WILD KNITTING AND CROCHET WORKSHOP IN KOMMETJIE

I had a wonderful time teaching a Wild Knitting and Crochet workshop in Kommetjie at Natural Yarns Studio on 27 and 28 May 2017.

Gina is a lovely host who spoiled everybody with delicious food. The house offered a beautiful view and the weather was perfect with a light breeze to ease the heat. Most times we were able to sit with wide opened doors.

Gina got together a great group of people; everybody seemed to enjoy themselves and there was a lot of laughing and chatting as well as concentrated work.

Following a few pictures which were taken by Gina Ross, www.naturalyarns.co.za

The projects were inspired by pictures from books, photos or artworks. Carle's for instance by 'The Kiss' , Can you pick which one that is?

Sommer Sorbet Alpaca Shawl

Knitted with two threads of hand-dyed Alpaca Lace Yarn

stripes and wild lace 

Wild Knitting Workshop in Plettenberg

These projects were started during the workshop held at Wool & More in Plett:

WILD KNITTING 1

Samples for the Wild Knitting 1 workshop in Klerksdorp 25 March 2015

Wild Knitting started with "Winterbeach" , a shawl inspired by the colour of the Wilderness Beach in winter. The yarn was custom spun and dyed for this project. The basic shape of the shawl is that of the 'wingspan', different lace patterns, garter stitch and short rows are randomly used.

Sample 2 is the 'banana' shawl. It might look complicated, but the shape is easily achieved with increases. Lace patterns are random - no need to follow specific patterns. Material is a hand-dyed Alpaca lace yarn knitted with 4 mm circular needle.

WILD KNITTING 2

Sample II for the WILD KNITTING 2 workshop in Wakkerstroom 26 and 27 April 2015

Two irregular pentagons form front and back of a Tunic. Short rows and change of colour build an unusual piece. A mixture of garter and stocking stitches and yarn-overs give it structure. Material is a fingering Alpaca yarn in natural white and hand dyed grey, purple, lime and sky-blue.

Sample I is knit in Oriole - a Merino/Linen mix. Front and back are built from 4 odd shaped quarters knitted with short-rows in garter and stocking stitch.

FRAGMENTED - Wild Knitting 2

This tunic consists of 4 segments each for the front and the back. The segments are slightly distorted by combining decreases and short rows.

I used "Oriole", a fingering yarn, Merino with 10% Linen, 350m/100g, 5 colours, 100g each.

The colour placement is different in each segment which creates the "fragmented" effect.

WILD KNITTING tamed

The Windmill Kimono

the body consists of 24 windmill blocks, the borders and sleeves are worked in garter stitch with some stocking stitch - and short rows.

NOT TAMED AT ALL

This piece of Wild Knitting didn't want to be tamed at all. I can't even decide what to call it - a shaped wrap - a shawl with armholes - a pull-over - 

The construction consists of 5 panels - two for the back and three for the front.

The yarn is Lang, Mille Colori Baby, colour 845. I used 4.0mm circular needles.

PENTICLES / "WILD KNITTING TAMED"

The first sample for the next knitting workshop:

Das erste Muster fuer den neuen Strick-Kurs:

The combination of increases and short rows results in the long 'legs' that gave the shawl its name.

Aus der Kombination von Zunahmen und verkuerzten Reihen ergeben sich die langen 'Beine', die dem Tuch den Namen geben.

LACE ACCENTS

The latest shawl has only a few stripes of wild lace to show off the colour changes. The turquoise border shows the same (feather&fan) pattern with the WS rows in purl instead of knit stitches. The wide wavy border is worked in short rows.

MAKING WAVES

The recipe for this shrug I found on 'ravelry', also the idea of mixing different colour ways of sock yarn by knitting with 2-3 balls and changing every or every other row. 

I needed 450 instead of 570 stitches because I used thicker needles (4.0mm) and wild lace patterns. 

The shrug has very nice drape and is a pleasure to wear.

LOG CABIN CRAZY

Finished at last - my Noro Log Cabin Pullover. The colours came out nicely.