Re: Combining knitting with crocheting
- From: dicconf@xxxxxxxxx (Richard Eney)
- Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 04:24:26 -0000
In article <1155443337.089072.326120@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Padishar Creel <cafanning@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On a future project, I am considering knitting a bedspread afghan with
seed stitch and slipping the first stitch on each row in order to have
a nice tight stitch to do a crocheted border around the entire afghan.
Has anyone seen a pattern something like this that combines crochet
with knitting?
Not exactly like that, but when I first started knitting in the 1960s,
virtually all patterns had a narrow crocheted edge. It's not at all
unheard of. American single crochet (UK double crochet) is almost
the same as binding off, anyway.
I am thinking about using Lion Brand Wool-Ease® Thick & Quick®: (or
equivalent) http://cache.lionbrand.com/yarns/we-thick.htm to make
the bedspread afghan. I want to make this for my eldest daughter and
she has a queen size bed.
Thick & Quick on US size 14 needles ought to work up fairly quickly,
even for a queen size. That'll be a thick and heavy afghan.
My question, is that I want a 6 inch contrasting crocheted border with<snip>
a single color seed-stitched internal panel. I would love if'n you
talented color coordinated folks would help me pick a light color center
panel with a darker colored border and tell me how much of each yarn
I would need to complete such a large project.
I would be using the recommended needle and hook sizes for this Lion
yarn - Size 14 needles for knitting and Size N hook for crocheting.
Not having the yarn and needles, all I can say about gauge is that you'll
have to swatch. Crochet is said to take three times as much yarn as
knitting, to cover the same area. Seed stitch will take up a little more
than stockinette because of all the purling. Swatch with the yarn in the
pattern you'll be using - a six inch square should be enough - mark the
spot where you stopped knitting, and rip it out and measure the length of
the yarn with a yardstick. Then multiply by the number of six-inch squares
in the intended top panel, and that's how many yards of the light color
you should plan to have.
For the crocheted border, swatch again, or maybe you could just allow
three times as much yarn as you would have used to do the border in seed
stitch, plus some extra. It's best to swatch; so much depends on the
pattern!
I'm terrible at colors; I would use neutrals, maybe an off-white, cream,
or eggshell shade of white for the center and a tan or even chocolate
brown for the crocheted edging. My reasoning here is totally practical;
edgings tend to get more wear and tear and pick up more dirt than the
center, so a dark color will extend the time between washings. If you
do go with a brighter color, use one she likes - there are lovely dark
jewel-like shades of all colors: emerald green, amethyst purple, burgundy,
garnet red, etc. I would definitely not use variegated yarn; it obscures
the pattern.
=Tamar
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