[Nfb-krafters-korner] felting blocks

[Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]]

This sounds like the basket weave on needles, right?

Terry P.
 

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From: Cathy [mailto:flowersandherbs at gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 6:13 PM
To: 'List for blind crafters and artists'
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] felting blocks

Hi all,

 

I've been thinking about how I should make my wool12" blocks for the felting bag for our upcoming class. I enjoy knitting the loom more then crocheting, so I thought I might use this intriguing pattern I found for blocks. Then, I thought about how I was teaching a beginner crochet class and thought perhaps I should make my blocks out of single crochet even though that would take a lot longer.  I am still pondering the matter. in the meantime, I thought I'd share the pattern for the blocks using the loom I am considering, just in case some one else might like to try them.

It is called the checkerboard pattern, which seems particularly appropriate for a checkerboard bag!

 

Cathy

 

Checkerboard

This pattern is made by alternating knit and purl stitches every few rows and pegs. To stand out as a pattern more than a texture, each stitch block should be at least 4 pegs wide and 4 rows tall. If your blocks have the same number of stitches as rows, they will be wider than they are tall. In the sample above, the blocks are 4 stitches wide and 6 rows tall.

This pattern can be done with e-wrap knit stitches, but looks cleaner with flat knit stitches. Make sure your flat knit stitches are very loose, or your pattern will pucker and look uneven.

To make a 4 x 4 checkerboard pattern, the number of pegs used should be divisible by 4.

Row 1: Knit four pegs, purl four pegs, repeat to end of row.
Row 2-4: Knit the knit pegs, purl the purled pegs, repeat to end of row.
Row 5: Purl the knit pegs, knit the purled pegs, repeat to end of row.
Row 6-8: Knit the knit pegs, purl the purled pegs, repeat to end of row.
Repeat rows 1-8.



 

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