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Welcome to our 'Self Contained Knitter' collection.

Dan is back with the latest instalment from his garment knitting show. Each episode join him as he takes another step towards becoming a self contained knitter.

Join Dan as he:

  • Introduces you to his rather fetching pink shirt
  • Tells a festive story about Bryony and his old pink shirt which didn’t end well
  • Gets excited about the The Bakery Bears Advent Calendar 2021
  • Talks about colours and discusses which work and which dont
  • Discusses his love of neat looking stitches and talks a little bit about his gauge
  • Talks through the impact metal needles had on his gauge
  • Shows his progress on the Anniversary, the Star Mittens and the Sweetheart Cowl
  • Discusses the impact of lace knitting on fabric
  • Talks through his plans for a Star Trek sweater!

Yarn showed

Patterns mentioned

Catch up with the rest of the series here:

Find something else to watch https://bakerybears.com/watch/

Thank you so much for watching and we'll see in January 2022 with the next episode of the show.  

Kay & Dan x

Files

The Self Contained Knitter 'Episode 16' The One with the Pink Shirt

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Comments

Tiffany Swindlehurst

I think the pink looks great on you and it doesn’t look weird on screen either. I know you’ve been working so hard to master your colorwork skills and its really paying off!! Your stitches are so even. I would be so interested in a video watching your colorwork technique. Not a whole tutorial but a short video showing how you change colors. I think you’ve said you use both colors on your right hand? I use both hands so it’s hard for me to understand how you would manage both in the same hand.

The Bakery Bears

Hi Tiffany! I will totally show you guys what I do as soon as I feel more confident in the technique. I tried the two hand thing when I did double knitting and it really wasn't for me. My left hand tension was way looser than my right hand no matter how hard I tried. I find I can control the evenness of my stitches always using my right hand. Saying all that I think you could do my technique of alternating the positions of the yarns every stitch just fine knitting with both hands. D

Tiffany Swindlehurst

I found out my left hand is looser than my right too. I want to try your technique to see if I can get my tension more consistent. Can’t wait to see yours in the future.