I remember learning about Parallelograms when I suppose I was about 6 or 7. There were two things that I remember very clearly about that class. The first was that they included such interesting shapes, like rectangles that a giant had pushed to one side.
The other was learning how to say "Parallelogram"! It's one of those words that just seems to have too many R's and L's in it – a bit like the word game we used to try to say really fast:
"Red lorry, yellow lorry, red lorry, yellow lorry…”
The other was learning how to say "Parallelogram"! It's one of those words that just seems to have too many R's and L's in it – a bit like the word game we used to try to say really fast:
"Red lorry, yellow lorry, red lorry, yellow lorry…”
I am continuing my “12 for 12” series featuring 12 different stitches from our Reversible Knitting Stitches book and 12 patterns that have been made using them. If you have just joined me and would like to read the first blogpost in the series, then please click here, and follow the links at the bottom of each page to get back here again.
Today I am featuring Horizontal Parallelogram Check from Chapter 7 of the book and a lovely cowl that Anna designed using this stitch, the Cloud Cowl.
Today I am featuring Horizontal Parallelogram Check from Chapter 7 of the book and a lovely cowl that Anna designed using this stitch, the Cloud Cowl.
I love the symmetry of angled parallelograms. They have a strong horizontal line forming the top and bottom but the sides are at a diagonal. This gives an interesting dynamic with other shapes forming around them. You can place an angled parallelogram inside a rectangle with two triangles to the sides, or place them next to each other so that the spaces between form into other parallelograms.
In Horizontal Parallelogram Check, the shapes are formed from purl stitches standing out from the knit background. The knit stitches form into their own parallelograms which look like they have been stamped into the background, so that the pattern seems in constant motion.
The pattern is most unusual and catches the light in an interesting way. It is truly reversible except that the shapes lean to the right on one side and to the left on the other.
In Horizontal Parallelogram Check, the shapes are formed from purl stitches standing out from the knit background. The knit stitches form into their own parallelograms which look like they have been stamped into the background, so that the pattern seems in constant motion.
The pattern is most unusual and catches the light in an interesting way. It is truly reversible except that the shapes lean to the right on one side and to the left on the other.
Anna’s Cloud Cowl design really shows this stitch off well. She used a beautifully soft, loosely‐spun yarn and worked the cowl on larger needles. This helps the yarn to ‘bloom’, trapping the air and making it super toasty. When you put it on, it feels like you are being enveloped in a warm cloud!
The Horizontal Parallelogram Check pattern looks so different when worked in this yarn. If it had been worked with a tightly‐twisted yarn on small needles, the pattern would have shown strong details and intersecting lines. However, in the Cloud Cowl, the pattern swirls into interesting shapes as you wrap it around your neck.
If you would like to read more about the Cloud Cowl pattern, then please click here to be taken to Anna’s Ravelry store. To read more about the Reversible Knitting Stitches E-book, please click here. The book is available for immediate download from the site.
Until tomorrow – Happy Reversible Knitting!
Moira
The Horizontal Parallelogram Check pattern looks so different when worked in this yarn. If it had been worked with a tightly‐twisted yarn on small needles, the pattern would have shown strong details and intersecting lines. However, in the Cloud Cowl, the pattern swirls into interesting shapes as you wrap it around your neck.
If you would like to read more about the Cloud Cowl pattern, then please click here to be taken to Anna’s Ravelry store. To read more about the Reversible Knitting Stitches E-book, please click here. The book is available for immediate download from the site.
Until tomorrow – Happy Reversible Knitting!
Moira
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