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he choice of colors is critical to the design of a sweater.
The simplest choice is to use multiple shades of a single color (e.g., various shades of blue), perhaps accented with a contrasting color (e.g. flecks
of yellow).
The arrangement of shades on the sweater can have a significant visual effect, due to the principle of chiaroscuro; dark shades tend to recede and be
smaller, whereas light shades advance and seem larger.
or example, vertical stripes with a light color in the middle
and dark colors on the sides has a slimming effect. Psychologically, bright colors tend to be associated with straightforward, innocent or extroverted
personalities, whereas darker shades are associated with more thoughtful, experienced and introverted personalities.
t knitting stitches
you will find lots of other aran and cable knitting patterns.
Design your own knitting pattern, with these charts and a basic knitting pattern
of your choice.
Aran, cable and lace
Free knitting patterns for women
Contrasting colors may be chosen in various ways.
A common choice is to take a complementary colors from one of the several color wheels (e.g., blue and orange,
green and red), or to choose a pairing that occurs in nature, e.g., yellow and red.Traditionally an Aran jumper is made from undyed cream-colored báinín
(pronounced bawneen), a yarn made from
sheep's wool, sometimes "black-sheep" wool. They were originally made with unwashed wool that still contained
natural sheep lanolin, making it to an extent water-repellent. Up to the seventies the island women spun their
own yarn on spinning wheels.
The jumper usually features 4–6 texture patterns each of which is about 2–4 inches in width, that move down
the sweater in columns from top to bottom. Usually the patterns are symmetrical to a centre axis extending down
the centre of the front and back panel. The patterns also usually extend down the sleeves as well.
The same textured knitting are also used to make socks, hats, vests and even skirts.
The first Aran knitting patterns were published in the 1940s by Patons of England.
Vogue magazine carried articles on the garment in the 1950s, and jumper exports from the west of Ireland
to the United States began in the early 1950s.
Knitting instructions with illustrations
all the common knitting stitches with illustrations
page 1
all the common knitting stitches with illustrations
page 2
Japanese knitting stitches with illustrations page 1
Japanese knitting stitches with illustrations page 2
There are some 20.000 different Japanese knitting stitches, so you can't have them all.
Cable stitches symbols long legend and knitting stitches lace symbols
long legend.
lot of these knitting patterns are based on the free knitting
patterns from Gosyo Co Japan.
You can order these beautiful knitting yarns from Japan, on the English page; Gosyo.shop.
The Japanese knitting patterns are not a translation of the free knitting patterns from Gosyo Japan,
because I cannot read Japanese.
They are my interpretation of these patterns, but they are based on these free patterns.
I have tried to understand the Japanese knitting charts and I have made the knitting charts in symbols,
and if possible, in text patterns too.
The aran knitting patterns are based on Japanese cable knitting patterns, with knitting chart and knitting pattern.
You can knit these beautiful Japanese knitting patterns now too.
I personally think the Japanese have a very high standard of knitting. Enjoy.
If your gauge is different, choose another knitting pattern from this page or go to
basic knitting patterns,
for an other knitting pattern.
big tutorial about knitting swatches before starting
to knit
KNIT YOUR TENSION SWATCH FIRST, IF YOU USE A STITCH PATTERN, KNIT SWATCH IN THIS
PATTERN, THEN CHOOSE YOUR PATTERN WITH THE RIGHT GAUGE
I have changed all these knitting patterns, now with the multiply repeats and better abbreviations, I hope.
If you appreciate these patterns, than please send me a digital photo of your work,
knitted from the patterns of this page. If you do not want your head on the photo,
( don't want to be recognized, which I understand ) just leave it out. Or use a
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first a picture of clothes model click and see what your pattern will look like
the numbers; for instance 8 x 12 = your gauge
so you have to knit a tension swatch first
then choose your pattern with the right gauge
Most of the images here are (C) Pierrot Yarns, for the original Japanese patterns go to
Gosyo.shop.
Aran cable lace women's sweater patterns , short sleeve
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