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Friday, August 02, 2024

Ladder back Jacquard

This is the first sweater I ever knit. Many of you will recognize the pattern - Patons book 440. I was taught that you only carry your floats for 3 stitches before catching them.
Some knitters will catch their floats after 6 stitches. If you carry your floats too far it can pull your knitting in and you end up with puckers in the colourwork. There is a new technique called Ladder Back Jacquard that I’ve heard about on Instagram and finally watched a video this morning.
Ladder Back Jacquard - invisibly manage long floats in stranded knitting.

Take out some scrap yarn and try this. It will be a game changer.

We did the draw for the Knitter’s Pride needles this morning. Congratulations Laura B from Simcoe. Laura has 2 weeks to claim the prize. If we don’t hear from her we will redraw.

Thank you to everyone who entered.

My sweater is growing and I’m hoping to get a big junk knit over the weekend. We aren’t going to the cottage over the weekend but dad and Beth might sneak up on Tuesday. Now back to the Olympics. We watched the men’s 10,000km run earlier today. What an amazing race!
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3 comments:

  1. Kim8:27 PM

    I swear that I have this sweater, knit in shades of burgundy, rose, and white Lopi. My mother took a class with you back in the early 90s- it was a Learn to Knit class. Participants were told that the project would teach all the basic skills that they would ever need. The sweater- close to 35 years old? is still beautiful! Thank you Beth!

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  2. Anonymous9:06 AM

    Hi Julie. Thanks for the tip about Ladder Back Jacquard. I will try it out.
    I am enjoying the Olympics this time. Canada is doing well, and it's perfect weather to hide inside with the A/C and cheer them on.
    Love the sweater, made a few myself.
    Wendy from Elmira.

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  3. Kathy E.7:51 AM

    Thanks for video on ladderback jaquard, Julie. I was taught to catch my floats every 3 stitches over 60 years ago. This is a huge game changer! We are never too old to learn a new technique. Thanks again.

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