Va va Voom Variegateds and Spectacular Stripes
I remember as a child that cars started to have go faster stripes on them, so I looked it up for this month’s introduction……..
In 1964, the Shelby Daytona Coupe would use the converse blue with white stripes and would compete in the 1964 and 1965 24 Hours of Le Mans.[5]
Road cars and "go-faster stripes"
The first road car to implement racing stripes was the 1965 Ford Mustang GT350.From the 1960s, stripes have sometimes been applied to road cars as well as racing cars. Such cars as the Renault 8 Gordini had stripes fitted as standard.[ They are sometimes referred to as "go-faster stripes" on road car.
Of course, our squares will not go faster or feel warmer due to stripes, but they do look lovely. Here are a few examples of striped squares that have been done in the past. Remember that stripes can be in a wide variety of thicknesses
Animals
Many animals have striped bodies. If you enjoy making toys any of the following would fit with the theme and make an interesting toy – or theme – for your to knit or crochet: Tiger · Zebra · Bumblebee · Striped Marlin · Okapi · Mackerel Tabby Cat · Chipmunk · Skunk. Maybe you can use a picture of one of these animals to inspre the colours you use in your stripes? A while back we did. month inspired by sweets - many of those were striped - like the candy canes we get at Christmas for on our trees. There are so many striped inspirations once you start looking.
Of course, striped knitting does have one drawback – you have ends to sew in where you change from one colour to the next. This is why many people prefer to use variegated yarns – you get the striped effect without any ends – sometimes the yarn does the work to make the square almost look like a fairisle pattern. I would like to point out that the diagonal squares and the mitred squares look particularly good in variegated yarns. Or in stripes.
I can't wait to see all the lovely stripes wee are going to make this month
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Permalink Reply by Rebecca Price on
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Zebras are my favourites - the is a lovely square - thank you I am sure there will be little kid in South Africa who is also in love with these gentle animals and their stripes.
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Permalink Reply by Ada Breeuwer on
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I added this little zebra. 40×40 cm, it defenitely has Stripes!
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Permalink Reply by Estelle McLeod on
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How cute Ada I do love him.
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Permalink Reply by Bev Jeffery on
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Love, love, LOVE your zebra, Ada. :))
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Permalink Reply by Patricia Underwood on
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Don't you just love self-striping yarns?
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Permalink Reply by Karen Gordon on
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Pretty wool, and very effective stitch choice.
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Yum, yum, YUM, Patricia!!! Your yarns are de-lish.....GREAT pattern, too.
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I certainly do - they look wonderful - well done!
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Permalink Reply by Sharon B on
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Wow! You've made the self-striping yarn rise to another level. Great job.
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Permalink Reply by Linda R on
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Two golden yellow squares, the one underneath is a PJ:
Mitred Stripes:
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BEAUT squares, LInda.....especially the mitre one....super stripes. :))
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