Duke of Nikko | Knitwear Designer

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This sweater makes me want to pose!

Front, back, inside out. I love that Intarsia has no floats so it can be worn inside out (if you can overlook a few bumpy areas)

The original neck opening was too wide so I re-did it. I also added a few inches of waist hem for better coverage of my belly.

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5 fingering weight yarn, 10+ different stitches (stockinette and reverse stockinette stitches, plus 1x1 ribbing with some of them). Mixing them in one sweater was a lot of fun!

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#knittingaddict
#knittinglove

Can you see I'm into diagonal colo1r blocks right now?

Another sweater done. I mixed 5 different skeins of fingering weight yarn with Intarsia knitting, and alternated stockinette and reverse stockinette stitches.

Can you see I'm into diagonal color blocks right now?

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#melttheice #craftivism #knittingforpeace

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茶 (Cha - Tea) Reversible Coaster

Knitting pattern available on Ravelry
Sample sale available on Etsy

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#amimoji
#coaster

Front side comparison of the 2 recent sweaters I knitted. The armholes of the black & white sweater was a little too big, so I made the other one with tighter armholes.

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The 2 sweaters I recently made are both Bottom-Up straight silhouette with square-indented sleeves (a little simpler than set-in sleeves) and crewneck. Many people prefer Top-Down sweaters because they dislike seaming, but I enjoy mattress stitch seaming, as much as I do duplicate stitch

木 (Ki - Tree) and 本 (Hon - Root / Book) are very similar looking kanji characters, yet have different meanings

Kind of like the comparison between "O" and "Q"

From my "Ki (Tree) Hat" and "Nippon (Japan) Headband" knitting patterns
#amimoji
#typographyknitting
#kanjiknitting
#編み文字
#japaneseknitting

Knitting love
5 skeins of fingering weight yarn resulted in these

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#knittinglife
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I like using leftover yarn to make smaller accessories. Using what was left from recent sweater knitting, I made a pair of socks, mitts and finger covers.

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#sockknitting
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Happy New Year!

Thank you!

New diagonal sweater is done!

I used 5 fingering sock yarns and Intarsia knitting for diagonal color blocks. Asymmetry makes it fun to look at from all the angles!

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Made a pair of sacks for fingerless mitts

Yes! 😈

水酒 (Mizu Sake) coaster is one of my earlier designs from 2019.

When I look at this sample from 6 years ago, I feel horrified by the uneven stitch tension. But non-mirrored double knitting is a very challenging technique.

It's a free pattern by the way, if anyone wants to challenge yourself!

Hand-knit pants in the wild. They are very comfy!

I acquired these yarns from my mom many years ago. For a long time I didn't know what to do with these rather novelty yarns, but this year a light bulb lit up in my head and thought this tweedy boucle yarn could obscure the crotch area perfectly.

New sweater in the making

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#intarsiaknitting
#variegatedyarn

日 (Sun / Day) is one of the most fundamental kanji characters in Japan, as it is part of the country name Nippon (日本 - Sun Root or root of the sun)

It is also part of my designer name Nikko (日光 - Sun Light)

Have a great 日 (day)!

Nippon (Japan) Headband is a free pattern of mine from 2019!

Rising Steam Scarf
Extra skinny version (only 1 motif repeat)

Bulky weight yarn (@malabrigoyarn Mecha)
1 skein in "882 Azul Fresco" and
1 skein in "009 Polar Morn"

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#dukeofnikko
#doubleknitscarf

#tatewaku
#立涌

We're currently working on dyeing up the yarn for our Steeking box with Jennifer Beale, which will ship early in the new year.

After steeking we'll be tackling...
- Brioche with @pdxknitterati.bsky.social
- Double Knitting with @nikkoduke.bsky.social
- Beaded Knitting with Galina Zapletnuka

A single-ply yarn like @malabrigoyarn Mecha hides uneven tension very well

Colorways are "882 Azul Fresco" and "009 Polar Morn"

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#doubleknitting
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#risingsteamscarf

Hand-knit pants made from Mom's stash yarn

Super comfy yet warm enough for outdoors

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Korean Amimoji
차 (Cha - Tea)
물 (Mul - Water)
술 (Sul - Alcohol)

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Go round and round
Loving my new sweater

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Blocking!

Simple Intarsia sweater with square indented armhole and mock turtleneck