[NFB-Krafters-Korner] Afghan project rectangles

Fri Nov 1 13:04:31 UTC 2019

I have Volume 2 of the Treasury.  It's different from Volume 1.  
The diamond patterns are in the first section:  patterns using knit and
purl.  There are quite a few of them.  So far, my favorite is Diamond
Brocade, which is big diamonds outlined in seed stitch.
The Traveling Grapevine is in the lace section, as I recall.  
I have the book in digital braille in my notetaker, so I just search for
diamond or grape, for example, and up it comes.  Or I look at the table of
contents, and then check out patterns that sound interesting.
Tracy

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Took some pattern suggestions from that book. So where did you find the
diamond ones and the grapevine ones. I do have the Braille but didn't find
those yet.

Jeanette

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these books that Tracy just mentioned are available through Bard or your 
local library.

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The diamond patterns, and the traveling grapevine, are all in A Treasury of
Knitting Patterns, by Barbara Walker, available in braille from NLS.  It
might be in audio, too, but I much prefer braille for patterns.
That book is indeed a treasury.  I've got many beautiful stitch patterns
from it, which I've been able to use in creating my own designs for sweaters
and tops.

For my rectangle, maybe I'll do a bit of the grapevine and see how lacy it's
coming out.  If it doesn't seem good for a blanket, I'll take it out and
switch to diamonds, or whatever excites me at the time.
Tracy

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Tracy,

Would love to have a couple of your diamond patterns and the grapevine one.
If you can make rectangles out of them, great. I would stay away from lacy
stuff, as the fineness and the additional yarn overs etc. would create more
frilly consistency, and that seems not to be recommended for afghans. When I
chose the 7 I sent I made sure that they were considered good for afghans,
and none of the lacy patterns I looked at fit that description.

I can be reached directly at
Kutash-jm at comcast.net
If you are interested in sharing pattern stitches with me.

Thanks and have a great day.

Jeanette

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The diamond patern should be good.  I think we disided to not use lacey
patterns.

Terry

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I'd like to make a couple rectangles for the afghan project.  Some of my
favorite patterns create diamond shapes using knits and purls.  Can I make a
rectangle with one of those?

Another pattern I like is Traveling Grapevine, which is long zigzags of
eyelets in a solid fabric.  Can I do that?

Or I have lace leaf patterns-solid leaves outlined by lace holes.  How about
that?

If all of these are "out", please send me the approved patterns.  I'm a
fairly advanced knitter.

Thanks.

Tracy

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