Patterns, projects and techniques
I’ve never been a fan of knitted jewelry. Probably because I’ve never really worn a lot of jewelry, other than rings, and earrings, and necklaces and bracelets… ok, I like jewelry just like the next girl, but knitted jewelry? Not so much.
But check this out! It’s cute! Give it some sparkle and it seriously rivals bling!
Pretty cool. And the pattern is free!
Click HERE to download your free Knitted Necklace Pattern from Ravelry
One great thing to knit when the weather is warm (or honestly any other time) is dishcloths and washcloths. They are fun and easy projects and a great way to play with new skills. Pretty washcloths make cleaning a tiny bit more fun, and they’re great to have on hand as a quick addition to a store-bought gift.
The Daisy Delight Dishcloth from Yarnspirations is a fun one for using leftover bits of green in your cotton yarn stash. What looks like the bottom in the picture is actually the left side as you knit it, and each little color section is worked with its own ball of yarn, intarsia style.
That’s a little fiddly for a washcloth, but the effect is cute, and it’s a simple way to learn the basics of intarsia knitting (as well as reading a chart) if you don’t already have those skills.
One the knitting is done, you add the flowers with a bit of lazy daisy embroidery, which is really easy to do even if you’re not that into embroidery. You could also potentially add flowers in duplicate stitch if you’d rather.
This may be the most work you’ve put into a dishcloth, but isn’t it adorable? It would be fun to use as a hand towel through the spring and summer, and if you already have some leftover green yarn from other projects it should be pretty easy to do.
You could also take this same concept and make it different colors. All dark green stems with stars on top might be reminiscent of Christmas trees, or brown with daisy stitch on top in different colors could be trees in the fall.
However you stitch it, this looks like a fun little project for knitters who are comfortable with intarsia and reading charts or who are ready to try those skills.
You can grab the free pattern from Yarnspirations.
[Photo: Yarnspirations]
I’m not a fan of the knitted jewelry either but this IS cute. We can think of it as a super skinny scarf, right?
Thanks for sharing this. I do a very straigtforward version of the knitted necklace – the joy of them is that they’re light, easy to wear and stretch over your head.
Do have a look at some of theses and tell me what you think….
http://www.folksy.com/shops/MosaicTree?shop_section=necklaces_knitted
I’m looking for more shops etc to stock them so please list any dieas that you have – location not important as they’re easy to post.