P488ORACLE 488 Mon10 Feb C4 1711:44  1/4      by Joy Gammon  INVISIBLE INCREASING Increasing the number of stitches on the needle in knitting is essential when creating certain pattern piece shapes, and useful for things like sizing, shaping, frills and trims. The simplest increase is just to work twice into the same stitch, once into the front, then once into the back. This leaves a bump or loop on the right side. To increase invisibly, (sometimes called fully fashioned increase or make 1) pick up the loop between the two needles and work into the back of it. > Home File Index 480 What's New 481 Bargain offer from MARVEL *** 184
P488ORACLE 488 Mon10 Feb C4 1715:38  2/4      by Joy Gammon  INVISIBLE INCREASING Another invisible increase is created by picking up the stitch below the next stitch, putting it on the left hand needle and working it. These two invisible increases are worked one or two stitches in from the edge, if increasing at the edge, and are almost impossible to spot, except of course that there are more stitches. A very visible increase is to work one yarn over needle which gives an additional decorative lace stitch and hole. more follows > Home File Index 480 What's New 481 Crosse & Blackwell Recipes 195
P488ORACLE 488 Mon10 Feb C4 1702:02  3/4      by Betty Foster  MAKING YOUR OWN FABRIC This week I have been taking a close look at the possibilities of prgducing your own fabric, both by weaving and knitting methods. I loved watching the weavers at work but felt that the dressmaker would need a lot of time, and imagination, to start producing fabric at home. Knitted fabric was much more achievable and I became very excited about the possibilities of using a knitting machine to produce fabric, either as simple rectangles or actually cutting out pattern pieces from the fabric you have knitted. more follows > Home File Index 480 What's New 481
P488ORACLE 488 Mon10 Feb C4 1702:17  4/4      by Betty Foster  MAKING YOUR OWN FABRIC With knitted rectangles you can use my Fashion with a "T" basic pattern to make front and back and two sleeves. I particularly liked the idea of knitting fabric for myself, because the same machines also knit fancy trimmings and bindings, which are so difficult to buy in the shops. I shall be starting to experiment with this idea, with the help of a husband and wife team who live near to me and have three different knitting machines. They got in touch with me because they have been using my dressmaking patterns on their machines with great success. Home File Index 480 What's New 481