Shibori knitting

Mon premier essai de la technique Shibori dont l'édition d'automne de Interweave Knits a fait mention.

A mild success. Too many marbles. Left too long in the washing machine and the marbles were not tied as tight as they should have been.

Phase 1.

Knitted a long scarf with 3 balls of Highland Chunky in Harvest Heather.

Put in the marbles. J'ai attaché les billes avec des bouts de laine pas des élastiques. Mistake number 1. Put in too many marbles. Mistake number 2.

Mistake number 3. I left the piece in the washing machine too long. Toujours faire un échantillon avant. Je n'avais jamais travaillé avec cette laine avant. Now I know.

Phase 2

3/4 of the marbles fell out during the felting process. But the marbles that stayed in produced the wanted effect.

Since the piece is not dry yet. I've put back the marbles tied with elastics this time and will let it dry with the marbles in.


The scarf still drying.