![]() ![]() Pull your yarn thru to cover the first half of your knit V. ![]() Once you have your yarn on the right side of your work, place your needle under the two loops at the base of the stitch above the one your thread came out of. You can leave a long yarn tail hanging off the back of the work that you can knot off after you’re happy with your stitches. To start your stitch, bring your needle up to the top of your sweater from the back, at the bottom of the V. It’s done in such a way that allows you to add colored decorative detail without actually have to knit or know how! The stitch is worked over the top of already existing stitches. So from where I put my pin on the middle of my basting line, I counted down ten knit V’s, and then started my duplicate stitch.Ī duplicate stitch is an embroidery technique used in knitting. The middle line of my heart was 20 boxes long. Plan for each square on your graph paper to be one knit stitch, or “V”, on your sweater. If you don’t have any graph paper handy, you can print off your own by clicking here. Creating a duplicate stitch won’t ruin your sweater in any way, and you can always start over, but if you plan out your design first you’ll save time. I would recommend that you draw out your design on graph paper before you attempt it on your sweater. Find the very middle of your center basting line and place a pin there. Speaking of cutting- DON’T CUT YET! You are going to make your design on your sweater before you cut it out, so don’t get ahead of yourself or you’ll run the risk of it unraveling or stretching apart. Don’t cut it and waste length and worry about unraveling if you don’t have to! Baste around the perimeter of your pillow square as well, and plan on using the bottom hem of your sweater as a pillow edge. ![]() I barely squeeked in under the armholes! Once you have decided your size, find the middle of your sweater and use your contrasting thread color to make a long basting stitch thru it. I decided to make my pillow 16″ x 16″, and I gave myself 1/2″ of seam allowance all around, making my pillow front a square 17″ x 17″. You won’t want to put an armhole seam on your lovely pillow front, so you’ll need to choose a size that lets you have enough space to cut out your pillow plus seam allowance. Take into consideration the length of your sweater from the hem to the armholes. Never cut them! Then, lay your sweater out flat on the table and decide how large you want your pillow to be. To start your sweater pillow, first lay out your sweater and use a sweater shaver on it if it needs it, and use a knit picker or a snag nab-it to hide any snags on the back of the sweater. The cotton is a Kona cotton, which I can’t remember the exact color name for. The yarn that I used was Berroco Peruvian Quick (100% wool) that was leftover from a cardigan I knit.
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