Discover a New Technique: Entrelac!

re: Discover a New Technique: Entrelac!

LindaPDX — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 22:18:50 GMT

The BEST pattern available for knitting entrelac with the knitting back backwards technique is Happy Trails Entrelac Socks by Anne Carroll, available from the woolywest.com site owned by Nancy Bush. This technique eliminates the need to turn every row, since you do the purl stitches from the front. I have made 4 pairs of socks with this method on a size 1 needle.

re: Discover a New Technique: Entrelac!

ljiljana0111 — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 11:09:04 GMT

I do not know how to finish entrelac pattern. Can you show me?

re: Discover a New Technique: Entrelac!

mixbarringtonx — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 23:18:01 GMT

Thanks for the scarf directions and link to the article. I was so interested I started a scarf right away. And I'm especially happy because I taught myself to "perl" from right needle to left so that I don't ever have to turn the work.

Also I'm using a smaller yarn and needles than the scarf pattern suggests, so I slip the last stitch on what will be the pick-up edge for the next set of blocks and knit or perl it only as the first stitch of the row. That makes it very easy to quickly pick up 8 stitches through double-sized edge stitches.

re: Discover a New Technique: Entrelac!

Elsie Ann — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 19:33:51 GMT

Your video on entrelac would be more helpful if you demonstrated from the beginning just after casting on.

Thank you

E Soria

re: Discover a New Technique: Entrelac!

Margaret Jenkins — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 09:18:10 GMT

What a delight to see the item on entrelac. I was on a Norwegian Fjord cruise and met a group of Norwegian ladies doing just that! They called it "konstrict" and had a fascinating way of knitting backwards on the short rows, thus not having to turn the work around.

Any suggestions on good books? The ones in Norway were in Norwegian!

re: Discover a New Technique: Entrelac!

jean01 — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 18:24:25 GMT

Thanks so much for Eunny's Entrelac tutorial. It is the clearest, most thorough (free) description of how to do entrelac that I've found on the internet.

re: Discover a New Technique: Entrelac!

annieb47 — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 15:27:25 GMT

What I love about entrelac is using a "striping" yarn like Noro. I'm not overly fond of striping yarns, but love the effect in entrelac where you get a series of changing color blocks.