Patterns, projects and techniques
This Cardi is chunky and fun and the pattern is free, but this little beauty will set you back just under $100 worth of yarn. But It is well worth it, it’s stunningly funky and Boho. This pattern is free and can be downloaded here.
Looking for more knitting patterns for knitted Cardigans? Check out these Knitting patterns we found on Etsy.
I feel like it’s been a while since I’ve shared any patterns for our circular knitting machine users. I know these devices aren’t for everyone but even though I much prefer knitting by hand, it is kind of fun to crank things out on these machines.
One of the most common early projects for a circular knitting machine is a scarf. Which makes sense, because it’s just one long tube and you can make it as long as you like.
One problem that comes from knitting scarves on the circular knitting machine, though, is that it can be hard to know how to finish the ends of the tube so that it looks like a finished scarf and not a tube of knitting.
If you’re not a knitter or crocheter, the most basic way to finish a circular knitting machine scarf is just by cinching up the ends and maybe adding a pompom to each end to cover up any hole that might still be visible at the end.
But if you have a little knitting or crochet skill or are willing to learn, there are a lot of different options for closing up the ends of a scarf. And this would also be true if you hand knit a tube scarf!
I recently wrote a post over at Our Daily Craft that includes five different ways to close up the ends of a tube scarf:
Grafting is my favorite because I feel like it gives the cleanest, closest to a seamless look. If you’re a knitter you may already know how to do it but even if you don’t it’s not that hard to learn.
Do you knit tube scarves by hand or machine? I’d love to know how you like to finish them!
You didn’t read it very well, are you trying to put us off?
It’s only advertised at $90 but that includes $25 worth of needles which most people will already have. So actually $65 and don’t some of the stores in America have quite frequent large-percentage off coupons fairly regularly. Joann’s are selling the yarn at the moment at a reduced price which would bring it down to $40 without a coupon.
We don’t get such good prices as that for Lion Brand in the UK