87093 The Knitters Bible6

EXPLORING CHOICES

TASSELS, FRINGES AND CORDS

Adding fringing and cords madc from complemcntary yarns to your garmcnts and soft furnishings provides thc finishing touch. Thcy arc quick and casy to make.

Tassels

Wrap the yam looseły around a p*ece

of card the requ>red length of the tassel.

Thread a loog length of yam under the

strands at the top. fold m half and

secure tightły wrth a knot. Ieaving two

long ends. Cut the wrapped strands at

the bottom and remove the cardboard.

Thread one long end on to a tapestry

needle. insert ft throogh the top of the

strands and bnng out I m (2.Scm)

below.Wrap the yam several times

around the tassel. Pass the needle

through the mtddle of the wrapped

strands to secure the long

end. then insert the

needle agam and

puli it back

through the

top.Use

these ends

to sew the

tassel m place. Trim

the bottom of the

tassel neatły.

Plain fringe

Wrap yam looseły around a ptece of cardboard the requmed length of the fringe. Cut the wrapped strands at the bottom and remove the cardboard. FokJ several lengths m half and. usmg a crochet or rug hook. puli the strands through the edge of the knrtted p*ece from front to back by catchmg the fold wrth the hook. Pass the ends through the folded loop and puli to tighten the knot Space each bunch of strands evenly along the edge. Trim the bottom of the fringe neatły to the finished length reqmred.

Knotted fringe

Work the fnnge as grven left wrth an even number of strands in each bunch. Take half the strands from one bunch and half the strands from the next and tie them together. Contmue across the fringe. makmg surę the knots are in linę. The extra knot will take up yam so make the strands longer than the desired fimshed length. Try working another row of knots bek>w. combtnmg the ongmal bunches again.

Knit Perfect

On a mułti-cokxxed garment mstead of a one colour fringe. try usmg ecjual amounts of every colour yam used in each bunch (see example. left).

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