Tutorials > Double Knitting
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Double knitting creates a reversible, two- layer, double-thick fabric.
You work both sides of the fabric at once, with stitches from each side of the
fabric alternating on the needles. When working a double knit fabric, you
will first work a stitch from the side of the fabric facing you and then you
will work a matching stitch from the opposite side of the fabric.
Double knitting can come in very handy when you would like to create a thick
fabric: a cold-weather hat, a pot holder, a coat. It was the perfect
technique for our crescent hobo
purse - we wanted a thick, non-felted purse that does not require lining.
It is also a great technique when you would like freedom in doing color work
with 2 colors: double knitting will allow you to do vertical stripes and
any other kind of two-tone fabric without requiring multiple bobbins of yarn,
stranding or similar techniques required for complex 2-color work when working
in standard knitting.
Many techniques that you use in standard knitting can be used in
double-knitting if you apply a little ingenuity. However, you really
need to be comfortable with doing a particular technique in standard knitting
before translating it for use with double knitting.
(Note: Our tutorials demonstrate the Continental method (holding working yarn in
left hand) not because it is better, but because it is the technique that
the author (Jennifer Hansen) personally uses.
Our tutorials also show knitting from a right-hand perspective for the same
reason.)
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