TIPS AND QUESTIONS ABOUT CROCHET BORDERS What kind of border should I use? Most of the tutorials above I would classify as beginner crochet, so for those of you who are beginners, you’ve got this!ĭon’t have the right crochet hook? These crochet hooks have comfortable rubber grips and are color-coded to make things easier!Ĭomment below and let us know which of these crochet edging patterns you chose for your project and what your favorite yarn is! ❤️ I hope you found one of these crochet edging patterns perfect for the next crochet border you need for a blanket! Try it with cotton fabric for the pillow insert.This beautiful edging has a step-by-step video tutorial included, and it only takes 10 minutes to learn how to make this special edge! Taper the new corner back to full width 1/4 the length per side. So the formula to prevent dog ears is move the corner to the pillow middle one half to one inch depending on the pillow size. Finish by sewing the pillow front to back. The daring can machine sew stabilization stitches then cut off excess corner. 3/4 up the side, you decrease to half the stitches then short row a bit, then bind off. Short row fans might prefer to prefer to cast on half the bottom stitches, increase rapidly in the first few rows and thereby create the bottom curve and two side curves. Your choices: consider them lovable and enjoy your dog ears knit the middles more than the corners move the corners in about 1/2 to 1 inch, tapering to the full width 1/4 length of adjoining sides. The stuffing pushes out the middle but the corners, not so much. You cannot knit a square, stuff it, and retain a square. On the off chance that someone wants to finish with a square pillow without dog ears, there are ways. Anyone who wants to do a garment might consider the Diamonds Tunic from Glorious Knits as a starting point. You really are creating fabrics that can be used wherever you wish. The flexibility of any of Kaffe’s patterns is amazing. Or patterns that would structure the colors in softer, rounder, repetitive motifs such as Persian Poppy. Then there are patterns that would scatter the colors–florals like Kaffe’s Cabbage or the Big Flower Chrysanthemum. You might play with the idea of taking the colors in different directions, directions that would bring some complimentary contrast to the geometry of Kites and Cityscape. Based on this idea, you might want to reconsider using geometrics on all four sides of your pillows. The stripe works really well with Tumbling Blocks because, for me, it visually resolves the colors of the blocks into an even more structured pattern. The back, provided with the kit (I know, I am only now appreciating how much of a gift this was) is a Kaffe Fassett cotton stripe in essentially the same colors as the blocks. It was a free kit that I received as a “gift with purchase” a long time ago in the BC (before children) days. I did a Kaffe Fassett Tumbling Blocks pillow last year. It’s going to be hard for me to decide.įeel free to share pillows that you love! But this gets me thinking about colorblocking in a new way. Not sure I’d make the design commitment to doing intarsia squares next to each other in the same color, to get the tile effect you see here. This is a cool idea from Crate and Barrel. I can easily imagine having fun with this idea. These people are not fooling around.īlock printing is a weakness of mine. I’m not going to do log cabin for these pillows, but wow, she’s good. So many beautiful textiles coming from this maker.Īll kinds of wonderful in here, including her take on log cabin patterns. 2: Kaffe gives us a tour of his bathroom. I’m listening, Kaffe! All ears! Bonus No. “Think more dramatic than you have ever thought before,” he says. “Limitations can be very stimulating,” he says. 1: a little video of Kaffe talking about color. Needlepoint is very different from intarsia, but I’m jonesing on the scale and color play he’s working with here. If you’re in the mood to ponder pillows, below are links to wonderlands of pillows for you.Įhrman needlepoint kits by Kaffe Fassett. I can do curves and angles all day long, thanks to the versatility of the intarsia technique. Working in intarsia means that I have a wide-open horizon of shapes to work with. ( Felted Tweed yarn kits for this are in the Shop.)Īs for the remaining two sides, I’ve gone on an internet deep dive for geometric pillow ideas. 16: Painterly, so I’ve decided that two of the four panels will be those patterns. I remain besotted with the Kites pattern and the Cityscape pattern from Field Guide No. It’s going to be pretty straightforward: two pillows means four surfaces to cover. My thinking on these two pillows? Geometrics. “Come on, lady! Get going! It’s nippy in here without our beat-to-hell old pillow covers.”
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