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Add Interest to Your Knitting with Knit Pleats

March 20, by Sarah White. 15 Comments

knitting pleats book
The winner is spierssusan.

Knitting Pleats is an older knitting book that I reviewed quite a while ago, but I hung onto it because the concept is so fun and intriguing.

The book explores how to make permanent folds — aka pleats — in knit fabric by knitting for a while, picking up some stitches and working them together with the live stitches to fold the fabric.

It’s a really interesting technique to play with, and it can be used in all sorts of ways, from making a bag that folds to shaping a shawl or adding interest to a top. (Check out the patterns on Ravelry.)

If you’d like to win this book, leave a comment on this post by the end of the day Sunday, March 26. I’d love to know if you’ve ever worked with knit pleats before (I haven’t!) and what you might use them for. If I were keeping the book, I’d knit the Concertina Bag and Silver Darts, for sure.

Thanks for visiting, commenting and sharing, and good luck!

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Comments

  1. Jess says

    March 20, 2017 at 11:40 am

    So many of the patterns are very interesting! I would love to win a copy!
    Thank you for sharing.

  2. Carol says

    March 20, 2017 at 11:45 am

    If I were to win this book, I would definitely make the Ribbons and Ties sweater. It can be old fashioned or new age. I really love that one and also the Silver Darts.

  3. spierssusan says

    March 20, 2017 at 12:27 pm

    Yes, the silver darts shirt pattern is just beautiful!

  4. Christie Hardy says

    March 20, 2017 at 12:52 pm

    What a interesting concept of knit pleating. I would love this book. Thank you!

  5. Chris Murphy says

    March 20, 2017 at 1:36 pm

    Wow! I love the Sweet Pleated Neck Bolero!

  6. Carol K says

    March 20, 2017 at 2:46 pm

    Never thought to knit pleats, what a new and brilliant concept! I would knit the Lipstick Glamour, sharpen my skills and then design some more tops for my daughter. She is a Double D and so it is often very hard to find something that either does not look stretched to death round the top and fits the rest of her or fits around the top and hangs like a sack around the rest of her body. Pleats may be the answer to give that extra room.

  7. Patricia Casper says

    March 20, 2017 at 3:42 pm

    So creative. I love the Wings Butterfly shawl. I am always trying to stretch my imagination when I knit a garment by either adding embellishments such as. beads, fringe or flowers. Pleats would be so cool and original in a creation. Would love to share this with my fellow knitters.

  8. Susan Warner says

    March 20, 2017 at 4:17 pm

    I love knitting and this is very interesting. I think I may try to do this for my granddaughter for graduation. I think she would love it. I don’t do to much pattern work for I have had many operations on my eyes, I lost all sight but now have a limited amount back, but I think I will still have to try this and see if it comes out for me. Thank you for the chance in winning this book.

  9. D says

    March 20, 2017 at 6:23 pm

    I think elements of architecture (building in ridges, folds) is fascinating. It turns fabric into a sort of origami.

  10. Heidi Kirsch says

    March 20, 2017 at 8:59 pm

    How serendipitous. I just saw a wicked cool pattern for a pleated hat and I’ve never worked pleats before. Now seeing this, I see there is so many more fun things to do with them.

  11. Helen King says

    March 20, 2017 at 9:40 pm

    I haven’t worked any pleats in a pattern but I love the Three Fan Shawl!

  12. Tammy Chance says

    March 21, 2017 at 2:19 am

    Oh my gosh I. Would live to work these up. The are so elegant and I’ve never seen pleats bit definitely sparks one’s imagination.

  13. lindarumsey says

    March 21, 2017 at 4:52 am

    I haven’t knitted pleats, but it looks such a fun technique! I love the Silver Darts T.

  14. Heather Mitchell says

    March 21, 2017 at 7:55 am

    Very cool! I haven’t tried this technique yet, but I’m up for it! Thank you for sharing.

  15. Peggy R says

    March 23, 2017 at 3:08 pm

    I’ve never seen this technique before, and it has me absolutely fascinated!! The main project I fell in love with was the Borderline Pleated Trim Jacket, but would also love to try the Eve’s Ribs Sweater in a solid yarn or two solid colors, and the Butterfly Shawl was really quite unique, since I love making shawls!! The shawl on the cover is quite different, too, but I would have to tweak that pattern slightly, if I got good enough with the pleating technique, since I don’t care much for bobbles!! Thank you for offering such a wonderful, new and unique giveaway, that not many people will have in their collection!!

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