Another thing I tried with my leftover yarn, was knitting bracelets. I figured this would be good for the real short leftovers
First: just braid - no knitting. Iāve worn ābraceletsā like this before, but I do realise that it is almost like walking around with just yarn wrapped around your wrist During f.ex. the Summer Olympics I had one braided bracelet in each colour of the Olympic Rings.
It was so long that it could go 3 times around my wrist. And then I had the problem I always have: how to tie a knot that doesnāt losen all the timeā¦ Not sure, so I just put in a reef knot and wrapped it around a bit :neutral: It hasnāt completely loosened yet, but I did refasten it a couple of times.
Iāve worn it for 2 weeks straight but I wouldnāt have done that if I had to dress up within that time.
Then I went googling to find some patterns. The ones I really liked and which are appropriate for the yarn thickness I was thinking of are these. However, I donāt have those basic bracelets to put them around and to be honest I donāt really like wearing them :think: I do like the look of them thoughā¦
So I tried a (braided) cabled one but then whithout the inner plastic/wooden bracelet. And while the pattern said to just sew the edges together to create the round shape, I went for a button and buttonhole because
I canāt really sew these cables together without getting annoyed by the seam I created
The bracelets fits tighter around the wrist this way, as it doesnāt have to fit around the hand too.
And flat
I think I would wear this, just not right now as it is summer and it keeps one warm (like a wristband) Somehow I also think that the feeling of it is off when you wear this on a sunny dayā¦
I then figured I could think up my own bracelet by using a different cable/lace pattern. I chose the Scottish Faggoting Stitch but it did not quite work out. It wasnāt as āopenā and neat as I hoped it would be and the edge of the bracelet curled. This looked OK sometimes (like a straight knitted edge) but not all the way around :think:
And I tried my hand at the 3 needle bind off, but I think this was an unfortunate choice. The bracelet was way too loose anywayā¦
So I took it apart again
I tried some other things, but donāt have time to post more right now. To be continuedā¦
I totally respect anyone who works hard to use up leftover yarns! Itās a very Earth Friendly thing to do as well! Your bracelets are adorable. Iām especially fond of the cabled gray bracelet!
Iāve been so busy (with knitting a.o.t.) that I havenāt uploaded this thread for a while :wall:. Stupid, for now I really have to think back to recall what Iāve doneā¦
After the failure of the Scotish Ajour Cable I did try another with a HaringBone pattern. I played around with the width, but was never quite satisfied. This is the finished product:
As you see, it curls like mad. So I pinned it out to show how it looks a bit better:
Not that impressiveā¦ :shifty:
I tried it on.
Nope, not what I imagined. So I tore it apart :mrgreen:
Then, instead of focusing on different (cable) stitches, I switched to experimenting with I-cords (And I went crazy :roflhard: ). More about that later.
I did do one bracelet with a lace pattern, as I liked the headband and wanted something to match. Iāll post that one later in the thread I have on hair accessoiries. Hopefully within the next 24 hoursā¦ I donāt have a procrastination problemā¦ :ā
Iāve been practising Icords the past month or so and finally have the time to post the result. :yay:
My first try was a red, 4sts Icord. I made it long enough to go around my wrist a few times - and it turns out that this is also a perfect length to serve as a hairband:
Round my wrist:
I then picked my grey thin yarn and went on trying all sorts of things, getting inspiration from google image with the search āIcord, braceletā. Here is a picture of them all:
[B]FIRST[/B] is the longer Icord, which goes around the wrist about 4 times. Mine is about 16cm, so I went for 4x16=64 and an additional 2cm per side for the button - 68cm in total.
I just put this Icord double and sew the ends together with a button on top:
Wearing it:
[B]NEXT[/B], I wanted to make one with loops on both ends, like this. However, as my yarn is this thin (and so are my needles) it didnāt quite come out like that. :pout: The loops get a bit lost while wearing it:
It goes twice round the wrist, so one might go for 16x2=32cm - but there is some overlap (I chose 4cm) so I knitted a total of 40cm. Just sew the ends together and bind a loose thread around it to form the loops. Sew a button on one side:
That should do it
[B]THIRDLY,[/B] I just used the fact that I had 3 shades of grey - no, not 50 .
I braided the yarn ends together and hereās the result. Front:
Back:
A [B]FOURTH[/B] idea was this beautiful love knot bracelet:
I had to try a couple of times to get the knot right, but I figured it out. :cheering: The dark grey Icord is not 32 but 33cm long as I figured the knot would take some length away. The light grey Icord was 11cm on my first try (1/3 of the length) and I quite like how that worked out. As for the knot itself: first sew together the 11cm Icord so you get a circle. Then for the first half:
And the second:
Then I just sew the dark grey Icord together. You can also use a button and a crochetet chain loop if you have wide hands and a small wrist - that way you wonāt have to stretch the bracelets too far.
I also made one that is ājust the oppositeā:
I am quite surprised how much I could make with my grey yarn - I still have some light grey left, but after making a few bracelets for some friends Iām finally through with the dark grey :cheer: And all that out of such a small ball!
I used the grey yarn again, this time not on an I-cord but with an actual pattern: WaveWristlet I knitted the conventional version (3 row repeat) and used 4dpns size 2.5mm. This was my first āknit in the roundā, or at least the first I completed:
I think I might try knitting a little looser, for the feather-and-fan pattern doesnāt really stand out, just the waves. On the other hand, this is a snug fit and knitting less tight might make the bracelet too wide.
As for knitting on dpns: I am surprised how it turned out, you canāt see that clearly where I switched from one needle to the other while it seemed such a gap while on the needles. :???: But that is a good thing I went for 18, 16 and 20 stitches per needle - though I was trying to go for 3x18 but I miscounted and figured it was OK as long as the amount per needle was even (for the k2tog stitches). But somehow I did switch one stitch over to another needle No clue how I managed that.
I also think I started the 3th row 2 one needle too early, but Iām not sure as I didnāt notice untill the end that I was one needle short of my starting point :?? Not sure what happened there, but it doesnāt seem to really stand out - the last row of feather-and-fan is hard to see.
Furthermore, especially in the beginning, I noticed how one of the needles Iām not knitting with got into the habit of turning vertical - almost taking my eye out in the process. I know, I shouldnāt be bent over the work like that but when I focus I just go nearer and nearer - not a good posture.
Iāll post āthe real thingā in the WingSpan thread, as this bracelet is meant as an assecory for that Shawl. It might take a whileā¦
BTW Iāve made some other bracelets that I havenāt posted yet (I-cord again). Iāll try to find the time this weekend.
OK, here we go: another bracelet made with I-cords:
The bracelet is āstrengthenedā by iron wire inside the I-cords. Or maybe strengthened isnāt the word - rather āpre-shapedā.
I tried to knit the I-cords around the wire, there are plenty of how toās to find online about that. I couldnāt make it work though, so I just slipped the metal wire in right before the binding of.
When I had 3 I-cords of (nearly) identical length, I sew them together. Then I had to form the still flat bracelet to fit neatly around a/my wrist. This turned out to be the hardest part and I donāt think I succeeded that well. It should be circular, but it is quite angular:
It doesnāt look good on the back:
Not sure what to do about it. It appears that the I-cords are a bit too short. I could reshape the wires, but I tried that already and this really is as good as it gets - or I should find a metal pipe as wide as my wrist and just shape the bracelet round it with a hammer. I donāt think thatās good for the knitted fabricā¦
I thought about āpimpingā the bracelet with crocheted flowers or beads, but as it stands I am not sure Iāll ever wear it so Iāll brood in it for a while
Another one with I-cords, but this time I used left over embroidery yarn:
I knitted 3 I cords in different shades of green. I made them 1cm longer than my wrist circumference as I was to braid them and that would take some length. However, the I-cords do stretch so looking back it wasnāt really necessary.
After knitting the I-cords, I knitted two squares in stockinette of about 1.5 by 1.5 centimetres, in the lightest colour green. I folded these over the ends of the I-cords to sew them together next to one another. I sew it all and left one end of the yarn from the stockinette square to make a crochet chain from the middle. I think this description asks for a picture
I then braided the I-cords and one of them was somehow too long I swear they were the same length when I startedā¦ Any way, I had to make that strand a bit shorter:
Then I sew on the second knitted āfastenerā.
As you see, I made a loop out of the crocheted chain on the first fastener. Now all I had to do was make/find a button and I would have myself a bracelet.
I couldnāt find a button in the right shade of green, so I decided to make one with the used yarn. I tried some methods, but settled for rolling up a crocheted chain - it was too small to my liking for knitting it and the crocheting didnāt look right. Just rolling up a basic chain worked surprisingly well I did sew together two of these to get the desired thickness for the button.
During f.ex. the Summer Olympics I had one braided bracelet in each colour of the Olympic Rings.
Somehow I also think that the feeling of it is off when you wear this on a sunny dayā¦
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No clue how I managed that.
I did sew together two of these to get the desired thickness for the button.
