{"id":269,"date":"2008-06-20T18:21:23","date_gmt":"2008-06-20T17:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/?p=269"},"modified":"2008-06-20T18:21:23","modified_gmt":"2008-06-20T17:21:23","slug":"surface-embellishment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/20\/surface-embellishment\/","title":{"rendered":"Surface Embellishment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last months knitting homework for City and Guilds class was on surface embellishment, mostly things added to a plain piece of knitting, but some were knitted in. I had had a go at some of the techniques before, but some were new, so a nice mixture of old friends and new excitement!<\/p>\n

The first old friend was the method of knitting with beads that I used on my bracelets. Here the beads are placed between knit stitches, and the piece is totally reversible.<\/p>\n

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Next, a different method of adding beads into the knitting. This time the knitting is stocking stitch, and the bead lies on the working thread in front of a slip stitch. The pattern is only on one side of the fabric, and this method seems to work best if the bead is a similar kind of size to the knitted stitch. I actually have a dress that I am knitting using this method. I have been knitting it for the last 8 years (ok it has spent a lot of that time in a bag). One of these days I will discover which bag it is in and dig it out and continue.<\/p>\n

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The last sample using beads involved sewing the beads onto an already finished piece of knitting. I was less keen on this sample. I think it looks a bit messy, partly due to the beads I used being rather inconsistent, and partly due to my not sewing them on very neatly. Not sure I will be doing a lot of bead embroidery in my future.<\/p>\n

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The next bit of embellishment was fringe. I’m afraid my example isn’t wildly exciting.<\/p>\n

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And then onto appliqu\u00c3\u00a9. I got a bit carried away with this one \ud83d\ude42 So many little leaves, so much fun, so many colours. I particularly liked the sock yarn ones.<\/p>\n

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Then a bit of Swiss darning (also known as duplicate stitch). My example is a little abstract, though I do think it looks a bit like an angle-poise lamp (totally unintentionally).<\/p>\n

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Finally, an example of embroidery. Despite my rather strained relationship with sewing I enjoyed doing this one, and I particularly liked the effect created by space-dyed yarn.<\/p>\n

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Now I had better get cracking on this months homework. Only just over a week til the next class.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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