Same Pattern - Different Results!

When I was about 12, school jumpers were a lot cheaper to knit than buy. Consequently, because I could knit and my mother didn't particularly enjoy it, I knitted all the sleeves for all the school jumpers.

This scarred me for life of course. I steer away from any pattern that looks like endless knitting for mediocre results. In fact boredom sowed the seeds for a much, much later project - The Ekokids -  creative, quick and boredom-free!

I recently knitted myself a jumper from sparkly yarn I bought in a budget shop, made the pattern up as I went along - believe me it's as simple as it gets :-) - and finished it in a week. How? I kind of cheated. I used double knitting yarn on big needles. The result is a slinky sparkly jumper rather than a solid, practical one.

Terrible photo but it looks great on!



The looseness of the fabric makes it just about impossible to machine wash, but a gentle wash by hand works. Oh, and it cost just £3 to make!

Using the right yarn and needles, according to your pattern, will give you the best results, but experiment if you have some spare yarn and different size needles. The variations are amazing!...

All these pieces of knitting were made with double knitting yarn, and knitted with 14sts and 10 rows;

this was made with 9 mm needles

 made with 6½ mm. needles

made with 3 ¾ mm. needles



The Ekokids are knitted with 3 ¾ mm needles to create the closed texture. Slightly larger needles may work but the finished knitting will be looser.

Knitting For Beginners: The Ekokids

Download your Kindle Ekokids copy today and see just how easy it is to have fun and be ultra-creative with knitting.

Borrow it FREE to get an idea, then splash out the few dollars and keep it on your Kindle!



Happy Knitting!

Linda x