Workshops 1 to 3 base upon each other. I really advise you to do them all, and in the correct order. This way you learn and understand all the basics of Swing-Knitting™.
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Having completed Workshop 3, you’ll know all essential elements of “Swing-Knitting™“, and you’ll be able to apply them by yourself – now you’ll design and create your own pieces of wearable art!
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Workshop 1:
Basics of Swing-Knitting™ 1
Swingy Wristlets
as PDF download
- Theory of Swing-Knitting™: basic knowledge and vocabulary
- Knitting techniques basic to Swing-Knitting™
- How to build a “dark stanza” and “pause”
- Composition of the Swingy Wristlet
- How to knit dark stanzas and pauses
- Provisional cast-on by crocheting around the knitting needle
- Sewing together with kitchener stitch
35 pages, 21 colored illustrations, published on Dec. 10th, 2010
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Workshop 2:
Basics of Swing-Knitting™ 2
Swingy Slouch Hat
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as PDF download
- What is a „light stanza“ and how it is knitted
- Another way of designing the “pause”
- Composition of the Swing Slouch Hat
- How to make a “nice” upper head
- Kitchener stitch with purl or ridges
- An easy way to attach knitting in different directions
- How to make a peaked cap
35 pages, 21 colored illustrations, published on Dec 23rd, 2010
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Workshop 3:
Basics of Swing-Knitting™ 3
Swingy Shawl
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as PDF download
- How to combine dark and light stanzas – the full Swing-Knitting™ technique
- Another way of designing the pause
- Composition of the Swingy Shawl
- Knitting light and dark stanzas and pauses
- Pin interaction
- The “finale” of a straight knit
- How to knit “nice” buttonholes
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