All About That Yarn

i’ve been up to a lot but this tea towel i wove today is the most important thing

plain weave on a mixed straight twill & point twill warp, i might post the twill ones but this is honestly my favorite of the bunch lol. i love dense warps i love rep weave & shadow weave & this is…. not really either but those two brain cells are definitely rubbing together.

Lizard coaster Pattern

Body - 00:00:45

R1: MR ch2, 10 dc in MR, slst, ch 2 [10] R2: 10 dc inc, slst, ch 2 [20] R3: (dc, dc inc) *10 slst, ch 2 [30] R4: (dc, dc inc, dc) *10 slst, ch 1 [40] R5: Reverse sc in every stitch

Tail - 00:10:30

R1: MR, ch2, 4dc in the magic ring, slst, ch 2 [4] R2: (dc, dc inc)2, slst, ch2 [6] R3: 6 dc, slst, ch2 [6] R4: (2dc, dc inc)2, slst Cut off long tail for sewing [8]

Mouth (red yarn) - 00:16:47

ch 10 R1: skip 1st st, 8 sc, (3 sc in 1 st), 7 sc, inc, slst, ch1 [20] R2: inc, 7 sc, 3 inc, 7 sc, 2 inc, slst ch 1 [26] R3: (sc, inc), 7 sc, (sc, inc)*3, 7sc, (sc, inc)*2 [32] Cut off and weave in yarn

Tongue (pink yarn) - 00:27:52

In the third stitch from the red chain, ch 10 skip 2 st, 8 hdc [8] slst and cut off extra yarn, weave in from behind

Head (green yarn) - 00:31:00

R1: ch 14, slst in the first ch making a circle R2: ch1, hdc2tog, 10 dc, hdc2tog, slst ch 2 [12] R3 dcinc, 2 dc, 6hdc, 2dc, dcinc, slst ch 2 [14] R4: 2 dc, 3 hdc, 4sc, 3 hdc, 2 dc, slst ch 1 [14] Cut off yarn

Upper lip - 00:40:15

At the 5th st from the head, insert green yarn R1: ch2, dcinc, 6dc, dcinc [10] R2: ch2, turn dc2tog, 6dc, dc2tog [8] R3: ch2, turn dc2tog, 4dc, dc2tog [6] R4: ch2, turn dc2tog, 2dc, dc2tog [4] ch1, cut off extra yarn

Lower lip - 00:47:44

R1: ch1, 6 hdc [6] R2: ch1, turn hdc2tog, 2hdcdc, hdc2tog [4] ch 1 turn Attach red mouth piece and tongue by sc in every stitch, slst, Cut off extra yarn and weave in Stuff in

Eyes (white yarn) x2 - 00:53:40

R1: MR, 6sc in MR [6] R2: slst, ch1, 6 sc [6] slst and cut off extra yarn Glue on eyes and heads for pupils Attach head and tail at opposite ends, Put stitch marker 4 st away from each direction for limbs

Legs x4 - 01:01:24

ch7, slst, skip 1 st st, 2 slst, (ch2, skip 1st st , 2 slst) *2, 4 sc, slst Cut off and weave in yarn

Abbreviations + additional links under the cut

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Single-pass brioche

Two-coloured brioche is a 4-row pattern, but it can be worked in 2 rows if you work both colours at the same time 🧶🧶🧶

Light side and dark side rows are confusingly similar, but it helps me to think that if I work a single stitch I should also end up with a single stitch and if I work a double stitch, I should end up with a double stitch.

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I’m still very slowly but steadily working through sampler after sampler with pleasing results. Also frustrating just bc I have so little time and so much fatigue.

This is one sampler from about 6 weeks ago that I think is particularly pretty, and a nice break from regular fans and footsides. There are some tensions issues; i’m working on that.

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My latest experiment has been spinning silk for embroidery threads!

The threads were certainly not perfect - I'm still pretty new to the supported spindle, so they were quite unevenly spun and plied. There were a few sections that I just had to cut out. Also, because it's silk top rather than reeled silk, the threads were slightly fuzzy with the ends of the staples floating around.

But - it turned out that none of that mattered very much? The big holes in aida cloth were very forgiving of variable thickness, but at the same time the stitches on the right side are small enough that the fuzz is mostly trapped down.

The final design has a really nice sheen to it. Compared the standard mercerised cotton in the final pic, there's a huge difference in how they reflect the light.

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