Have you ever had a great sweater that was just a little too plain? A touch of hand stitching on a handmade sweater makes it extra special! | Learn with LoveCrafts.com

Spread the love Happy 2017 everyone! I have so many great things for the blog planned this year and I can’t wait to share them with you! I want to kick things off with this tutorial that shows you how to embroider on knitted items. This technique is easy to do and it’s perfect for...

Today I'm sharing a tutorial for a special stitch to add embroidered elements to knit fabric. You can, of course, use traditional embroidery techniques with knitwear, but traditional stitches do not have the same stretchiness that knitted fabric has. Enter the duplicate stitch. This is a stitch that essentially duplicates the knitted stitches, giving you the look of knitted color work. The stitch is easy to learn but can give you lots of creative options.

Laura Dalgaard specialises in fashion knitwear and has collaborated with various fashion brands and yarn suppliers.She passionately creates hand knitted art pieces, unique limited edition sweaters, and finally she creates knitwear patterns, which you can get a hold of here!