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Planned pooling argyle
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Going to bind off and just turn this into a pillow. Conclusion: planned color pooling is hard! But it was fun to learn how to do it.
Going to bind off and just turn this into a pillow. Conclusion: planned color pooling is hard! But it was fun to learn how to do it.
This is what it should look like with 47 stitches
This is what it should look like with 47 stitches
This is what it looks like with 46 stitches. A little off centered and how my work is lining up even though I used 47 sts. It will never be a perfect argyle b/c the lengths of each color section is too varied.
This is what it looks like with 46 stitches. A little off centered and how my work is lining up even though I used 47 sts. It will never be a perfect argyle b/c the lengths of each color section is too varied.
This is what my swatch looks like with 47 stitches. I went back to the app and plugged in 46 stitches and it matches that diagram
This is what my swatch looks like with 47 stitches. I went back to the app and plugged in 46 stitches and it matches that diagram
Forming Argyle: later in the swatch it seems to line up a little better b/c I was really diligent about following the number of stitches for each color.
Forming Argyle: later in the swatch it seems to line up a little better b/c I was really diligent about following the number of stitches for each color.
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Finished
October 28, 2018
November 2, 2018

Planned pooling argyle

Project info
Knitting
Pillow
Needles & yarn
US 11 - 8.0 mm
10 stitches and 14 rows = 4 inches
Lion Brand Cute as a Button
3 skeins = 309.0 yards (282.5 meters), 300 grams
George
Joann's
Notes

First attempt at planned pooling to create argyle pattern. Hard to find directions for knitting and finally ran across amazing website that does the calculations for you: www.plannedpooling.com

This is a very bulky yarn and I don’t like a stiff fabric so using size 11 needles. My first attempt is ok but it didn’t create the perfect argyle. Also, as I loosened or tightened my gauge to line up the argyle, sometimes it created holes in the fabric. Not noticeable because the yarn is like chenille and very forgiving.

If you want the argyle to line up more, then you will have to be very diligent about loosening or tightening your gauge with each color as the lengths for the same color varies quite a bit with this yarn. As I am a perfectionist, not having the perfect lengths was very frustrating. I was stressing out getting the right number of stitches to line up the argyle so probably won’t do this again.

Cast on: cast on more than the stitches you need until you are at the end of one color and the first stitch for the next row is starting with a fresh color. Then knit across the number of stitches in the pattern and just take the remaining stitches off the needle (it won’t unravel). So I ended up casting on 55 stitches but only knit 47 of those stitches to get my pattern.

Other notes: Using 1 ball of yarn (103yds) created a square of about 19” per side.

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Finished
October 28, 2018
November 2, 2018
 
About this pattern
Personal pattern (not in Ravelry)
About this yarn
Cute as a Button
by Lion Brand
Bulky
100% Polyester
103 yards / 100 grams

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  • Project created: October 29, 2018
  • Finished: November 3, 2018
  • Updated: March 5, 2023
  • Progress updates: 2 updates