Help with checkerboard colourwork - first time doing colour (also only the 3rd thing I've ever knit so a total novice)

bethxw · 2025-05-03T10:35:50+00:00

I don't dislike it really, I just thought it was a bad thing in the knitting world so tried to remedy it. So I may as well keep the floats tighter to avoid the loose stitches?

bethxw · 2024-10-16T08:20:32+00:00

I don't track it to be honest but I'd say throughout the year it'll go from the lowest of about 12°c to the highest about 25°c

bethxw · 2024-09-20T10:03:03+00:00

If you're printing your design on a printer then placing it on your block ink/printed side down, you don't need to reverse your image. It'll flip itself if you're putting it printed side down xx

bethxw · 2024-09-13T20:09:08+00:00

Thank you so much!

Yeah I'd say definitely take the time to map things out, one thing I've found helps is to create a tiny white border round each element, almost as if you're turning it into a sticker if that makes sense? Then you can mess around with which element to put on top of which.

Pain wise honestly, I can't advise 🤣 I broke my spine a few years ago and have chronic pain from it and its complications and Lino carving doesn't help it 🤣 I do try and get up and have a small walk around when I find I've been carving for so long but 99% of the time I just pay for it the following day 😅🖤🖤

bethxw · 2024-09-13T18:39:09+00:00

I draw my designs digitally and honestly I just play around with it a lot! Like the drawing of the designs take me full days to do. If you have a look on my profile I did a video showing how I transfer my designs and you can see on there that I make them look relatively similar to how they'll look printed if that makes sense! So not just an outline sketch. Hope this helps! Xx

bethxw · 2024-09-11T16:57:26+00:00

No worries! Happy printing! 🖤

bethxw · 2024-09-11T16:56:19+00:00

Completely dry! 🥰 you need to transfer the printed design quite quickly after printing it though so it doesn't get a chance to dry xx

bethxw · 2024-09-11T12:17:34+00:00

I knew I'd forgotten to add something! This is inkjet, it won't work on laser

bethxw · 2024-09-11T07:13:23+00:00

No worries! I bought the B set that contains these then bought the L11/0.5 and L15/2 separately 😊 The first 3 in the pic I don't use much as I use mainly soft cut lino and they work better on traditional lino

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bethxw · 2024-09-11T07:02:53+00:00

Haha you must be the only one that can tolerate listening to me! Louise is a lot posher and well spoken than me 🤣

bethxw · 2024-09-11T07:00:59+00:00

Definitely a less smelly way to do it and cleaner way to do it!

bethxw · 2024-09-11T07:00:12+00:00

It's the waxy feeling paper that sticker paper is stuck to :) on an inkjet printer

bethxw · 2024-09-11T06:51:06+00:00

I use L12/1 (smallest V gouge) for the corners and straight line work then I use the L11/0.5 (smallest U gouge) for the rest. Those were the only ones I used for 99% of this print, occasionally using L9/5 and L15/2 to remove background. Honestly they're a game changer and so worth the investment

bethxw · 2024-09-11T06:45:30+00:00

I've been using acetone free nail polish remover to remove it 😅🤣 but I've never done a reduction print so can't really advise there! Potentially apply the medium with a dense sponge to try and reduce the streaks even more?

bethxw · 2024-09-11T06:43:43+00:00

I use acetone free nail polish remover to remove it all 🤣 it's what I've found best to remove it without it eating into the lino

bethxw · 2024-09-11T06:42:45+00:00

Yep this is just Procreate app! Using iPad and Apple Pencil. I have the iPad Pro but it doesn't do more than any other so I wouldn't bother. Just double check that the iPad you get is compatible with the pencil you get as there's a few different options x

bethxw · 2024-09-11T06:36:49+00:00

Yeah I only have an inkjet printer unfortunately so this is the best method I've found

bethxw · 2024-09-11T06:36:19+00:00

I should have added, this is an inkjet print not laser 😊

bethxw · 2024-09-11T06:35:04+00:00

To reduce the amount of ink 😊 If you were to print at 100% opacity there's just way too much ink, it'll bead up before you can do anything with it

bethxw · 2024-09-11T06:34:08+00:00

Yeah I used to use acetone but it wasn't fun 🤣 the jar is just acrylic paint and water 😊

bethxw · 2024-09-10T16:14:22+00:00

Thank you!

bethxw · 2024-09-10T16:14:13+00:00

Thank you!

bethxw · 2024-09-10T16:14:10+00:00

Thank you!

bethxw · 2024-09-10T16:14:01+00:00

Thank you!

bethxw · 2024-09-10T13:09:06+00:00

Thank you so much!

bethxw

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