Hello! I’m new here. I hope you can help me!
I am fairly new to knitting so bear with me! I am knitting in the round and making shorts for my baby. I want to put little designs (like a bug or whatever) on them … how can I do this?
Thanks for the help!
The easiest way to do a single repeat small design when in the round is with duplicate stitch. Basically, you finish the shorts and go back over some of the stitches with a tapestry needle and colored yarn – sort of like embroidery.
If you want a really big bug, there are ways of doing intarsia “in the round” which actually involve back and forth knitting but using a yo at the start of the round and a k2tog at the end which picks up the yo to create the seam.
If you want itty bitty repeating bugs – say ladybugs crawling in a circle around the shorts – you might be able to work out a stranded knitting pattern where you don’t carry a color more than 5 stitches.
Hmmm … maybe I’ll try option #1 and see how that goes … I’m a pretty novice knitter and don’t have anyone IRL to show me techniques! Is there an online link or tutorial to what you are talking about? I am a visual learner … in person is best but videos are second!
Thanks!