Need Help?Fairisle: What knitting machines do best - Replay Live Archive
What is Fairisle?
How can you use it for designs?
What about tension?
Dealing with Floats
How can you use it for designs?
What about tension?
Dealing with Floats
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Links mentioned in the Meeting
Classroom: FairsleChristmas Stocking Knit-Along
Stitch World Books
Clacton Scarf
Lady Leopard pattern
Courses:
Automatic Stitch PatterningMaster LK150 Patterning
| Darlene S thanks so much! |
| Bettina B I love that leopard jacket |
| Cherie S Thank you Sue |
| Sandra G Thanks |
| Marie-Jo C A couple of technics to try ! Thank you, Sue! |
| Nancy M will send a pic of the inspiration |
| Bettina B Have a nice day, Thank You |
| Barbara N thank you ! great smiles! |
| Karin R I just sent the pic via mail |
| Linda B Thanks for the info be bless |
| Nancy M making Christmas poppers is a great way to practice small fairisle |
| Morag W I fancy a fairisle waistcoat can I do that? |
| Cherie S How do you short row with fairisle? I've just started working on the Christmas stocking |
| Kim W Thanks for the stocking it is my gift for christmas |
| Morag W Thank you really interesting again. Must have a look for patterns |
| Barbara N stretchy stocking liners so you can stuff more into stocking |
| Karin R no, I'll send a Photo of what I meant |
| Cherie S Try fleece fabric It stretches more. |
| Bev I am in the finishing stage of lining my blanket with fabric. Sometimes I find the knit path stretch too much |
| Bettina B In Norway we use a lot of wool, that is not superwashed, the felting process by use and/or washing secures the floats, used for gloves |
| Scott V for sweaters suit lining works great |
| Karin R I prefer to use additional thin strands of colour matched yarn that go over the floats and then are hung onto needles - less distortion on the right side, but a lot hand manipulation |
| Cheryl S Years ago used a fusible knit, ironed on for the floats BUT found the knit lost its stretch. |
| Bettina B You can latch them and hang the last stitch on the needle, that disturbs lesss, i think |
| Karin R that's often visible on the right side :-( |
| Kim W have problem with the gauge on hand manipilated some stiches small and some big |
| Barbara N im kind of confused on the difference between fair isle an intarsia |
| Scott V gwen you can i ahve seen it. |
| Gwen A can you use the intarsia on the Lk 150. machine? |
| Kim W wow that is a lot |
| Nancy M the sleeves could be done in a full needle rib for a denser fabric too |
| Cherie S can you do that for full body where you use a pattern insert? |
| Kim W drive me crazy |
| Kim W I am sorry Mickey is in intarsia |
| Nancy M fairisle an easy way to make a winter weight garment |
| Nancy M I prefer to match the stitch gauge so there's no increase or decrease |
| Cheryl S So would you increase the 4 stiches within the 25 stitches and not at the ends |
| Kim W I was so upset trying to complete a Mickey mouse i took it off the machine it look better now i let it sit. |
| Elvira M Hi from Portugal |
| Mary Ann B Sorry some think like user error. |
| Mary Ann B I'm getting some talkover. |
| Anneb Hi from the uk |
| Beth G Beth near Niaggara Falls Canada |
| Cheryl S Hello from Cheryl Little Britain, Ontario, Canada |
| Morag W Do you not work with Matt now? |
| Matthew F I can do the map! |
| Marjorie M back from my summer place with little internet. So glad to be here again. |
| Dawn W Hello from the gray skies of SW Ohio |
| Eleanor L Eleanor Leap |
| Matthew F Matt is in the house!!! |
| Joy G Hi from Norfolk in the UK ð |
| Nosub N Matt is in the house |
| Julie L :) |
| Barbara N hello its Barbara from Blue Hill Maine! |
| Griselle L Good Morning from Mequon, WI! |
| Sadye H Im from Los Angeles! Working with a Studio SK-303 machine that I received from a friend's mother! Curious about using two colors at once. |
| Pat Y Hi from Nova Scotia , Canada . My first time here ! |
| Mary Ann B Good morning/afternoon from cloudy Minnesota. |
| Scott V sue do you need to do a fairisle swatch |
| Scott V very imporant cause when using 2 colors you may need to lossen the tension |
| Wanda S Morning from Sunny South California! |
| Terri S Hello from 60 miles south of Montreal , in NewYork |
| Scott V im from outside philly |
| Darlene S can hear you and see you well, and love your shirt |
| Priscilla D Priscilla says HI |
| Linda H Hi from Pennsylvania. I have a fairisle sweater on the machine now. |
| Cherie S Hello everyone from Canada's West Coast |
| Karin R looking for winter themed fair isle patterns for my round yoke jumper |
| Scott V hello everyone |
| Karin R Today I've started knitting my first round yoke sweater on the machine! If that kid's jumper works, I'll start a bigger one (for me) |
| Nancy M Nancy Mangeri in Kansas here . |
| Patricia H HI from Louisiana! |
| Morag W I've been knitting hats and fingerless gloves for the homeless |
| Joan W Hi from Mew Zealand |
| Doris H Hi everyone from Irelnd |
| Shane D Shane From TN |
| Heidi B Hello from the mountains of Utah |
| Jenny M B Hi everyone, from cool and damp North Wales! |
| Karin R Hi from Germany |
| Maria Cruz O Hi everyone from Spain |
| Marie-Jo C Hello, Marie-Jo here from France. Glad to join the meeting! |
| Juavue H Hello everyone from Naperville, IL. Looking forward to the class. |
| Julie L Hello, everyone. Julie from Minnesota here. |
| Darlene S hi from Collingwood ontario canada |
| Bettina B Hei, Tina from Norway here :-) |
| Sue J J Hi Morag! |
| Morag W Hello Glad to be here |
| Sue J J hello! welcome! we'll be starting soon ... |
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