Tag: Vianne

  • Picking Up Stitches for Vianne’s Fronts

    Picking Up Stitches for Vianne’s Fronts

    When you pick up and knit the stitches for Vianne’s fronts, you want to pick up one stitch per stitch along the cast-on edge. This allows the lace panels on the front to line up as close as possible with the lace panels back. Here’s where you should be picking up stitches and the direction…

  • Vianne Resources

    I’ve written a lot of post on knitting sweaters over the years, and many of them could be helpful if you’d like to modify your Vianne or if you get stuck at any point. Here they are in one handy place! What size sweater should I knit? How to modify a cropped sweater to be…

  • Casting On Vianne

    Let’s do this! Since the shoulder gives a lot of structure to the sweater, I’d recommend using a sturdier cast-on method like the cabled cast-on or long tail cast-on. I chose the cabled cast-on method for my sweater. If you’re not confident about being able to read your knitting or you’re newer to working with…

  • Swatching for Loose Gauge Projects

    Loose gauge projects create a wonderful fabric, but swatching for them isn’t exactly straight forward. Loose gauge fabrics have a tendency to wiggle around and stretch more easily than denser knits, and that means that the gauge you get when you measure your swatch that has only been laid out flat isn’t necessarily going to…

  • OAL Supplies

    Here’s what I’ve got planned for the Outfit Along! I’m going to knit my second Vianne using Hazel Knits Lively DK in the Poppy color. I need to double check my swatches after letting them hang out a bit (literally), and there’s a slight chance I’ll need to do a row gauge modification, but I’m…