Knitting in the Enterlac style is an amazing combination of ease of work, when we get a product with high aesthetic and beneficial practical characteristics.
You can knit a stylish dress for yourself.
The thing turns out to be quite wear-resistant, voluminous and attractive.
The tube scarf is used as a hat and a regular scarf.
This article is a detailed instruction on how to master knitting using the enterlac technique: the technique for beginners will reveal all the secrets of the skill.
Mastering knitting techniques for beginners
To master the initial stage on the path to mastery, you need to be patient and master the techniques of knitting, starting needlework with the simplest samples.
- If a beginner already knows how to knit knit and purl stitches, then it will be easier to perform not the most difficult of techniques - enterlac.
- The right side of the knitting consists of even squares that adjoin each other's sides at an angle of 45 degrees.
- In this case, all geometric shapes are connected by facial loops, have the same size, but alternate in colors, of which there can be 2 or more.
To master the technique, it is better to start with a simple square or rectangle, which can be used as an oven mitt or a small mat for a stool.
How to avoid mistakes when knitting enterlac?
The work itself is not difficult. If you carefully check the instructions, you will definitely be able to knit the product well.
So, this is a step-by-step work.
- The first stage is to pick up stitches and knit the first rows. The canvas should start from triangles of the same color. Next, the triangles will be knitted into squares. Essentially, 2 triangles will be knitted together. The knitting method is simple: the shapes will be knitted back and forth.
- The second stage is the most problematic in this knitting technique, since it presents the maximum difficulty for beginning needleworkers. To make the canvas beautiful and neat, you should make the edge loop correctly. Its function will be to separate one canvas from another.
The work itself is not difficult
To knit squares, you need to knit a ready-made triangle in a rotating manner. The method is the same: back and forth. Work continues until the product takes the desired shape.
- The third stage is the final one. The accuracy of the work depends on many factors, but the main one is the last row. If it is knitted correctly, the work will have a presentable appearance.
All stitches in the last row must be cast off. This is done simply: 2 loops are knitted together, and the next loops are connected to the one that was formed by knitting this way. At the end of the work, you need to tighten the knot well, pulling the yarn through the last loop.
Features of the enterlac technique
Similar to things sewn from individual scraps of material, knitted fabric is actually made with a whole thread, without breaks on each new square. The rows move sequentially, but the knitting pattern turns first in one direction and then in the opposite direction.
A fabric made from yarn of the same color is knitted without breaks, but when two or more colors alternate, each subsequent row of squares will begin with a new piece of thread of a different tone.
Thus, a relief pattern of the canvas is obtained, similar to intertwined multi-colored ribbons or birch bark baskets.
Enterlak crochet step by step
It is even easier to make such a pattern with a crochet hook than with knitting needles. The product turns out very beautiful, especially if you use multi-colored yarn.
Master Class
- A chain of 25 air loops is assembled. Place 5 loops on the hook (without edge loops).
- Then knitting occurs with the reverse side, using the method of returning loops.
- The first stitches should be knitted together. Then the material from the previous row is collected.
- The fifth loop is taken from the chain, and the first two from the next row are knitted together. Thus, 5 rows are knitted. You should get a one-color square.
- The loops of the square are closed. Next, there is a transition to another color without knitting stitches.
- 5 loops are again cast on from the chain, but in a different color. After knitting 5 rows, the loops are closed again.
- The third square should be knitted in a different color in the same way.
- This work technique continues until the product takes on the desired shape.
Crocheting this pattern is easier than knitting
Knitting a small rug
To knit a dense and voluminous item, use thick yarn, and the knitting will consist of wide strips of different colors intertwined in a pattern. For experience and familiarity with the technique, you should start with the simplest shape, which is a square or rectangular rug.
Having selected the correct number of knitting needles for the yarn, you can begin to work.
- First, you need to cast on the number of loops, which is divisible by 10 without a remainder, since in this knitting technique there are no 2 edge stitches.
- The first row is performed with facial loops, but not immediately, but as triangles are knitted, which will set the direction for the entire pattern.
Description of models knitted with the Enterlak pattern
"Enterlac" is an unusual and magical pattern. Beginning needlewomen should definitely pay attention to it. You can create original and cute things using Enterlac and knitting needles. This pattern can turn a skein of yarn into thin or dense voluminous products.
Knitted beret using the Enterlak technique
Hat "Enterlac" description
We bring to your attention a model of such a cute colored hat. The description and scheme of work are clearly and clearly written.
Getting the triangles of the first row
To obtain the first triangle, you need to knit the first knit stitch, then turn the knitting needle with the beginning of the fabric and knit the same loop purl.
- Then return the work to its original position and knit 2 knit stitches, doing the same with them from the wrong side.
- Turning the knitting needle again, add another knit stitch, and having knitted all 3 from the wrong side, return for the 4th knit stitch.
- Since the repeat of this pattern is taken to be 10 loops, a triangle will be obtained when they are knitted alternately.
Leaving the first resulting triangle on the knitting needle in your right hand, you can begin knitting the second similar figure, in the given sequence. The row will end when all tens of loops that make up the bases of the triangles are knitted in it.
Items for a new wardrobe
Having learned to knit using the enterlac technique, you will add very beautiful patterns to your wardrobe.
And this combination of colors will remind you of summer and relaxation on the seashore.
Your child will feel comfortable walking around in a beautiful hat.
Every fashionista would knit such a stylish item!
A rainbow scarf and hat will help break up the winter greyness!
You can knit a warm blanket from leftover yarn.
Threads in the same color scheme will help you create an amazing thing that will come in handy in early spring.
What do you think of the idea of knitting cozy gloves?
To be the center of attention, create an original outfit for yourself.
How to knit a fashionable snood? Very simple, just like knitting in regular stitch. Snood has neither beginning nor end, so knitting will not be difficult.
Be sure to tie a double snood to keep warm!
Introduction of the second color
To start the next row of enterlac with a different color, you need to break the thread and continue working with a new ball of yarn.
- First, you need to cast on two new loops on the knitting needle, one of which must be knitted purlwise, and the second simultaneously with the first of the triangle loops, which follows the pattern.
- Having turned the work over after this, you need to knit the first loop, and from the next one get 2, pulling one of them through the back wall, and the other through the front. Returning the work to the wrong side again, the first 2 loops must be knitted in the usual way according to the pattern, and the 3rd will again serve as the basis for forming 2 new ones.
- By repeating this order, you can get a uniform expansion of the triangles of the 2nd row by one loop, after each turn of the knitting needles. A solid fabric will be obtained by knitting an outer loop of a different color, together with a side one from the first row. In the second row, the triangles will also consist of 10 loops.
- Having received two rows of triangles connected in different colors, you need to proceed to the next step, which begins by pulling 10 loops in order from the side of the triangle.
- They are knitted right away, and after turning the knitting needles, 9 of them are made purl according to the pattern. One extreme one serves to connect to the triangle of the previous row and is knitted together with a loop from it.
- Using this pattern, the following rows are made, of which in this pattern there should be 20 identical squares. The last element in the row will remain a triangle. From its top, knitting of the next rows begins, and the thread again changes color.
To continue the fabric along the side of the last triangle, you need to cast on 10 loops and knit each odd row of the next 19 with facial loops. Accordingly, even rows must be made from purl rows.
At the end of each row, the last 2 loops should be knitted together so that the triangle gradually tapers upward. The next stage begins again by changing the thread of a different tone and casting on 10 loops from the extreme side of the last triangle.
In this case, they need to be knitted purlwise, again knitting the latter together with the outermost one from the previous triangle. Then 20 rows are repeated, the pattern of which has already been described, and then everything is repeated, starting from the 2nd row of triangles.
In order to understand the logical order of this pattern, you first need to use any information in the form of descriptions, diagrams and even video tutorials, so as not to be immediately disappointed in the seemingly difficult enterlac style.
Reviews
Filchenko Elizaveta, 35 years old, Saransk
I learned to knit various items on knitting needles back in my university years, when I had a lot of free time, but I really wanted to be fashionable. We often redrew or rewrote knitting patterns, since we couldn’t afford to subscribe to a magazine. My friends and I swapped not only patterns, but also leftover yarn. One day I came across a “basket” pattern in a needlework newspaper. Everything was described in detail there, so I decided to try to knit it. The “trick” of this pattern was that it was possible to combine several types of squares and triangles in a single canvas. In this case, it was possible to use various leftover threads. Nowadays this technique is called enterlac. I didn’t manage to knit using this pattern the first time, since each element of the fabric required a separate pattern. I mean the outermost and lateral figures in the canvas. When I completely figured out what was going on, I decided to knit a knitted pillowcase for a small pillow using this technology. It turned out nice. I chose two types of threads - red and black. Now this pillow still serves us in everyday life at the dacha. The main thing is not to give up and learn new knitting techniques.
Olga Sergeeva, 42 years old, Ekaterinburg
I consider Enterlak one of the most difficult knitting techniques, especially if a sweater is knitted using this technique. I felt this from my own experience. I had to sit for a couple of evenings to fully calculate the required number of loops for individual elements of the sweater. As a result, I succeeded, of course, I could not do without Internet help. I had to ask around and find out something new, since I haven’t thought about knitting for more than two years. But the girls on the forums explained and explained everything to me. We, one might say, worked together to calculate the loops for the back, sleeves, etc. The most difficult thing was at the beginning, when you just start making the initial rows and alternating triangles with squares. I have an adult daughter, so she really liked this sweater, especially since she follows fashion trends in fashion. I ordered the same one for myself, all that remains is to decide on the color scheme. After looking through the Internet, we realized that now fashion has come to more pastel and natural colors, so we are thinking of choosing coffee, pink and white. I think that for a young girl, this color scheme will be just what she needs.
Butko Galina, 48 years old, Astrakhan
Last year I became a grandmother. Therefore, I tried my best to please my daughter-in-law during pregnancy. My granddaughter knitted various warm things for her future. I managed to knit the envelope especially beautifully. I knitted it from thick white and blue threads. I decided to choose not a simple pattern, but the currently popular enterlac. I looked for similar schemes on the Internet and found them. The result was a very soft and warm envelope. In the first months after birth, we even took my granddaughter out for walks in a stroller, swaddling him in this envelope. I knitted a delicate and snow-white hat to the envelope. Now I have to finish knitting the hat, as my granddaughters are growing. My daughter-in-law really liked this gift, especially since I know that the prices for such products are very high on the market. By the way, it is not yet known what quality of yarn is chosen by unscrupulous manufacturers. It turns out that we not only saved money, but also took care of the baby’s health. Moreover, many modern threads are colored with harmful dyes. I selected the most natural wool yarn that would not cause discomfort when touching the child’s body. Simply put, it should not have been “prickly”, since the child’s skin is very delicate.
Knitting garments
Having studied the procedure for knitting intersecting squares on a straight fabric, you can start working on various stylish clothes. Using the enterlak method, hats, dresses, sweaters, snoods, leg warmers and even socks are knitted on knitting needles.
It is much easier to knit voluminous items on circular knitting needles, with which you can immediately start working with a square of one color, which is supplemented with new elements to the top, and continue it without the outer triangles, since there are no edges in knitting in the round.
How to replenish your wardrobe?
Very simple! If you know how to crochet or knit, you can easily master a new knitting technique. Europe has long loved things made in this way, but our needlewomen have already learned how to knit an unusual pattern. By knitting several items, you will demonstrate your original style.
Enterlac is a pattern that consists of stripes of different widths. Most often, needlewomen cast on 10 stitches. The pattern is knitted in a continuous fabric, the rows of which first lie in one direction, then in the other.
The braid can be knitted with threads of the same color, then they do not have to be torn off. To get a more interesting collage, you should use different colors of thread either in each row or through the desired number of rows. See what kind of hat you can make!
Here is another model of a delicately colored cap for spring.
An extraordinary rainbow of colors decorated the socks. These products are knitted with knitting needles with a set of loops in the amount of 5.
If you prefer to crochet, the products will turn out more airy and voluminous. Choose yarn with mohair to treat yourself to a cozy soft jacket or sweater.
Photos of knitting using the enterlac technique
What does entrelak and its basics look like?
An intertwined ornament knitted in the “entrelak” style is a self-sufficient color pattern that has a decorative function. By choosing a harmonious combination of yarn, you will get a unique product with a beautiful texture. The resulting knitting pattern consists of squares, diamonds or stripes. It resembles basket weaving.
In addition to contrasting yarn, plain threads are also used for work. When knitting entrelak, it becomes possible to place the patches perpendicularly relative to each other. Such bright knitted products will appeal to many and will definitely attract admiring glances.
Entrelak can be knitted either using knitting needles or using a crochet hook. This pattern is used as a basis for knitting a wallet, dress, scarf, blanket and many other products and accessories. This technology looks original both in small products with small details and in larger works.
At first glance, you might think that reproducing such an ornament would be quite difficult to repeat. In this case, you should study a visual master class for beginners with photos and videos.
At the first stage, you will need to learn how to knit stocking fabric. In addition, it is worth studying issues related to rotary knitting (creating the fabric diagonally).
It is this small list that will allow you to quickly master entrelak.
If you decide to take up this technique, at first use old yarn. Since during the first attempts to repeat an intricate pattern, craftswomen often make mistakes. It is possible to correct these errors, but due to the fact that the yarn will unravel from time to time and then knit again, the finished product will lose its visual appeal.
