result for ‘Iron-on Transfer Pencil’
Google search result for ‘Bügelmusterstift’

Iron-on Transfer Pencil Tutorial
via: Iron On Transfer Pencil tutorial

French knots (English)
French knots (German)

Here at unikatissima:
Entries with the tag ’embroidery’
Magazine Embroidery Hoop

Knitted Lace Notecards

vintagekathleen Lace Notecards

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If you knit lace, e.g. for the Crazy Lace Cardigan or all sorts of other things, you should always knit swatches.
And what to do with them later on? (For me this is the reason why I don’t make swatches, often to my own disadvantage ;-)).

Anyway, I’ve found something now: you can ‘simply’ make knitted lace notecards with them ;-)

I presented a site with lots of knitting (lace) patterns before, so that you can start directly ;-)

And if knitting isn’t your cup of tea, it works of course with crochet, too, as you can see e.g. with my cro-tat card for Mother’s Day.


Links:
Knitted Lace Notecards (NotecardSharonFloralSquareDoily)
via: Knitted Lace Notecards for Sharon 2009
By her own account the pattern for the knitted lace notecard on the photo is Grün ist die Hoffnung which is available as free ravelry download.

There you can read the following: “Grün ist die Hoffnung was designed for the Socken-Kreativ-Liste, a German yahoo-KAL with 2000 members.
It is available in English and in German.
You can find the English version in my raverlry store for free. Please contact me for the German version.
For more information, see: http://de.groups.yahoo.com/group/Socken-Kreativ-List…“

You can find photos of Grün ist die Hoffnung here:
Hoffnungangestrickt
Grünganz

Here at unikatissima:
Crazy Lace Cardigan
Knitting Stitches Galore
Simple Cro-Tat
Entries containing the word ‘knit lace’

Custom-fit Raglan Sweater

ravelry Custom-fit Raglan Sweater

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What do the five sweaters and jackets from the picture have in common?
They’re all made following the same instruction!

Unfortunately I could never finish such a big item ;-)

By the way, I got to know the instruction when I found the Crazy Lace Cardigan, but I absolutely wanted to present the instruction once more separately ;-)

Addendum: Kalinumba told us that there is a (German) online calculator for the Raglan sweater.
We don’t have to calculate ourselves, there ;-)


Links:
The Incredible, Custom-fit Raglan Sweater
via: Incredible Custom-Fit Raglan

I have the photos on the picture from ravelry, four of them can be seen in internet, too:
1: vneck raglan for dad
2: Sensible stripes 3
3: raglan
4: only to be seen as ravelry project: First Sweater
5: DSC02052

Online calculator (Der ultimativ-simple Raglanpullover-Rechner) (German)

Here at unikatissima:
Crazy Lace Cardigan

Random Knitting Chart Generator

babyzcostumeshop Random Knitting Chart Generator

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As said before I looked recently for pattern generators and found also the random knitting chart generator.
I find this idea so great, somewhen I must knit this pattern ;-)

For the lace pattern on the picture I checked knit, purl, knit two together and yarn over, I didn’t check mirrored.

By the way I learned about this through the Ravelry group ‘Random Pattern Generators’, they found my generators also great ;-))


Links:
Random Knitting Chart Generator (Random Knitting Chart)
via: Ravelry group ‘Random Pattern Generators’

Here at unikatissima:
Kumihimo Pattern Planner

Maze Pattern Generator
Pattern Generator (Cellular Automaton)
Random Squares Pattern Generator
With this comes the entry ‘What Can You Do With Filet Crochet/Cross Stitch Embroidery Charts?’
crochet medaillon

Crazy Lace Cardigan

Stitch Diva Studios Crazy Lace Cardigan

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Amazing! A tutorial or rather a recipe on how to make a cardigan (or another piece of clothing) where you don’t have to sew and that particularly can’t get boring because you change the pattern every couple of inches following your own gusto – Crazy Lace.
I really consider trying it ;-))
But then I’d prefer The Incredible, Custom-fit Raglan Sweater as base.

 


Links:
Crazy Lace Cropped Cardi
There you find a PDF file where the following cardigan patterns from ravelry are mentioned:
Anthropologie Inspired Capelet DK Weight that linkes to the blog entry My First Sweater: An Adaptation and
Catherine’s Mini Cardi where there’s a direct download of a PDF file (~ 295 KB).

The Incredible, Custom-fit Raglan Sweater
via: Incredible Custom-Fit Raglan
And here you can see pictures of cardigans and sweaters made following the instructions of The Incredible, Custom-fit Raglan Sweater:
vneck raglan for dad
Jumper model
DSC02052
‘oxo’ sweater
icestormandpumpkin
Sensible stripes 3
Aub’s Half-Zip #1
raglan
29/7 The incredible, custom-fit raglan sweater
Craaazy! ;-)

Orenburg Style Shawl

fiberholics Orenburg Style Shawl

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Isn’t the Orenburg style shawl most beautiful?
I’d neeever finish it but, who knows, perhaps one day…
And I’ve made the stitch markers already ;-)

With these Orenburg style shawls I find the knitting of the broad edge fascinating: you don’t have to cast-on stitches, everything is knitted in one piece right from the start.
Good, isn’t it? ;-)


Links:
Orenburg Style Shawl (The shawl pattern) – there you can download a PDF file (~ 383 KB)
via: Orenburg Style Shawl

More information about Orenburg style shawls:
A little shawl knitted in three days explaining the principle:
26 february, 2007
27 february, 2007
28 February, 2007

kitty:my thoughts on square shawl construction
kitty: Orenburg Lace

Here at unikatissima:
Crocheted Stitch Markers