Remember to avoid long floats at the back if you can, to keep the back of the work neater and use your precious yarn efficiently. Now move on to the bottom of your next stitch and repeat this action to cover your area. Take your tapestry needle back down at your starting point and you’ll have completed your first duplicated stitch. Bring your needle up at the bottom of the stitch and pass it under both legs of the V of the stitch above, tightening the yarn to follow the diagonal angle of the stitch you are covering. Follow the yarn If you stretch the knitted fabric you can see how the yarn connects the stitches, follow the yarn to make your duplicate stitches. To begin, secure on the wrong side so that you can start at the base of the V of the bottom right stitch of the colour area. On a knitted fabric the stitches appear as a V, a completed duplicate stitch is made up of both of the legs of the V.
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To work out how much yarn you need for an area, you can count the stitches (say ten), then wrap the yarn loosely around the project knitting needle ten times, plus another 15cm for working with the tapestry needle and weaving in ends. (The background fabric is from Kokka's Trefle collection, the print is Lilac Ladybugs). True to the name, the socks only required one skein of Lorna's Shepherd Worsted Superwash Wool. Use the same colour chart as for the knitted motif and make sure you understand how many stitches it shows, usually show one square is a stitch, with a clear colour key. 224k followers More information I made these slipper socks from a pattern in Leigh Radford's book, One Skein. Bear in mind this does add an extra layer of yarn to the areas where it is used, but is perfect on stocking stitch for small fiddly shapes or letters. Rather than actually changing yarn colours as you knit, duplicating stitches with another colour can be a great way to work small motifs, especially if you’re not yet confident with some colourwork techniques or would like to make the motif stand out a little more. Before you start, look at the best way to work across the stitches, and bear in mind you may need more than one length of yarn to avoid having long floats on the wrong side.
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