KnitWit 155: Stripes

Filed under: podcast — Autumn Breeze at 9:37 pm on Sunday, March 1, 2009

This week I talk about stripes.

Stripes are the easiest way to add color to your knitting.

If you knit stripes in the round, there is a problem of a jog.  Techknitter has a great article on how to deal with this issue.

People have given a lot of thought to how to make stripes look better.  One theory involves a special number: the golden ration k.  A closely related series of numbers is the Fibonacci series.

Fibonacci series starts F(0) = 1, F(1) = 1, F(n) = F(n-1) +F(n-2) or in other words

1,1,2,3,5,8,13, 21, 34, …

One interesting fact is that F(n)/F(n-1) ~ k. (especially for larger n’s)

The theory is that by using the Fibonacci numbers as a basis for your striping pattern, your garment will be seen as more attractive.

Give it a try and see what you think.

Also, please let me know what you think.  I would love to get some feedback on this episode as well as the past few.

email: carry.autumnbreeze@gmail.com

ravelry: autumnbreeze

ravelry forum: KnitWit:Rantings of a Rabid Knitter Forum

Thanks. Carry

approx. 12 minutes

 
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Comment by Darlene

March 2, 2009 @ 5:13 pm

Hey Carry, great podcast…I need to make something strippy now!!! I am making charity baby sweaters what better place to try this technique! As for what you should talk about … what ever your heart desires… we all love to hear your stories. I for one would love to hear about what you enjoy reading! I am glad you are healing well after your fall…I also enjoyed hearing about your hero’s! I just like to listen to your stories!!!
Thanks,
Darlene in Snowy PEI

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Comment by Angie

March 10, 2009 @ 5:48 pm

I enjoyed your stories on heroes. Perhaps you don’t appreciate your unique point of view, but your listeners are so varied that I’ll bet they do.
Stripes are great stash busters. Do you have any insight on using stash in this recession?

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Comment by Rebecca

March 12, 2009 @ 9:50 am

Good piece on stripes. It’s been awhile since I heard anyone bring up the Fibonnaci Sequence. I am Software Engineer, but have yet to knit anything geeky. Not sure why. Maybe I see fiber arts as an escape from all of that. The idea of weaving in all the ends of stripes doesn’t thrill me, which is why I normally use self-striping yarn. Maybe I can use the fibonnaci sequence to space-dye some yarn & get the same effect.

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