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Braids made easy!
Published January 27, 2008 Knitting Updates , Techniques, Tricks and Tutorials 20 CommentsTags: bird in hand, braid, color, craft, easy, estonian braid, how to, kate gilbert, knitting, mitten, seamless braid, tricks, tutorial, wool, yarn
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That is fantastic…so easy. It’s one of those things that I look at and say: “OMG, that’s so easy to do, why didn’t I think of that?”
Thanks for the tip, I’ll be using it.
What a great technique! Thank you for taking the time to show us how to do it. I’ve never tried to knit one of those sideways braids (probably because I’ve yet to make a pair of mittens like yours) but it’s nice to know there’s a quicker alternative.
Beautiful mittens, by the way!
Great idea for those braids! I finished these (gift mittens) last night and then noticed that I had forgotten to make the last braid across one needle so this braid went 2/3 the way around. NO WAY I was taking it out and I whipped out the crochet hook and finished it off in exactly the way you described. You can’t even tell!
Thank you so much for the tutorial! I hope I have a project finished soon so I can add a braid to it.
That is a really great tutorial. Clear directions and really good pics. Thanks!
Great Tutoria! Thanks for sharing. I’m going to bookmark this on delicious.
That’s sooo clever, thank you for sharing! *^v^*
That’s basically just a crocheted slip stitch. 🙂
Bravo, nicely done! Great photos too!
If you want to study further on this subject checkout the technique of Tambour work. ( tambour needlework, tambour lace, tambour crochet, etc)
Double kudos to you for figuring this out all on your own! :o)
Excellent! I like the seamless join best of all. There’s definitely more of a jog on the braid on my pair.
Ooh, thanks for that tutorial! The mitts are beautiful!
What a nice idea. Thanks for the tutorial.
So smart! I was browsing Bird in Hands on Ravelry and made my way to your site as soon as I saw the mention of “braid” and “easy” in the same sentence. I had a really hard time with the cuff on my first (and so far only) Bird in Hand (breaking wood needles and bending Addi Turbos kind of problems) and was kind of dreading starting the second one – but not now! Thanks. By the way, I also got my graduate degree at IU … Go Hoosiers.
I love your tutorials, and the photos make everything so clear and easy to understand. Thanks for your hard work!
p.s. I tagged you for a meme on my blog. Feel free to skip it if it’s not your thing.
This is a great tutorial! Thanks! Will use this technique in future projects…for Definite!
Wow! That’s really cool! I made two pairs of these mittens and the first pair only has one braid each (I got annoyed quickly) and the second pair I left it out all together! It wasn’t work the frustration! I love this technique though! I may go and add it now!
Thank you so much! I am finishing off a simple pair of mittens and wanted to put the braid in it. I had no idea how difficult it was. This definitely is the way to go and it has great potential for using contrasting colour.
Great tutorial. Your braids look beautiful. Thanks for sharing!