Love Knitting for Babies - UK (2019-08)

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Intarsia feature

Whataboutallthoseends?
If yourendsareneara borderorseam,
waituntilyou’vejoinedtheborderor
seam,thenweavetheendsintoit. This
is betterthanweavingin beforejoining
becauseyouwon’tadd extra bulk at the
edgeofthefabric.
If yourendsaretoofarawayfromthe
edgetoweavein there,weavetheminto
thebackofthefabricusingduplicate
stitch.^7 Ideally,weaveyourends
intofabricofthesamecolour.If this
isn’tpossible,picktheclosestcolour
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patchesoflightcolour.We’veuseda
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Weaveyourendsinto

fabricofthesameor

similarcolourtoprevent

them bleeding to the front

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If youareusingverysheenyyarn,like

mercerisedcottonormerinowool,you

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becausetheyarnhasa tendencytounravel.

Whenusingtheseyarns,tryusinga doubletwist

to better secure the join made when you change colours.

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Intarsiais trickytoworkin the

round,becauseyouryarnis

leftatthewrong‘end’ofyour

work.Whenyoucomeback

tothesamepointtheyarn

willbeontheotheredgeof

themotif.Youcangetaround

thisbyaddingthemotifusing

duplicatestitch.Alternatively,when

workinga piecein theroundandaddinganintarsiamotif,

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thework,workbacktothestartoftheroundasif working

a WSrow,workacrossyourmotif,worktotheendofthe

row/roundandworkonemorestitchpastthestartofthe

round.Continuein thismanner,workingbackandforth

witha single‘overlapped’stitchatthestartandendofeach

row/rounduntilyouhavecompletedthemotif,thenresume

working in the round again for the rest of your garment.

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Whenaddingverysmallnumbersofstitches,suchasan

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themusingduplicatestitch,alsoknown as Swiss darning.

Threada tapestryneedleand,using

a shortlengthofyarn,tracethe

pathofthestitchesusingyour

needle.Thisareaofduplicate

stitchwillstandoutslightly

fromtheyarnunderneathit,

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Common problems

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troubleshooting