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KNITTING WITH COLOR DOUBLE KNITTING |
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| A note about double knitting
from Grannie Linda: There is a great video of the double knitting technique by Amy Finlay. She gives a great heart-motif reversable hot pad pattern to try! Loraine Whitford has developed BEEEAAUUTIFUL double knit afghan patterns! Grannie Linda has made TWO and they are wonderful! I will include a few pictures here as to how I hold the yarn. Happy Knitting! Grannie Linda |
 A DOUBLE KNIT AFGHAN, BASED ON A LORAINE WHITFORD DESIGN, THAT GRANNIE LINDA JUST FINISHED!!! |
 I hold both strands at one time. This way I can knit the front color and, with a shift of my hand, immediately purl the opposite color! |
 Both strands go over my index finger, which remains straight and in the air for a tension gauge. |
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Sometimes I wrap one color,
only, around my pinky (before it goes over my index finger) and the other
strand around my two middle fingers, then over the index. It is a bit
tricky to "thread" your hand, but it pays off by speeding up the double
knitting process and managing yarn tangles! With more practice I began to wrap only one strand around my pinky, then the other strand just around my two middle fingers, then both over the top of my index finger as shown! |