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Knitspiration: The simple pleasure of self-striping yarn
Stitchionary: A basic two color cast on
Pattern Pick: This shawl was made for striped yarns
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Knitspiration
π¦ The Simplicity of Self-Striping Yarn
For thousands of years knitters have been using colored yarn to create designs in their projects.
The most simple of these is a stripe.
But who wants to manage multiple yarn colors and weave in a bunch of ends before they're finished?
Sounds like a knitting nightmare to me.
Surprisingly it's only within the past few decades that some inventive yarn companies came up with a solution to this problem.
Today we're going to talk about self-striping yarn, and how it makes colorwork as simple as it can be.
Regia is credited as being one of the first self-striping yarns
What is Self-Striping Yarn?
Self-striping yarns are dyed at specific intervals to create bands of color within the yarn itself.
Often these are sharp changes from one color to another.
This process can be achieved in multiple different ways.
Large manufacturers like Regia have automated industrial processes that apply color to the yarn.
This roving yarn has everything a knitter and crocheter could want: it is lightweight, has beautiful self striping color ways with a subtle ombre effect, and is super soft. Each 85 gram cake has a generous 270 yards, enough to make a scarf, or hat and wrister set. Just like a Ferris wheel, you will want to take this yarn around and around for all your favorite projects.
Stripes are made easy with Brava Stripe! Tonal self-striping colorways are combined with our classic, premium acrylic Brava to become an easy-care yarn that stripes up with no extra work. The extra-long color sections create full stripes on a variety of project sizes up to 90 inches wide when knit in the suggested gauge, and each stripe is a semi-solid color to add depth and complexity. Brava Stripe is perfect for hats, scarves, blankets, boxy sweaters, and more!
Available in rich vibrant colorways, each skein of Urth Yarns Uneek Fingering yarn is crafted from 100% Extrafine Merino wool. These stunning hand-dyed to perfection shades bring fun to any project they're used in! Sweaters, shawls, socks, and more will be elevated to a new level, making use of the unique striping effect that this yarn is capable of.
Conclusion
So there you have it.
A few of our favorite self-striping yarns
But what do you think?
Have you used these kind of yarns before?
What was your experience?
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This scarf was designed to play with the color changes in a self-striping yarn with long sections of color.
Every time the color changes, the chevron pattern changes as well.
To add even more striping fun, vertical stripes are created with crochet duplicate stitch. A purl stitch is worked at the βpeakβ of each chevron, and when the scarf is complete, rows of crochet duplicate stitch are worked using the purl columns as a guide.
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