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Floral intarsia pattern

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Purlesque · 05/09/2013 09:13

Does anyone have an easy but pretty floral pattern, I'm making heart bunting for my niece.
I've never done anything like that before.
Any tips? TIA.

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fossil971 · 05/09/2013 22:17

Do you mean a flower motif?

You could type "flower knitting chart" into Pinterest, I just had a look and there are quite a few.

this?

Or daisies a bit like this

Depends how detailed you want it and how many stitches wide- maybe 20? to fit onto the bunting flag.

Purlesque · 06/09/2013 07:32

Ok thanks although I don't know how to knit from a chart.
I'll look at the links now.

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fossil971 · 06/09/2013 16:15

OK let us know if you want any tips or to track down a tutorial.

Purlesque · 07/09/2013 08:18

I tried to do a J shape so I could practice at changing colour (I can only do stripes).
It was a bit messy at the back but where the yarn had been pulled quite tight the J kind of popped out iykwim.
I took it apart and will try again.

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fossil971 · 07/09/2013 12:57

There is a bit of a technique to it until you get the tension. Don't carry the background colour across - never works. Wind another little ball of it so you have some background colour at both ends of the row. You have a few extra ends to deal with but you can often tidy up the edges when you darn them in.

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