Isn’t this pretty? The tutorial calls for pre-bought felted squares, but I’m sure you can think of a better source, no?
This is a traditional Danish design and is sooooo easy!
Click HERE for the tutorial on Weaving Danish Heart Baskets.
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, by Terrye. 1 Comment
Isn’t this pretty? The tutorial calls for pre-bought felted squares, but I’m sure you can think of a better source, no?
This is a traditional Danish design and is sooooo easy!
Click HERE for the tutorial on Weaving Danish Heart Baskets.
In the past few years I’ve developed an appreciation for vests that I never had before. I had knit a few, and I liked them OK, but I guess I just didn’t fully embrace the layering possibilities that they can provide.
You can wear a vest over a long sleeved or short sleeved shirt, over a dress, even on top of a shirt but under a sweater (or over a lighter weight sweater).
Some vest can even double as tops on their own, like the Traveling Vines Vest from Amy Gunderson.
This twisty project is worked in a DK weight yarn and is available in five sizes. The chest measurement ranges from 34 to 70.5 inches, or 85 to 176 cm. It’s worked flat in pieces and, because of the somewhat high scoop neck and arm holes, it’s totally fine to wear by itself or as a vest.
The fun part of this pattern is all the little twisted stitches and cables, which make a very interesting texture that’s fun to knit and to wear. The pattern includes a chart and a written pattern. They look like pretty small cables, but there are a lot of them, so it might help to have a cable project or two under your belt before trying this one.
You can grab the free pattern when you create an account at Yarnalia.
If you want to boost your cable knitting skills, check out my collection of fun cable knitting patterns. And since a lot of these twists are small, you could also use this project as an opportunity to learn how to make cables without using a cable needle. And you can find more easy vest knitting patterns here, and get a little more of the story about how I learned to love vests here. Mostly it has to do with not wanting to knit sleeves, which I relate to a lot right now as I wonder if I could pull off a one-sleeved cardigan.
[Photo: Amy Gunderson]
Kristina (AKA maneki) says
Being Swedish, I always made that type of paper heart baskets for Christmas as a kid. One fab thing about them is that it’s pretty easy to make your own design depending on how you cut the slits. You can make many narrow slits, just make one cut in the middle, mix narrow and wide slits or even make wavy cuts.
Some make more modern patterns as you can see here: http://www.hemmetsjournal.se/Hemmets-Journal-jul/Julpyssel/Julhjartan-pa-nytt-satt/ Click the red text under the photos for templates (it’s a pdf file). That site also have a lot of other traditional and modern christmas crafts under the tab pyssel.