©Pat Ashforth & Steve Plummer 2021
©Pat Ashforth & Steve Plummer 2021
DEVELOPMENT OF ILLUSION KNITTING
All illusion knits are equally easy, once you have the chart to work from. A complex portrait is no more difficult to knit than a simple square. It is merely bigger and takes a lot more time.
We are constantly challenging ourselves with new ideas in our charting. This page (Updated February 2014) aims to show a range of the things we have tried so far. Click a picture to go to a page with bigger pictures and more information.
Simple one- |
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Showing different colours in different areas |
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Knitting in different directions |
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Showing three colours - |
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Mitred squares |
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Simple picture. Mainly in one colour on a dark background but with some shading |
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Complex design viewed from below |
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Complex design viewed from the side |
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Circular illusions |
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Colour effects The panels look the same from the side but different when viewed from the front |
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Complex picture on changing background |
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Superimposed images A dark background behind a shaded moon behind the witch |
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Changing the colour of the yarn |
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Multiple yarns used for intarsia technique |
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Complex design on mitred triangles |
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Variegated yarns used for both colours |
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Lettering inside other shapes |
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Knitted in the round |
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Traditional triangular shawl with geometric design that appears and disappears |
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Optical illusions |
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The Gift of Life |
Merry Christmas |
Drawing Programs |
Using Inkscape |
Modelling Programs |
George Maffett's Introduction |
Art tutorials |
Geometric tutorials |
Video tutorials |
Maple Leaf |
Tiger |
Maple Leaf : Part 1 |
Maple Leaf : Part 2 |
Maple Leaf : Part 3 |
Tiger : Part 1 |
Tiger : Part 2 |
Tiger : Part 3 |
Tiger : Part 4 |
Tiger : Part 5 |
Tiger : Part 6 |
Tiger : Part 7 |