Illusion knitting

General Knitting
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Ii love this site! My mother taught me to knit when I was 9, now I’m 52 and decided to try it again. I actually got interested last year when I wanted to make a scarf out of Fun Fur. The videos on this site are so great, when I get myself in a mess I can usually figure it out by watching instead of reading in a book. My mother has macular degeneration, so she gave me all her her knitting stuff. I saw illusion knitting on Knitty Gritty and want to give it a try, does anyone know where I could find a pattern with either hearts or stars with instructions that are EASY to follow?

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I saw that today, too. I don’t know of any patterns offhand, but here’s a few links that might help. One of them says it’ll help you make your own.

http://www.sparsholt.ac.uk/amb/Garments/milla/Illsun.htm
http://www.jigsawknits.co.uk/illusioncreate.html
http://www.lilocstudio.com/snowflake_illusion/

Here’s the link to the Knitty Gritty show with the project. There is a heart in that scarf so maybe you could work from that.
http://www.diynet.com/diy/na_knitting/article/0,2025,DIY_14141_3156492,00.html

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I made up a pattern for an illusion star scarf for my sister. Pictures: 1 and 2.

You can email me if you’d like the pattern. I currently have it in a word.doc format that I can email.

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What a cool illustion scarf, yarnpiggy!! Love it!! :thumbsup:

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what a cool idea. i love it!

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if you still have the pattern I would be really interested in getting it from you, thanks have a great day
Mar

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Marlad…the original poster isn’t active and hasn’t posted in over 2 yrs. If you need something that you can’t find ask in the patterns forum.

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I have just been so flat about finding something to knit, now this is something I can start up again with. is this pattern available,

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Again…the OP isn’t active anymore. There are lots of them on Ravelry though. :thumbsup:

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Here’s a site that may help. There are several patterns already charted and good directions for charting your own.

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Once you understand the mechanics of Illusion Knitting, you can chart your own. You just have to make the chart short since they elongate as you knit them.

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Is there any way to make a illusion knitting names? I would like to try that as a practice for my cousin. Thanks in advance.

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Welcome!
Yes, there are designs for letters. There’s a template here for letters that may help:

There are also a few tutorials online that may help you design your own alphabet.

Once you understand how to make illusion knitting charts, you can do whatever you like.