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    Simple Knits: Blankets & Throws: 10 Great Designs to Choose From
    Simple Knits: Blankets & Throws: 10 Great Designs to Choose From
    Simple Knits: Blankets & Throws: 10 Great Designs to Choose From
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    Simple Knits: Blankets & Throws: 10 Great Designs to Choose From

    By Claire Crompton

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    Snuggle up with these stylish patterns from the author of The Knitter’s Bible!
     
    This is a gorgeous selection of knitting patterns from established designer and bestselling writer Claire Crompton, author of The Knitter’s Bible and Knitter’s Bible project books.
     
    Featuring strong designs across a range of styles for those who are new to knitting, all the projects included are beginner, easy, or intermediate skill level. Along with patterns and project instructions, you will also find an explanation of the abbreviations used, a knitting needle conversion chart, a skill level key, a standard yarn weight chart, knitting techniques, and making-up techniques.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateDec 3, 2012
    ISBN9781446359983
    Simple Knits: Blankets & Throws: 10 Great Designs to Choose From
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    Claire Crompton

    Claire Crompton has worked as a pattern cutter, sample garment maker, and a hand-knitting designer and pattern writer. She has also worked as a cross stitch designer for a large needlecraft company, developing skills in charting and writing embroidery instructions for kits and booklets. Claire is now a workshop tutor and author of several books on cross stitch and knitting, including the bestsellingKnitter's Bible series.

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      Book preview

      Simple Knits - Claire Crompton

      Garter Stitch Throw

      This simple-to-knit self-fringing throw uses a miscellany of yarns for its texture and color.

      Skill Level-Beginner

      You Will Need

      Yarn

      • 18 mixed yarns of various textures and weights in pink shades, from pale pink to hot pink and light rose to deep rose (A)

      • 18 mixed yarns of various textures and weights in orange shades, from light orange to spicy orange and lemon yellow to rich golden yellow (B)

      Knitting Needles

      • One size 10¹⁄2 (7.5mm) circular needle 40in (100cm) long

      Finished Measurements

      59in x 79in (150cm x 200cm)

      Gauge

      12 sts and 24 rows (average) to 4in (10cm) square measured over g st (k every row) using size 10¹⁄2 (7.5mm) circular needle and one each of yarn A and yarn B

      Knit Notes

      When selecting yarns, use a variety of weights, fibers and textures, working in a two-color palette to ensure harmony. Among the yarns used for this throw are fine-weight (4ply) mercerized cottons, light-weight (DK) matte cottons, all weights of smooth wools, eyelash and ladder yarns, brushed ‘fleece’ yarns, and thick-and-thin, bouclé, ribbon and chenille yarns.

      One yarn A and one yarn B are used together throughout. Make sure that you work through both strands for each stitch.

      Because two yarns are held together to knit each row, thin yarns can be combined with thicker yarns to obtain the correct gauge.

      The circular needle is used to accommodate the large number of sts, not for circular knitting. Turn work after every row.

      This throw is simply constructed in garter stitch; every row is knitted. The fringe is made as you work by leaving long tails of yarn at the beginning and end of each row.

      Prepare Your Project

      Put all the yarns into one bag. Pull out one yarn A and one yarn B at random and start knitting. When you have finished with them, put them both into a second bag. Pull out the next two at random from the first bag and repeat until all the yarns have been used, then begin again. This makes your color choices totally random and creates some very interesting yarn combinations. If you run out of one yarn, simply replace it with a new one so that you keep 18 of each color range.

      Knit Your Throw

      Using one each of yarn A and yarn B, cast on 165 sts loosely using the cable cast-on method, leaving a tail of at least 8in (20cm) at the beginning. Cut off these two yarns, leaving a long tail of a similar length. (It is not necessary measure the thread length each time as the fringe is much

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