Hi Spud & Chloë Friends,
Today I am demonstrating how I do the purl stitch. I hope these basic instructional videos are helpful if you are learning to knit, teaching someone else how to knit or maybe it’s just fun to see how someone else works a stitch. Regardless, I hope you enjoy this quick video.
Hi Spud & Chloë Friends,
In my quest to get as many people knitting as I possibly can and to get more kids knitting, I have shot a few basic knitting video tutorials that I want to start sharing with you. I have been asked a bunch of times to share how I cast on and how I knit and how I purl. I taught myself to knit as a teenager so sometimes I do things a little unconventionally but it all works the same in the end.
I have to admit that in reality I cast on in a kind of funky way but for the video I showed a more traditional method. Maybe later I’ll show how I actually cast on. You may get a kick out of that. I still need to shoot a binding off video, too. Even if you already know how to do all of these initial knitting steps sometimes it is fun to see how someone else does a certain skill. I always learn new things when I watch someone else do just about anything.
Anyway, here is a short video of the long tail cast on and I also share a couple of funny tricks that I use along the way.
Enjoy!
Hi Spud & Chloë Friends,
Before I went to TNNA, a couple of weeks ago, I quickly whipped up 9 tiny flowers in our Spud & Chloë Fine. My goal was to make my store-bought cardigan a bit more special. I think it worked. A little flower here and there is always a good thing.
If you want to add a flower or two to something or other here is the simple pattern for you to follow.
Blooms
Yarn: Spud & Chloë Fine (80% superwash wool, 20% silk), a tiny bit in each color, Popcorn #7800, Glow Worm #7801, Clementine #7802, Dachshund #7803, Cricket #7804, Anemone #7805, Calypso #7806, Tutu #7807, Sassafras #7808
Crochet hook: Size 1
Chain 4 and join to form a ring with a slip stitch.
Chain 1. Single crochet 8 into the ring. Join the round with a slip stitch.
*Chain 4. Slip stitch in the next stitch.* Repeat from * to * 9 times to make 9 petals. Join the round with a slip stitch.
Cut the yarn and pull it through the stitch. Weave in the end to the wrong side if not using it to attach to another item
That’s it! How simple is that? Now, I used a needle and thread to stitch my Blooms on my cardigan. If you are going to stitch your Blooms on something you knitted or crocheted leave a longer tail and use that threaded on a yarn needle to whip stitch on. I left the petals free and stitched around the center.
Let me think of all of the things, knit or store-bought, you could flower up in style:
bags, sweaters, hats, blankets, hairbands, headbands, barrettes, buttons (if you made the ring bigger the flower could fit around a buttonhole and the button could pop through the center when buttoned up), scarves, gloves, mittens, dish towels, napkins, etc. This list could go on forever.
Have fun. Flower power rules!
Hi Spud & Chloë Yarn Friends,
I’ve put together a video tutorial on how to fold the pattern box to hold the Spud & Chloë patterns. The steps are simple on the instruction sheet included but sometimes it just helps to see someone do the thing you are trying to do, right? With that being said, here is the video. Let me know if you have any further questions on the box.
