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    Blankets and Throws To Knit
    Blankets and Throws To Knit
    Blankets and Throws To Knit
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    Blankets and Throws To Knit

    By Debbie Abrahams

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    Over 100 different blanket squares can be knitted up to create a dozen unique afghans in a variety of styles. Projects range from baby's first comfort blanket in subdued pastels, to brightly coloured motifs embellished with beads and buttons for the spirited teenager.

    Full instructions are given for each square including expert advice on how to knit with several colours, plus how to bead with confidence. Moreover, step-by-step instructions show you how to piece the squares together to create the finished afghan. You can follow the patterns given for the twelve designs, or experiment with your own choice of squares and create a one-of-a-kind treasure to pass on from generation to generation. From an eye-popping Candy Mixture to the pastel perfection Queen of Hearts, each design combines a range of techniques and textures in a variety of sumptuous yarns. Fabulous in-close colour photographs of each individual square, and a full colour picture of the finished afghan show off these knitted treasures in all their glorious detail.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins UK
    Release dateMar 5, 2015
    ISBN9781910231531
    Blankets and Throws To Knit
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    Debbie Abrahams

    Debbie Abrahams is renowned for her vibrant, contemporary hand-knit designs that have inspired knitters all over the world. She has a keen eye for colour and stitch detail, which has resulted in unique designs for knitters of all abilities. Previously a Design Consultant Manager for Rowan Yarns, Debbie now enjoys teaching and encouraging knitters to keep the craft of hand-knitting alive. Debbie's most popular titles include Blankets & Throws to Knit (9781855859661), 25 Cushions to Knit (9781843401576) and 25 Beaded Knits (9781843404248).

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      Interesting ideas but a bit basic for me. It's a book I might borrow again to get some ideas for myself on how to design a throw and some of them are quite pretty but for me many of them really didn't sing to me.

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    Blankets and Throws To Knit - Debbie Abrahams

    Hand-knitting, for the creative designer, is not only a wonderful way to add to your wardrobe, but it is becoming ever more popular as a means of furnishing your home with uniquely crafted accessories. My intention, through this book, is to produce a range of knitted afghans that use a combination of yarns and decorative embellishments and that, at the same time, allow the knitter to experiment with exciting new ideas. My designs are a far cry from the traditional knitted blankets made up from old gauge squares.

    A range of different yarns in vibrant shades have been used, including denim, mohair, lurex, wools and cottons, along with brilliantly colored sequins, beads and hand-made buttons. This fusion of colors and textures creates hand-knitted textiles that are appealing to the eye and sympathetic to the touch.

    These projects are an invitation to all knitters of varying abilities to pick up their needles and come with me on a creative adventure, discovering the endless opportunities that are offered on these pages. Because each afghan is made up of individual squares, the prospective knitter can take needles and yarns and literally knit anywhere - on the bus, the train, at work or in the home, with each square being worked separately and then later stitched together. There is an opportunity to follow the designs as shown, or if preferred, the knitter can create alternative versions by selecting different squares, by mixing squares taken from various designs, by choosing a personal choice of colors, or by experimenting with a variety of arrangements. Anything is possible!

    Debbie Abrahams

    Illustration

    How to use this book

    Each separate square has full instructions, either in the form of a written pattern or a chart. In addition there is a color photograph of every square, with some squares having additional photographs showing different colorways. Each chart has a key next to it, and below is a summary of the various symbols used, both in the charts and with the patterns. Before you start a square, check to see if it has a chart, a photograph or both.

    In addition there is a techniques section starting that has step-by-step instructions for intarsia knitting (the technique used for all of the squares), bead and sequin knitting, embroidery and piecing your afghan.

    Key

    Illustration Square is charted

    Illustration Square is illustrated with a photograph

    □ K on RS, P on WS

    Illustration P on RS, K on WS

    Illustration Place bead

    Illustration Place button

    Illustration Lazy Daisy stitch center

    Illustration Cable six back

    flower power

    Illustration

    Being a child of the seventies it was inevitable that I would be aware of the influence of Flower Power. Throughout history painters and designers have used a floral motif in numerous ways, I chose to use it for its connotations of color, serenity and well-being. The traditional custom of giving flowers as a sign of friendship and love is seen by all as a humane, kind gesture and the stylized flower motif that I have developed symbolizes this theme of peace and love. Bright, happy colors are embellished with beads and embroidered stitches that add interest and detail to the overall design. While the flower is a basic repeating shape, variation is introduced through the texture, beads and embroidery. A significant feature of this afghan is the interspersing of vibrant stripes that are mixed with the floral motifs to create a checkerboard effect.

    SIZE

    75in X 53in (192cm X 134cm)

    MATERIALS

    1 pair US 5 (3.75mm/No. 9) needles

    2 circular US 3 (3.25mm/No. 10) needles 39in (100cm) length

    Yarn

    Rowan Wool Cotton

    1¾oz (50g) balls

    Rowan Lurex Shimmer

    (used double throughout)

    1oz (25g) balls

    Quantities given for individual squares are approximate fractions of a ball.

    Beads

    3/16in (5mm) pebble beads

    GAUGE (TENSION)

    sts and 32 rows to 4in (10cm) measured over patterned stockinette (stocking) stitch using US 5 (3.75mm/No. 9) needles.

    NOTE

    Single stitch outlines on squares Illustration Illustration Illustration and Illustration can be Swiss-darned after knitting.

    ABBREVIATIONS

    See here.

    FINISHING

    The sizes given for the finished afghan and individual squares are approximate. The number of stitches in a row, and the number of rows in a square differ in some instances. Therefore, when sewing pieces together, ease the extra stitches or extra rows into the adjoining square.

    Press the individual squares using a damp cloth and warm iron. Sew the squares together, joining bound (cast) off edge of one square to the cast on edge of the next square, easing in stitches if necessary, to form vertical strips. Sew the vertical strips together, easing in rows if necessary, to create one block.

    Edging

    MATERIALS

    2 circular US 3 (3.25mm/No. 10) needles 39in (100cm) length

    Rowan Wool Cotton

    1¾oz (50g) balls

    KNIT

    With RS facing and using A, pick up and knit 481 sts along the right-hand edge of the afghan.

    Beg with a WS row, cont to work in K1, P1 seed (moss) stitch, inc 1 st at each end of all RS rows, and foll the color stripe patt rep:

    A, 3 rows; B, 3 rows; C, 2 rows. With WS facing bind (cast) off knitwise.

    Rep for left-hand edge of afghan. With RS facing and using A, pick up and knit 333 sts along bottom edge of the afghan.

    Rep edging as for right-hand and left-hand edges.

    Rep for top edge of afghan.

    Neatly sew border edges together.

    Illustration

    Order of squares

    Illustration

    QUANTITY OF SQUARES

    Illustration Crazy stripe

    SIZE

    6in X 6in (15cm X 15cm)

    MATERIALS

    1 pair US 5 (3.75mm/No. 9) needles

    Illustration First colorway (x15 Illustration )

    Rowan Wool Cotton

    1¾oz (50g) balls

    Illustration Second colorway (x15 Illustration )

    Rowan Wool Cotton

    1¾oz (50g) balls

    Illustration Third colorway (x14 Illustration )

    Rowan Wool Cotton

    1¾oz (50g) balls

    Illustration Fourth colorway (x14 Illustration )

    Rowan Wool Cotton

    1¾oz (50g) balls

    KNIT

    Cast on 39 sts using A.

    Working in stockinette (stocking) stitch cont in stripe patt rep as folls, beg with a RS row:

    ROWS 1-5: A

    ROWS 6-9: B

    ROWS 10-13: A

    Rep rows 6-13, 4 times more

    Rep rows 6-9

    Purl 1 row B

    (50 rows)

    Bind (cast) off sts.

    Illustration Hot flower

    SIZE

    6in X 6in (15cm X 15cm)

    MATERIALS

    1 pair US 5 (3.75mm/No. 9) needles

    Single colorway (x7 Illustration )

    Rowan Wool Cotton

    1¾oz (50g) balls

    Rowan Lurex Shimmer

    1oz (25g) balls

    3/16 in (5mm) pebble beads

    □ K on RS, P on WS

    KNIT

    Thread 1 bead onto wine red. Cast on 39 sts and work until chart row 50 completed.

    Bind (cast) off sts.

    Illustration

    Illustration Exotic flower

    SIZE

    6in X 6in (15cm X 15cm)

    MATERIALS

    pair US 5 (3.75mm/No. 9) needles

    Single colorway (x5 Illustration )

    Rowan Wool Cotton

    1¾oz (50g) balls

    3/16in (5mm) pebble beads

    □ K on RS, P on WS

    KNIT

    Thread 24 beads onto red and 1 bead onto green.

    Cast on 39 sts and work until chart row 50 completed.

    Bind (cast) off sts.

    Illustration
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