Interesting pattern "braids" with knitting needles: scheme, description, application

2024 Author: Sierra Becker | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-26 03:45

What can decorate a sweater better than everyone's favorite aran (they are also plaits and braids)? In this article, an extremely beautiful and rather wide “braid” pattern with knitting needles is offered to the attention of knitters. The scheme is simple and will be clear to experienced craftswomen, they will be able to start work without any additional instructions. For all others, a description is included. It includes recommendations for knitting both the pattern itself and individual parts of the sweater.

Why is the simplest ornament a “braid” pattern with knitting needles? Scheme and other arguments

Looking at the intricate weaves of knitted cords, many are amazed at how you can sit down and make such beauty! However, those knitters who have mastered the principle of creating arans easily weave braids, nets, knots and lattices from a very different number of strands.

To describe the algorithm for forming an ornament, we propose to consider an elementary pattern "braids" with knitting needles (diagrams A.1 and A.3, sections marked with the letter b).

Two-strand bundles are shown here, this is the minimum quantity. Each of them containsfour loops. After all eight loops are knitted with facial (front row), the work is turned and knitted according to the pattern (purl row), one more such row is made. Then the first strand (4 loops) is removed from the left knitting needle and left in front of the front side of the fabric (before work), and the second (4 loops) is knitted with facial ones. The removed loops can simply be pressed with a finger or left in a free “hover”, some masters offer to transfer them to an auxiliary knitting needle. After the second strand is knitted, the loops of the first are returned to the left knitting needle and knitted. There was a crossing of the loops to the left. This is the basic principle. All you need to know is how to knit and purl!

Next, you need to knit five more facial and five wrong rows and cross again. It turns out a “braid” pattern with knitting needles (the diagram perfectly illustrates the algorithm).

Mirror Crossing

Looking at scheme A.3, you can see that the braids here are directed to the right. This is done in the same way as described in the previous paragraph, but the removed loops of the first strand are left not before, but behind work.

Beginners should practice and learn how to perform these two techniques, because usually knitting plaits and braids with knitting needles is based on their combination.

Make it harder

The figure below shows a sweater pattern. This product consists of four parts: two sleeves, a front and a back. All of them, except for the back, are decorated with plaits.

Braids are often placed in the center of the canvas, the bottom of the parts is made with an elastic band. Based on the features of this pattern, it is rational to use an uneven elastic band to bring the strands of braids out of the formed columns.

These braids with knitting needles (the diagram will become clearer with the description) are suitable for knitting women's, men's or children's sweaters. In addition, this versatile pattern can be safely used to decorate bags, pillows, blankets and other items.

Legend: a cross is a purl loop, an empty cell is a front loop. The slashes indicate the number of intersecting loops and their direction.

Feature of the four-strand braid knitting pattern

Figure A.2 shows arans of four strands. This ornament is placed in the center of the front part, braid A.3 should be placed on the right side of it, and braid A.1 on the left.

The remaining loops to the right and left of the ornament are knitted.

Fragments marked with the letter a depict the knitting of an elastic band, and those signed with the letter b refer directly to the plaits.

An important feature of this ornament is that a solid slash marks the crossing of two strands (four loops each) between each other. At the same time, the sloping broken line shows that one of the strands (of four loops) needs to be crossed with one back loop of the background. In this way, diamonds of the pattern are formed.

Sweater with braids: sleeves

Figure A.4 shows a pattern for knitting the sleeves of the product. Centeredthe main pattern should be placed, and the rest of the loops should be purl. The peculiarity of the ornament is that it contains only one rhombus. It is located below, immediately after the elastic cuff. Further, the strands of the braid brought together in one column are crossed with each other. The interval between crossings can be chosen at your discretion, or you can focus on diagram A.1. Here the interval is 14 rows (seven facial and the same number of purl).

When all the details of the sweater are ready, they are steamed with an iron (or washed and dried) and then sewn together.

The neck is knitted last. To do this, you can make the part separately and then sew it to the rollout, or you can pick up loops along the edge of the fabrics on circular knitting needles and knit in a circle. The usual neck height is about 18 cm. Do not make it too tight, as this will cause discomfort in the sock. However, an excessively weak neck is also undesirable. The average density of knitting will be optimal.