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[freshstitches]

Truchet's Cowl is an interactive colorwork pattern based on the work of Designer and mathematician Sébastien Truchet. Each knitter can knit the pattern shown in the photo, or arrange and create their own unique pattern based on the provided colorwork tiles.

The possibilities are nearly infinite.

Finished Size: 22” (56 cm) around the top, 34” (86 cm) around the bottom and 13” (33 cm) tall.

Yarn: Baa Ram Ewe Titus, 350 yards (320 m) per 100g; 50% Wensleydale Wool, 30% Alpaca, 20% Bluefaced Leicester Wool.

 ▪️Color A: 30g, 105 yards (96 m) Parkin.

 ▪️Color B: 50g, 175 yards (160 m)  Yorkstone. 

 ▪️Color C: 50g, 175 yards (160 m) Eccup.

Needles: Size: 1, 2, 3 (2.25, 2.75, 3.25 mm) 16” (40 cm) circular needle, or size needed to obtain gauge.

Gauge: 20 sts x 40 rows = 4 x 4” (10 x 10 cm) square on size 2 (2.75mm) needles in stranded colorwork pattern.

Other Materials: Stitch markers in various colors, graph paper, scissors, tape, steamer, surface for blocking, tapestry needle.

History

Truchet Tiles are a symmetry game, first recorded in 1704 by Sébastien Truchet. His original tile game consisted of squares split along the diagonal into two triangles of contrasting colors. In quilting this shape is known as a “Half-Square Triangle”

Visit https://dmackinnon1.github.io/truchet/ to see an online version of his tiles.

More Yarn Info

This cowl works well with any fingering weight yarn. Thesample was knit from a set of leftovers from the Corner  Point Scarf and the yarn is unfortunately discontinued.

The fuzzy, wooly qualities of this non-superwash yarn are similar to John Arbon Devonia 4-Ply. 

The pattern is fully adjustable for any gauge. You can find it on Ravelry and on my website.

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New Teen Titans sweater!!! (with my charts and the pattern i used included!--feel free to use!)

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The Shawlidarity pattern is live!! Proceeds from this patttern will go to Palestinian fundraisers vetted through gazafunds.org

In the works is a Progress Pride variant - if you purchase the pattern now, you will receive a copy as an update when it goes live

Sliding scale pricing - see the listing for coupon codes

If you are not able to use Ravelry for accessibility reasons, message me with proof of donation in any amount to a relevant fundraiser (gofundme, PCRF, operation olive branch, etc) and your email and I will send you a copy

Thank you to @otherfireangel for test knitting!!

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Just finished my Let’s Boo-gie Sweater by Yarn Love Yarn

size XL and cotton yarn!

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Thursday, September 7.

Knitting.

This is a public service announcement.

Well, this is sort of a public service announcement. It's an announcement serving the great and the good of the #knitting public, to be precise. If this public includes your fine self, then boy, have we got news for you. 

Knitting is trending. Knitting is up there, in fact. So we are putting the usual on the backburner for today: no Pedro Pascal, no farmcore, no Riverdale, no Dimension 20, no David Tennant, no The Sims 4, and no dark f*cking academia. This one is all about you: you good folk with your yarn in one hand and needles in the other. For today is your day, your moment in the sun.

However you chose to celebrate is very much at your discretion, but we would hope you do so by doing what you do best, and, say, knit the pink trending icon or something. If you are a knitter not yet in Tumblr's vast community of cuddly autumnal creators, or if you simply appreciate this wonderful craft, welcome. Make yourself at home.  

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A charming and handsome lad

[freshstitches]

I finally published the project for my dice roll scarf that went viral last month. If you love dice games, you'll enjoy knitting this pattern.

The color work in this project is determined by an algorithm, a set of rules that determine the final outcome. There isn't an exact set of instructions for this project. Instead, the knitter uses four 10-sided dice or a random number generator to pick the length of the colorwork in each row. 

The result is a staggered stripe sequence along the edge of the shawl. There are trillions of unique outcomes, so no two projects turn out exactly alike. The pattern uses about 500 yards of yarn in total, but the amount of each color that you'll need is randomly determined. Before publishing, I wanted to find out the minimum and maximum amount of each color required to make the project and the probability of each outcome.

The knowledge needed to calculate the yardage was a bit beyond my skill level, but my friend Mary W. Martin helped me gather this info. I used an online probability calculator to find out the probability of each unique stitch count. The results are slightly different depending on whether you use four 10-sided dice (blue) or pick a random number (yellow), but 99% of all possible results fall within a very small range. 

It was an interesting little tangent, but not hugely important to the actual knitting pattern. I can, however, confidently say there is a >99.9% chance that you'll need a 2nd skein of the main color. If you want to know more about the math, you should check out my project notes on Ravelry. 

The thick and thin striped colorwork is created with a super simple "long stitch" technique. The pattern looks great in fluffy mohair or contrasting colors of basic wool and the instructions include some basic tips for substituting yarns or changing the gauge.

Finished Size: 18 x 68” (46 x 172 cm) rectangular wrap.

Yarn: Approx. 315 yards (288 m) of MC and approx. 264 yards (241 m) of CC. Yardage may vary, see notes on yardage below and yardage chart in photos.

• Main Color (2 skeins) - JMR Studio Worsted Weight Mohair, 245 yards (225 m) per 4 oz; 78% Mohair, 13% Wool, 9% Nylon.

• Contrast Color (1 skein each, both yarns held together) - JMR Studio Fingering Weight Mohair, 320 yards (293 m) per 100g; 63% Silk, 23% Kid Mohair, 11% Nylon, 3% Polyester Held with Lavender Lune Yarn Co. Suri Alpaca, 328 yards (300 m) per 50g; 74% Suri Alpaca, 26% Silk.

Yardage: The amount of each color used for this pattern fluctuates based on the random numbers used to determine the stitch pattern. MC uses approx. 233 to 315 yards (213 to 288m) and CC uses approx. 182 to 264 yards (166 to 241m). 99% of possible results fall within a much smaller range. The Yardage Chart shows the distribution of all potential yardage outcomes.

Needles: Size 8 (5 mm) straight needles, or size needed to obtain gauge. NOTE: Straight needles work best with long stitches. Circular needles with a thin cord allow the long stitches to tighten and stretch, making them harder to manipulate.

Gauge: 12 sts x 14 rows = 4 x 4” (10 x 10 cm) square in pattern.

Other Materials: 10 sided die or random number generator, stitch marker, scale, tapestry needle.

Generating numbers: In my sample, I used four ten-sided dice (D10) to choose a number between 4 and 40 sts. If you don't have dice, you can use an online app like RANDOM.org to generate your numbers. If you follow this link, you'll get a list of 63 integers between 4 and 40. NOTE: Each time you visit the link or refresh the page, the list changes. You can also just choose numbers as you knit.

Pattern is available on my website and on Ravelry.

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Icelandic Cast Off

The Icelandic Cast Off is not particularly stretchy, but it is not quite as tight as the regular cast off.

So, for garter stitch, e.g. or neck lines, I usually prefer the Icelandic cast off.

Here I am using it to cast off the fingers on my StripesNFlowers Mitts

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i just released my pattern for “go knit yourself”!

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