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unual knit. pete_dl 06-23-2008
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Posted by pete_dl on June 23, 2008, 9:37 am
I have need for a fabric that has a different "thickness" depending on
the angle you are looking at it. For example, if the fabric is let to
drape vertically, the number of threads you look through when looking
up at the fabric is greater than the number of threads you look
through when looking down from above. What I require is a stitch that
has an effect similar to half drawn venetian blinds.

Does anyone know if such a stitch exists ?

Thanks,
Pete.

Posted by Y on June 23, 2008, 3:33 pm
Presuming you mean horizontal venetian blinds and not the vertical ones...

How about garter stitching say three rows and stocking stitch 8 rows or a
combination to get the amount you width for each pleat you need, as this is
what it would look like but the garter rows would show too much, especially
if you did them on smaller needles and thus the tension would be smaller...

You'd have to play about to get it right.

higz Cher
>I have need for a fabric that has a different "thickness" depending on
> the angle you are looking at it. For example, if the fabric is let to
> drape vertically, the number of threads you look through when looking
> up at the fabric is greater than the number of threads you look
> through when looking down from above. What I require is a stitch that
> has an effect similar to half drawn venetian blinds.
>
> Does anyone know if such a stitch exists ?
>
> Thanks,
> Pete.



Posted by Richard Eney on June 23, 2008, 8:08 pm
>I have need for a fabric that has a different "thickness" depending on
>the angle you are looking at it. For example, if the fabric is let to
>drape vertically, the number of threads you look through when looking
>up at the fabric is greater than the number of threads you look
>through when looking down from above. What I require is a stitch that
>has an effect similar to half drawn venetian blinds.
>
>Does anyone know if such a stitch exists ?

I assume you want the thicker part uppermost, so it's solid looking
down but lacy looking up? Some of the "bell" shaped decorative
stitches might have that effect. They're usually done as an
edging but can be done as an allover stitch. Most stitch dictionaries
have one version or another of it.

=Tamar

Posted by on June 24, 2008, 9:10 am
Tamar
I must say i could SEE what she had in mind ,, must think about it a
bit more , it sounds more like a woven cloth to me than a knitted
one !!!
mirjam

Posted by Samantha Hill - remove TRASH t on June 24, 2008, 4:25 pm
mirjam@actcom.co.il wrote:
>
> I must say i could SEE what she had in mind ,, must think about it a
> bit more , it sounds more like a woven cloth to me than a knitted
> one !!!


That's what I thought, too.

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