Tuesday, August 30, 2022

Step 1 is Live!

Three vertical photos of an Irish dancer's feet, the first and third in hard shoes and the center one in black ballet type slippers, arranged in staggered diagonal starting in the lower left corner to the upper right one. The background the photos are on shades diagonally from white to black starting in the upper left corner. On the lighter part, above the first two photos, in a black script font are the words Practice Makes Perfect, a MKaL, starting August 30th. In the lower right corner is the Knit Dance Repeat Designs logo.

Our adventure has begun! Step 1 of my Practice Makes Perfect MKaL đź”— is live!

And if you haven't purchased the pattern yet, there's still lots of time to join us ;)

What is Practice Makes Perfect? It's a warm knit scarf pattern, suitable for practically everyone in your life. It is made up of knit & purl stitch patterns most commonly seen on ganseys (traditional fishermen's sweaters). Steps are being released every week so we can knit it "together". I'll be posting progress photos on my Instagram account along with a weekly photo to give a rallying point for the chatter. Use the hashtag #PracticeMakesPerfectMKAL on your own progress posts so everyone can find you and give lots of support.

Every part of Practice Makes Perfect, the Warm Up and each Step, is available in a standard pdf, which includes a chart and line by line written instructions, and a low vision & screen reader accessible pdf, which is the line by line written instructions presented in 24pt sans serif font, all black type, that has been completely left justified, and contains minimal abbreviations to keep it clear for those knitters using screen reader technology. I believe it's more fun for everyone when more knitters can play along.

Won't you dance with us?

That's all for today! I'll be posting a little project round up later this week.

Yours in yarn and a mystery knit along,
SĂ­le
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Tuesday, August 2, 2022

Announcing a Mystery

Three vertical photos of an Irish dancer's feet, the first and third in hard shoes, and the center one in black ballet-type slippers, arranged in staggered diagonal starting in the lower left corner to the upper right one. The background the photos are on shades diagonally from white to black starting in the upper left corner. On the lighter part, above the first two photos, in a black script font are the words Practice Makes Perfect, a MKaL, starting August 30th. In the lower right corner is the Knit Dance Repeat Designs logo.

Today's the day!

My mystery knitalong is live! Practice Makes Perfect is available in the Patterns tab above! 

The knitalong begins August 30th, and the Warm Up packet is ready for you now. It includes all of the details for the knitalong.

Practice Makes Perfect is a scarf pattern knit in knit/purl patterns commonly associated with ganseys. It is worked in worsted weight yarn and I recommend using a solid or semisolid colorway to show the textured patterns to their best advantage.

My sample scarf, worked at a gauge of 24 stitches and 34 rows in 4 inches/10 cm of stockinette stitch, measures 11 inches/27.5 cm wide and 81 inches/202.5 cm long. I used Briggs & Little Tuffy (80% wool, 20% nylon; 215 yards/197 m = 113g), an Aran weight yarn. Any worsted or Aran weight yarn will work for this pattern, in any fiber or fiber blend. You'll want to swatch to get a fabric you like with your chosen yarn. I recommend a blocked gauge close to what's listed above (and in the pattern) to keep your yardage use similar to mine. I've listed 895 yards/818 m in the pattern; this includes a 10% buffer amount because our individual gauges are often just enough off to not use the exact same amount of yarn.

Practice Makes Perfect will be released in ten Steps, released weekly starting August 30, 2022 and the final Step being out on November 1st. The knitalong runs on Instagram, using the hashtag #PracticeMakesPerfectMKAL to find the various projects, until November 15th. I will be keeping track of completed scarves posted with photo(s) and the hashtag on or before November 15th, and on November 16, I will select the winner of the knitalong prize pack. I'll be using a random number generator for the winner selection.

There are more details on the pattern pageđź”— (link stays within this site).

I will add that Practice Makes Perfect has two pdfs for each portion, including the Warm Up. The first is a standard (line by line written and charted instructions) pdf, and the other is low vision and screen reader accessible. The second pdf is in 24pt sans serif, all-black type with fully written line-by-line instructions, with minimal abbreviations. Having the two pdfs for each portion of this pattern means it is ready to be knit by most knitters, no matter their needs and/or preferences in knitting instructions.

Until the first Step is out on August 30th, Practice Makes Perfect is available for $5 CDN, no coupon or code required. Once the Steps have started, Practice Makes Perfect will be available at its regular price of $6.50 CDN.

I hope you'll join me in knitting Practice Makes Perfect this late summer into the autumn. I think it's going to be a lot of fun.

Yours in yarn and Warm Ups,
SĂ­le


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