I recently got a ball of Premier Parfait Chunky in Bubblegum from my local Hallmark store to add to a blanket I’m making. I want all of the pieces to have a different stitch, but this yarn is too plush to show the finer stitches that I normally use. I also don’t want to put a ton of work into a complex pattern for a much less noticeable result.
Premier Parfait Chunky is a 6 – Super Bulky (7wpi). It’s a super fluffy corespun (fiber worked around a center thread or strand to make yarn) yarn. I would recommend tying a knot just after any cut ends to make sure none of the ‘fluff’ slides of the core thread. It shouldn’t, so long as you aren’t super rough with the ends, but I do it just to be sure.
All of my samples were worked with US 8 (5 mm) needles although the recommended is US 11 (8 mm) to US 17 (12.75 mm).
Here are my top 3 stitches, with charts, for working with plush yarn to add some fun visual dynamics.
BRAIDED WAVES
CN – cable needle
C6F – cable six forward: sl 3 sts to C), hold in front, k3, k3 from CN
C6B – cable six backwards: sl 3 sts to CN, hold in back, k3, k3 from CN
Cast on in groups of 12 + 6
Row 1 (rs): knit.
Row 2 and all even rows (ws): purl.
Row 3: *C6F, k6, repeat from * till last 6 sts, C6F.
Row 5: knit.
Row 7: *k6, C6B; repeat from * till last 6 sts, k6.
WICKER PATTERN
(without a cable needle)
kbl – knit through back loop
C2L – cross two left – kbl 2nd st on LN, working behind the 1st st, kbl 1st st, drop both fron LN (click for photo tutorial)
C2R – cross two right – sl 2 together knitwise to RN, slip individual sts knitwise to LN, purl 2 (click for photo tutorial)
I would also recommend putting a stitch marker into the front side after you have worked two rows.
Cast on in groups of 2 + 2.
Row 1 (rs): k1, *C2L; repeat from * till last st, k1.
Row 2 (ws): p2, *C2R; repeat from * till last 2 sts, p2.
TWO COLOR LATTICE
This pattern involves two colors and I’m going to use two different sizes of yarn as well. The bubblegum yarn is a 7 wpi (super bulky) and my other color is a 12 wpi (fingering) and is a single ply of a 3 ply yarn I got at a yard sale years ago, I call it opera pink.
sl 1 pyb – slip 1 stitch purlwise with yarn in back
sl 1 pyf – slip 1 stitch purlwise with yarn in front
yb – yarn back
yf – yarn forward
pbf- purl into the back and front of the next stitch to increase
NOTES:
Don’t over tighten the yarn in front of or behind the slipped stitches. After working each knit st with color A, pull the slipped strand out a bit to loosen it or your working yarn to tighten.
For the smaller yarn I will be casting on double and working two stitches as 1, this makes the final row denser. For casting off the 2nd to last row I will be doing pfb, and for the last I bound off in pairs.
It is also important to make sure that your long floating stitches are on the correct side of your work.
Long float placement:
Row 1-5: right side.
Rows 4-8: wrong side.
Cast on with A (opera pink) in groups of 6 + 3.
Row 1A (ws): k1, sl 1 pyb, *sl 2 pyb, p1, sl 3 pyb; repeat from * till last st, k1.
Row 2B (rs): knit.
Pick up strand from 3 sts below from the right side (above left)
Knit with next stitch (below left)
Row 3B (ws): purl.
Row 4A (rs): k1, *pick up strand from 3 rows below, knit with next stitch, sl 5 pyb; repeat from * till last 2 sts, pick up strand from 3 rows below, knit with next stitch, k1.
Row 5A (ws): k1, sl 1 pyf, yb, *sl 5 pyb, yf, sl 1 pyf; repeat from * till last st, k1.
Row 6B (rs): knit.
Row 7B (ws): purl.
Row 8A (rs): k1, *sl 3 pyb, pick up strand from 3 rows below, knit with next stitch, sl 2 pyb; repeat from * till last 2 sts, sl 1 pyb, k1.
Repeat 1-8.
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