Here are two more squares for my Lattes and Llamas Geek-a-Long blanket.
These squares have a few things in common:
They are both from game franchises I have never played. (I did recently install Half Life 2, although I haven’t made it to playing it yet. But that must count for something!)
They are both knit with orange yarn. (Obviously)
And most importantly….
They are my first attempts at extreme double-knitting! And what is extreme double-knitting you might ask? Check out the backs of these squares:
That’s right, no backward symbols here! Instead of being a mirror image on the back like the rest of the squares so far, these look “proper” from either side.
The basic concept of double-knitting is to always carry two colours of yarn and knit with the colour that should show on the facing side and purl with the other colour. In extreme double-knitting this rule of making sure you work a stitch in each colour is thrown out the window, and each stitch is made in whatever colour is needed to make the pattern work on both sides. This means you could have many stitches of one colour on your needle while the other colour of yarn is simply carried along between the two layers of fabric.
Which for me, really means having to pay way too much attention to chart reading, and a slew of tension issues. But I think they were worth it in the end.
I learned how to extreme double-knit, and more importantly, how to create patterns for extreme double-knitting, from Alasdair Post-Quinn’s Adventures in Double-Knitting class on Craftsy. I absolutely loved this class and highly recommend it if you have any interest in learning the double-knitting technique.