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Via Veneto Table Runner

By Cristina Bernardi Shiffman

The Via Veneto Table Runner showcases the sterling qualities of linen–durability, heft, and crispness–and yields up a dining-room heirloom that future generations will fight over.

Please note: this pattern is provided in digital PDF format only.

$7.00

Specs & Details

Article Type
Table Runner
Craft
Knitting
Size
49" x 12" (124.5 cm x 30.5 cm)
Yardages
1080 yds
988 m
Yarn Weight
Sport
Gauge
24 sts and 30 rows = 4" (10 cm)
Needle
US 2

The Via Veneto table runner is the result of Cristina Shiffman’s mad-scientist tinkering with the DNA of the table runner. That stitch the looks like weaving? It is weaving. You drop a stitch all the way down the runner, and then weave a contrasting yarn (we used linen, but coarse twine would be nice), potholder-loom style, back through the ladders of the dropped stitch. So simple, and such a nice break from, you know, knitting.

This runner would look great in many plant-based yarns, or combinations of yarns. Linen is a practical choice for the table because it washes and dries beautifully, and lasts for millennia.

About the designer

An artist in multiple media by nature and by education, Cristina Shiffman is a knitter, sewist, potter, and photographer who also draws, paints, and dyes with natural materials. Now working as an editor of academic writing, Cristina has been collaborating with MDK since 2017, chiefly as social media eminence.

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