Tapestry Knitting

Moon Mirrors in Tide Pool and Fire Thorn

My most recent tapestry knit design, Moon Mirrors, received a little bit of attention when I first posted about it, but I wanted to point you to this tutorial detailing one method of tapestry knitting.

There are several things I like about this technique.  First of all, I love the look of strands!  Worked in a pattern as in the upper portion of the scarf at left with just little sprinkles of raspberry peeking through, they're simply delightful.  The purl side is also pretty cute. 

But it's the ability to make large shapes that really excites me.  Those long horizontal lines in the moons are done by stranding the moon color in front of the work instead of catching it on the back side.  Watch the video!  I still have some refining to do, but I'm enjoying the construction of designs that read well on both sides.

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