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Bias-Knit Tie
Availability: In Stock
Price: $4.50
Item #:
EP0027
A knitted tie makes a great portable project, and its a good way to get used to working on small needles. After designing two attractive ties for the Winter 2004 issue of Interweave Knits, Shirley now gives us another version that features traditional diagonal stripes formed by working the tie on the biasstitches are regularly increased at one end of the needle and decreased at the other.
Finished Size: About 2 3/4" (7 cm) wide at widest point and 56" (142 cm) long.
Yarn: Jamiesons Spindrift (100% Shetland wool; 11 5 yd [105 m]/ 25 g): #233 spagnum (green), #595 maroon, #525 crimson, and #11 90 burnt umber (gold), 1 skein each. Yarn distributed by Simply Shetland.
Yarn weight: #1 - SuperFine
Gauge: 14 sts and 22 rows
Needles: Size 2 (2.75 mm). Adjust needle size if necessary to obtain the correct gauge.
Notions: Tapestry needle; size D/3 (3.25 mm) crochet hook; 18" (45.5 cm) of 1" (2.5-cm) wide ribbon for facing (optional); sharppoint sewing needle and matching thread (optional).
Originally Published: Interweave Knits, Winter 2005