Do knIt Yourself

These socks were produced during the Maker Faire Rome 2014 for a Belgian TV show (minute 8:00)

This was the first usable garment to come out from the OpenKnit project 🙂 I thought it would be completely misshapen by looking at what was coming out of the machine, it’s amazing how the stitches relax once the weights are gone. Two different orange yarns.

It’s always good to have a beanie that makes you look not so serious. No binding off required to close the tube, check out this video to see how to do it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RuR1O0l0UA&feature=youtu.be

To create this dress I made a tube (in white) and I added the shoulders at the armpit level, after a few more rows with a wider tube I started decreasing a bit to cover the shoulders. In order to create some transparency I used a thin acrylic HB yarn, I used a thicker black… Continue reading Translucent Dress -M size-

Yarn is cut and knotted with another one when desired, be careful not to make a big knot otherwise it won’t go through the yarn carrier hole and it will break the yarn ruining your piece. I didn’t measure its length before giving it away to the great model of the pictures but it was… Continue reading Tricolor Scarf