japanese inspired knits

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In Japan, we celebrate the New Year in January by going to the temple shortly before midnight. Wewrite out our resolutions and secret wishes on small wooden plaques decorated with the animalmotif of the year we are about to enterdog, pig, sheep, goat, etc. We also draw out a prophecy

and save it throughout the year if it is a good one. o prepare for the New Year, we clean up ourhomes and make decorations to invite the gods to visit. We also prepare special food to eat on thefirst day of the new yearalong with a lot of sake. One special treat is winter mikanlittle orangefruits loaded with vitamin C that help us withstand the cold Japanese winter. A January specialty isskagami-mochi,which is a two-layer viscous, sticky rice cake. A smaller piece is laid over a larger oneas a symbol of the new year taking over the old. On the second Monday in January, anyone who iscelebrating their twentieth birthday goes to the temple where prayers are said for a good life path.

Te girls, of course, wear their fine kimonos.


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Right FRont

Doble Kittig Lowe Fot

With smaller needles and holding onestrand each of A and B tog, CO 58 (66,

74) sts. Set-up row: (WS) Sl both A and B

strands of first CO loop as if to purl with

both yarns in front (pwise wyf ), *with

B, knit the B loop of the CO st and leave

it on the left needle, bring both yarns

to front, then with A purl the A loop of

the same CO st, sl the CO st off the left

needle, and take both yarns to the back;

rep from * to last st, knit last st with both

yarns held tog114 (130, 146) sts total;

56 (64, 72) knit/purl st pairs; 1 selvedge

st at each side.

Next row:(RS) Sl first st pwise wyf,

work Row 1 of Lower Front chart in

double knitting (see Notes) beg and

ending where indicated for your size, knitlast st with both yarns held tog.

Note: For size 36", do not work any

partial motifs; instead, omit the outer-

most motifs at each end of the chart and

work those sts in the background color.

Work Rows 215 of chart, working the

first and last sts (not shown on chart)

by slipping the first st of every rowpwise with both yarns held in front, and

knitting the last st of every row with both

yarns held tog. When Row 15 has been

completed, with RS still facing slip sts

back to left needle without working them,

in position to work the next row as a RSrow. Change to larger straight needles and

one strand of each MC color held tog.

Next row:(RS) K1 (selvedge st), k2tog

56 (64, 72) times, k1 (selvedge st)58

(66, 74) sts; piece measures about 11/2

(3.8 cm) from CO.

Texted Ptte

Next row: (WS) Sl 1 pwise with yarn in

back (pwise wyb), sl 1 pwise with yarn in

front (wyf ), work seed st set-up row (see

Stitch Guide) over next 4 (8, 12) sts inc

them to 6 (10, 14) sts, place marker (pm),

*p1, [p1f&b (see Glossary), p2] 3 times,

p1f&b, p1*, pm, work seed st set-up row

over next 6 (10, 14) sts inc them to 8 (12,

16) sts, pm, rep from * to * once more,pm, work seed st set-up row over next 18

sts inc them to 20 sts, [sl 1 pwise wyf, k1]

2 times72 (80, 88) sts.

Next row:(RS) Sl 1 pwise wyf, k3, work

20 seed sts, slip marker (sl m), work Row

1 of Aran pattern (see Stitch Guide) over

16 sts, sl m, work 8 (12, 16) seed sts,

sl m, work Row 1 of Aran pattern over16 sts, sl m, work 6 (10 , 14) seed sts,

k1, p1. Cont in established patts for 11

more rows, ending with a WS row, and

stoe gde cketFinished size36 (42, 48)" (92.5 [106.5, 122] cm)

bst cicmfeece, tied. Swete

show meses 42" (106.5 cm).

YaRn

abot 250 (300, 350) g of mi colo

1 (MC1) d 325 (350, 400) g of mi

colo 2 (MC2) sed held tog; d bot100 g ech of two ccet colos a d B

of geig-weight (Spe Fie #1) .

Show here: Isge 1 (100% wool;

610 d [558 m]/100 g): #0 tl

(MC1), 3 (3, 4) skeis.

alpc 2 (50% meio, 50% lpc;

547 d [500 m]/100 g): #2105 (MC2),

4 (4, 5) skeis; #011 steel ble (a), d

#012 ged olive (B), 1 skei ech.

note: We used 1 strd ech of Isger 1

d alpc 2 held together for MC.

needles

Doble kittig lowe fots d cffs

size u.S. 2 (3 mm): stight. Bod d

sleevessize u.S. 4 (3.5 mm): stight

d 24" o 32" (60 o 80 cm) cicl

(ci). adst eedle sizes if ecess to

obti the coect gge.

notions

Stitch holdes; stitch mkes; cble

eedle (c); tpest eedle.

gauge

22 sts (oe le) d 37 ows = 4"

(10 cm) coted o oe fce of doble

kittig pttes fom chts o smlle

eedles (see notes); 22 stitches d

38 ows = 4" (10 cm) i seed stitch o

lge eedles with oe std of ech

MC held togethe; 16 stitches of a

ptte mese 2" (5 cm) wide o

lge eedles with oe std of ech

MC held togethe.


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e W ovvkw dg traditions of Japan, Marianne Isager blends Scandinavianknitting with a distinctive Japanese influence. rue to theJapanese ideals of high-quality design and materials, Mari-anne presents sweaters designed around the months of theyear and knitted using almost a dozen different techniques.

Inside, readers will learn:+ Te techniques required for each sweater by knitting agauge swatch that doubles as a wrist warmer.

+ How to combine fine (lightweight) yarns to create newtextures and colors.

+ Useful insights on how to translate travel inspirationinto beautiful knitwear.

In addition to standard knit and purl combinations, thepatterns feature double knitting, domino knitting, shadowknitting, lace, cables, entrelac, intarsia, and stranded two-color knitting.

Knitters of all skill levels looking for innovative womenswear with new techniques for sweater design will gaininsight on how to translate travel inspiration into beautifulknitwear withJapanese Inspired Knits.

MaRianne isageR eed he degee s textile desige fom

Copehges School of Desig d Hdicfts. He sigte

lie is distibted i the uited Sttes b Simpl Shetld. He pevi-

os books iclde Kittig Out of afric (Iteweve, 2005).

pod wh 8 x 9, 144 g60 hoogh, 36 oisbn 978-1-59668-114-9$22.95mch 2009

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