The Connections Bernards Ridge Edition June, July & August 2021

THE BERNARDS-RIDGE CONNECTION PAGE 64 JUNE/JULY/AUGUST 2021 theconnectionsnj.com Safely Socializing Puppies We have everything your dog needs! • Day Training/Socialization • Puppy Kindergarten • Basic Obedience Training for all ages • Private Instruction - at our facility or in-home Check our website for a full list of current offerings www.mydogsgotclass.com 908-334-1043 info@mydogsgotclass.com 830 US Highway 202/206 North, Bridgewater Adrienne Kepp, CPDT-KSA Owner 5 Year Anniversary Well, here we sit. Going almost nowhere, yet we are keeping our hands busy and creative juices owing. Thank goodness! So what is everyone working on? The hot items indicate a few sur- prises … Ponchos, Capes & Wraps, Cables and Double Knitting. The surprise for me was Capes and Double Knitting. My last cape was an ankle-length plum wool coat made in 1976! Double knitting is a reversible design in 2 colors where each side is the opposite color dominance of the other, i.e., navy with white vs. white with navy. CAPES! I did not see this coming. Capes are semi-cir- cular, have a closure around the neck, do not have sleeves but, can have open- ings for arms, and, have an overall length beyond the elbow. The designs are mini- skirt length, double-breast- ed with armhole slits and, inset pockets. This is more of a Fall season look. This pattern would work nicely in a longer version. www.ravelry.com/ patterns/library/33-cabled-cape Double Knitting creates 2 layers of fabric at the same time using one pair of nee- dles. There is a pair of stitch- es for every stitch in the pattern - one in each color. When double knitting, every other stitch is knit in either Color A or Color B. You knit every other stitch with either Color A or Color B depend- ing on which yarn you are using. The stitches of the other color are slipped and not knitted. When you turn your work, you use the other color. Here is a video to fur- ther explain the technique. www.youtube.com/ watch?v=MLFr1odhwW4. The effect is a dou- ble-thick fabric that is stockinette on both outer sides with the purl sides facing each other. To get the full reversible effect, it’s critical to keep the slip stitches on the purl side which is in between the 2 outer stockinette sides. It takes a bit of con- centration to keep the slip stitches invisible and not poking through to either stockinette side. The effect is wonderful. More of a cool weather gar- ment due to thickness even with ngering or lace weight yarn. The other interesting use of double knitting is for making pockets. The trick is to bind off every other stitch on the rst row and then the remaining stitches on the second row creating a pocket. So cool! Ponchos are great for seasonal changes in wool, cotton, linen, etc. as an alternative to sweaters or jackets. There are so many different shapes. My latest favorite is a long rectangle with an asym- metric style. It’s really a combination of a pon- cho and a wrap since it has an opening for your head, yet it is asymmetric and has one long end. If made extra-long it can also wrap around the tor- so. This piece doubles as a poncho and a wrap. For any summer weight knitted or crocheted wrap, crochet a 6’ chain and lace it like a shoe- lace through the long sides leaving an opening of 14” for your head. So versatile! Cables are timeless in sweaters, hats ponchos, scarves, etc., and used in every season with any smooth ber. Cables in light colors show the con- trast between the stitches and designs better than dark colors; howev- er, cables are lovely in any color. Taylor Swift’s Folklore Cardigan in her music video “Cardi- gan” is an ivory colored varsity sweater design with cables and navy striping and buttons and silver star clusters on the sleeves. www.ravelry. com/patterns/library must-have-cardigan - Har- ry Styles’ cardigan was another sensation. De- signed with the bright colors of children’s toys this rustic patchwork bulky sweater uses yellow, green, red, blue, pumpkin and black yarn knit with 3-4 strands of a single color held together. The pattern is available on Ravelry. See Color Block Patchwork Cardigan by JW Anderson, the designer. There is also a YouTube video for guidance. Happy Knitting! P.S. The reveal for my Temperature Scarf from the November 2020 article (www.thecon- nectionsnj.com/creative-cornertracking-a-year- in-color-how-to-make-a-temperature-scarf-by- carolyn-hanson/) marked my last year of corporate life. I now have the luxury of im- mersing myself in ber arts. Carolyn Hanson is a local knitting and crochet designer, teacher, and ber artist. She can be contacted at cchanson3@gmail.com. Capes are semi-circular, have a closure around the neck, do not have sleeves but, can have openings for arms, and, have an overall length beyond the elbow. Double knitting creates 2 layers of fabric at the same time using one pair of needles. There is a pair of stitches for every stitch in the pattern - one in each color. TOP 4 KNITTING TRENDS FOR 2021 By Carolyn Hanson CREA T IVE CORNER USE PH OTO ATTACHED AT TOP OF ARTICLE ½ PAG E VERTICAL 4.875”W BY 11”H TOP 4 KNITTING TRENDS FOR 2021 By Car o lyn Hans n Well, h e re we sit. Going almost nowhere, yet we are keeping our hands busy and creative juices flowing . Thank goodness! So what is everyone working on? The hot items indicate a few surprise s … Ponchos, Capes & Wraps, Cables and Double Knitting. The surprise for me was Capes a nd Double Knitting. My last cape was an ankle-length plum wool coat made in 1976! Double knit ing is a reversible design in 2 colors where each side is the opposite color domina n ce of the other, i.e., navy with white vs. white with navy. CAPES ! I did not see this coming. Capes are semi-circular, have a closure around t he neck, do not have sleeves but, can have openings for arms, and, have an overall length beyond the elbow. The designs are mini-skirt length, double- breasted with armhole slits and, inset pockets. This is more of a Fall seaso n l ook. This pattern would work nicely in a long version. www .ra velry.com/patter s/library/33-cabled-cape Double Knitting creates 2 layers of fabric at the same time using one pair of needles. There is a pair of stitches for every stitch in the pattern - one in each color. When double knitting, every other stitch is knit in either Color A or Color B. You knit every other stitch with either Color A or Color B depending on which yarn you are using. The stitches of the other color are slipped and not knitted. When you turn your work, CREATIVE CORNER USE PHOTO ATTACHED AT TOP OF ARTICLE ½ PAGE VERTICAL 4.875”W BY 11”H TOP 4 KNITTING TRENDS FOR 2021 By Carolyn Hans n Well, here we sit. Going almost nowhere, yet we are keeping our hands busy and creative juices flowing. Thank goodness! So what is everyone working on? The hot items in icate a few surprises … Ponchos, Capes & Wraps, Cables and Double Knitting. The surprise for me was Capes and Double Knitting. My last cape was an ankle-length plum wool coat made in 1976! Double knitting is a reversible design in 2 colors where each side is the opposite color dominance of the other, i.e., navy with white vs. white with navy. CAPES! I did not see this coming. Capes are semi-circular, have a closure around the neck, do not have sleeves but, can have openings for arms, and, have an overall length beyond the elbow. The designs are mini-skirt length, double-breasted with armhole slits and, inset pockets. This is more of a Fall season look. This pattern would work nicely in a longer version. www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/33-cabled-cape Do ble Knitting creates 2 layers of fabric at the same time using one p ir of needles. Th re is a pair of stitches for every stitch in the pattern - one in each color. When double knitting, every other stitch is knit in either Color A or Color B. You knit every other stitch with either Color A or Color B depending on which yarn you are using. The stitches of the other color are slipped and not knitted. When you turn your work, CREATIVE CORNER USE PHOTO ATTACHED AT TOP OF AR TI CLE ½ PAGE VERTICAL 4.875”W BY 11”H TOP 4 KNITTING TRENDS FOR 2021 By Carolyn Hanson Well, here we sit. Going almost nowhere, yet w e are keeping our hands busy and creative juices flowing. Thank goodness! So what is everyone working on? The hot items indicate a few surprises … Ponchos, Capes & Wraps, Cabl e s and Double Knitting. The surprise for me was Capes and Double Knitting. My last cape was a n ankle-length plum wool coat made in 1976! Double knitting is a reversible design in 2 colo r s where each side is the opposite color dominance of the other, i.e., navy with white v s . white with navy CAPES! I did not see this coming. Capes are s e mi-circular, have a closure around the neck, do not have sleeves but, can h ave penings for arms, and, have an overall length beyond the elbow. The d esigns are mini-skirt lengt , double-breasted with armhole slits and, inset p ockets. This is more of a Fall season look. This pattern would work nicely in a longer version. www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/33-cabled-c a pe Double K nit ting creates 2 layers of fabric at the same time u sin g one pair of needles. There is a pair of stitches fo r e very stitch in the pattern - one in each color. W he n double knitting, every other stitch is knit in e ithe r Color A or Color B. You knit every other stitch w ith either Color A or Color B depending on which y arn you are using. The stitches of the other color are sl ipp ed and not knitted. When you turn your work, you use the other color. Here is a video to further explain the technique. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLFr1odhwW4. The effect is a double-thick fabric that is stockinette on both outer sides with the purl sides facing each other. T g t the full reversible effect, it’s critical to keep the slip stitches on the purl side which is in between the 2 outer stockinette sides. It takes a bit of concentration to keep the slip stitches invisible and not poking through to either stockinette side. The effect is wonderful. More of a cool weather garment due to thickness even with fingering or lace weight yarn. The other interesting use of double knitting is for making pockets. The trick is to bind off every other stitch on the first row and then the remaining s titches second row cr ating a pocket. So cool! Ponch s are gre t for seasonal change s in wo linen, etc. as an alternative to sweaters or jackets. There are so many different shapes. My latest favorite is a long rectangle with an asymmetric style. It’s really a combination of a poncho and a wrap since it has an opening for your head, yet it i asymme ric and has one long end. If mad extra-long it can also wrap around the torso. This piece doubles as a poncho and a wrap. For any summer weight knitted or crocheted wrap, crochet a 6’ chain and lace it like a shoelace through the long sides leaving an opening of 14” for your head. So versatile! Cables are timeless in sweaters, hats ponchos, scarves, etc., and used in every season with any smooth fiber. Cables in light colors show the co between the stitches and designs better than dark colors; howeve lovely in any color. Taylor Swift’s Folklore Cardigan in her mus “Cardigan” is an ivory colored varsity sweater design wi th cable striping and buttons nd silver star clusters on the sleeves. www.ravelry.com /pattern must-have-cardigan - Harry Styles’ cardigan was another sensation. Designed with th colors of children’s toys this rustic patchwork bulky sweater uses yellow, gre en, red, pumpkin and black yarn knit with 3-4 strands of a single color held together. The pat available on Ravelry. See Color Block Patchwork Cardigan by JW Anderson , the de is also a YouT be video for guidance. Happy Knittin P.S. The reveal for my Temperature Scarf fro m the N 2020 article (www.theconnec ionsnj.com/cre ative-co tracking-a-year-in-color-how-to-make-a-temp erature carolyn-hanson/) marked my last year of corp orate li have the luxury of immersing myself in fiber arts. Carolyn Hanson is a local knitting and crochet de signer, t you use th e other color. 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My latest favorite is a long rectangle with an as ymmetric style. It’s really a combination of a poncho an d a wrap since it has an opening for your head, yet it is as ym metric and has one long end. If made extra-long it can als o w rap around the torso. This piece doubles as a poncho an d a wrap. For any summer weight knitted or croche ted wrap, crochet a 6’ chain and lace it like a shoelace throug h th e long sides leaving an opening of 14” for your head. S o v ersatile! Cables are timeless in sweaters, hats ponchos, scarves, etc., and used in every season with any smooth fiber. Cables in light colors show the contrast between the stitches and designs better than dark color ; how ver, cables are lovely in any color. Taylor Swift’s Folklore Cardigan in her music video “Cardigan” is an ivory colored varsity sweater design with cables and navy stripin g an d buttons and silver star clusters on the sleeves. www.ravelry.com/patterns/library must-h ave -cardigan - Harry Styles’ cardigan was another sensation. Designed with the bright colors of c hildren’s toys this rustic patchwork bulky sweater uses yellow, green, red, blue, pumpk in a nd black yarn knit with 3-4 strands of a single color held together. The patt rn is availab le o n Ravelry. See Color Block Patchwork Cardigan by JW Anderson, the designer. There is also a YouTube video for guidance. Happy Knitting! P.S. The reveal for my Temperature Scarf from the November 2020 article (www.theconnectionsnj.com/creative-cor er- tracking-a-year-in-color-how-to-make-a-temperature-scarf-by- carolyn-hanson/) marked my last year of corporate life. I now have the luxury of immersing myself in fiber arts. 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