Knitting Daily TV, Episode 104 – Quick and Chunky (Download)

Description

Grab your bon bons and forget about your diet because today chunky is in! Take a closer look at chunky yarns high in fiber, how they knit up so quickly, and even how to spin your own one-of-a-kind fat fiber.

Getting Started: Deborah Knight and Kim show off some bulky and super bulky yarns types, as well as extreme needles and hooks.

Designer Spotlight: Becca Smith demonstrates a Big Stitch Square Pillow, which combines yarns to create great texture and color variations on super size needles.

How-To: Sela Smith and Eunny demo the St Petersburg man’s scarf pattern using thicker yarns, which knits up quickly.

You Asked It: Liz Gipson demonstrates how to spin bulky, chunky yarns for one-of-a-kind fat fiber.

You Made It: Bonnie Burton and Shay explore the trend of short sweaters and demo a new colorful cropped overlay pattern, from Colorful Stitches.