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Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 15:31:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Tartan Knitter tartanknitter@yahoo.com Subject: [BOND] Re: Knitting Tartan Bette Holleman wrote: "I read your message on my Bond digest this morning and I am wondering- can you knit tartan on the Bond?" Hi all, I thought I'd post this answer to the list since we have some newbies who didn't hear the trials and tribulations of knitting a tartan. A true tartan has different colors of warp and weft yarn so in that sense, no you cannot knit a tartan. However, It is possible with a little work, a lot of planning, plenty of time (the bigger the article, the more time necessary) some hair pulling and generous offerings to the Bond goddessto knit a reasonable facsimile of a tartan. In truth, I wouldn't trade a single minute of the time I spent working on these. They have brought me such an incredible sense of satisfaction (even more so than my first sweater) that can't be measured in terms of time or money. There are so many different tartans that I'm sure most people could find one they like. So if anyone else wants to give this a go, I'd be happy to assist. Blessings to you! ===== Lis in Beech Grove, IN tartanknitter@yahoo.com Timmmmmberrrrr... Oh I'm a lumberjack and I'm okay. I sleep all night and I work all day. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 11:49:20 -0400 From: J Merritt jmerritt@roanoke.infi.net Subject: [BOND] Tartan Hi, A true Tartan has square color blocks as part of its repeats. This can be acheived by a combination of knitting and weaving. A knitted lace mesh is worked in a repeated, striped color sequence. Then the vertical color sequences are worked in weaving using the posts and bars of the mesh as the "cloth" to weave around. Susuanna Lewis developed this technique some time ago (I will be bringing a sample of this to the Wilmington, NC Bond meeting the end of July). Faux Tartans can be knitted on the machine by knitting stripes of color for the horizontal and finishing the veritcal stripes in various ways, i.e., dropping a stitch and weaving over and under the bars with a threaded tapestry needle, leaving a needle out of work and crocheting up the bars with another color, leaving a needle out of work, hanging this area on the machine, and working a crochet bind off around the bars, etc. Each technique gives a different look. I saw the pictures of Lis' tartans at Camp. Those that didn't see them missed out on some beautiful work. Jennie in Moneta, VA --------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 11:50:46 +0100 From: Susan Jane Caraccio susancaraccio@cableinet.co.uk Subject: [BOND] Re: Tartan knitting Dear all Interweave Press do a book on tartans, it is meant for weavers but is very informative, it gives the 'setts' for a wide range of tartan, (a 'sett' is how many rows of each colour is needed to form the pattern. It is also a good book for anyone looking into Scottish clans. Unfortunately it is not in colour. As far as I have studied them, 'true' tartans are a copy of the 'sett' ie if you have five red, five blue, two white, five blue, five red going across the machine, you should have five rows red going up, five blue, two white, five blue and five red, which completes one 'sett'. Susan in overcast and drizzly south-west London (very near Wimbledon... hence the drizzle!)
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