First Double knit project

[NorthernIrelandKnitter]

salmonmac, it was a bigger job than I realized and now I want to go back and make a change, I closed the top and now wish I had left a hole for the handle to go through. I pulled the yarn through the stitches and tied it off so finding the end of the yarn and untying it...I will attempt later. It was slip stitch double knitting and working in the round sans instructions was challenging. I just got back on line so now I can search out videos and tutorials and....

Well done on the completion of your project! There's not a lot online. I had a lot of trouble finding anything, but Kelly Klem has done a lot. She's a member of this forum. There is also a double knitting yahoo group.

Did you manage to find instructions for doing an open bind-off?

Gillian

[shadowfox118]

What are you knitting?

Gillian

I decided on making a small swatch that I might put into a scarf

[salmonmac]

You know, this is slightly off topic, but when you were looking for a new project, I thought of shadow or illusion knitting. Here's some examples and it's lots of fun to do and see.

[GrumpyGramma]

I decided on making a small swatch that I might put into a scarf

That's a great way to start! Please be sure to let us know how things progress. I want to do the 2 color double knitting as in the video but I haven't gotten the hang of working with 2 yarns yet.

Well done on the completion of your project! There's not a lot online. I had a lot of trouble finding anything, but Kelly Klem has done a lot. She's a member of this forum. There is also a double knitting yahoo group.

Did you manage to find instructions for doing an open bind-off?

Gillian

Thank you. I think I read here how to do an open bind off, when I did one, I slipped every other stitch to another needle, then bound off as normal. This time I actually knitted 2 tog. to form a single set of stitches, on purpose.

[DavidSydney63]

I love the look of shadow knitting!! thanks for that