Double knitting (English version)

   I like when you can make designs with the yarn. Sometimes you can get it with the stitches, with lace o with the different textures you get combining stitches. But when you want different colours, you need to use, well, different colours. Intarsia, jacquard and fair isle techniques (I will make a post explaining the difference) are ok, but they have a right and a wrong side. It doesn't matter when the wrong side is not going to be visible. But, what happens if you want a scarf?

   Recently I discovered double knitting, and I loved it. It allows you to make designs with two colours, with two right sides, like positive and negative. The result is double, but it's perfect for a warm garment. It's knitted all at the same time and both sides are linked. This allows you to have two-in-one garments, depending on your mood you can wear one side or the other.

   So I set myself to learn this technique. As usual, I began by the final part. As the more attractive part is making the designs, that was the first thing I attempted.

 

   But once the main goal was achieved, I began to pay attention to details. The way of casting on and binding off and the side stitches made the edges to have mixed colours. It’s not bad, but I was not pleased. There must be a way of having a neat finish and each colour at each side. And nowadays you just have to search. So I found the way.  

 

   And once everything is under control, I will show you some photos of what can be achieved with this technique. First, the scarf which make me be interested and which I will one day knit…

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Angela Adams

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   I'm already knitting some staff and I have several designs in my mind waiting to be knitted... I will show you.