We’re still knitting Christmas balls, and no, they won’t be ready for this year, they’re for next year. Last week we’ve elaborated a little bit about a few types of increases and decreases that might be suitable for knitting a ball. This week we’ll try to match increases and decreases. Visually the same Let’s start with the …
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I can’t align the increases with the decreases!
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Increases and decreases
As promised last week, we’ll dive a bit deeper in the different possibilities of increases and decreases. This will be a bit more technical than last week, but that’s because it’s actually real content. First we’ll talk about where to place increases and decreases. Then we’ll list the different types of increases and the different …
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10 different ways to knit a ball
Do you also feel that clickbait titles are nothing but a source of disappointment? I read a catchy title, I’m eager to learn something, I click, and I get to read the most simplistic series of commonplaces. So I won’t list the 10 ways to knit a ball. Instead I’ll make a short analysis of …
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Knitting Balls
So I wanted to knit balls. Christmas balls, that is, using my own Mergelland yarn. The famous Arne and Carlos wrote a book about it. I’ve bought it and tried the pattern using 4 mm circulars. Quite obviously they’ve used different yarn, so the ball I ended up making would require an XXL Christmas tree. …
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