Comments on: Idiot Cord Experiments http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/23 Used to be about knitting; now about about dieting. Sat, 24 Jul 2010 10:59:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: lucia http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/23/comment-page-1#comment-45 lucia Thu, 21 Oct 2004 12:35:08 +0000 http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/?p=23#comment-45 Idiot cord is just knit by raising between 3 and 6 needles, setting the carriage to knit in 1 direction only, and then knitting... endlessly! You see it form a tube as you knit it, but it forms a tighter tube when you take it off the machine and pull. Elizabeth Zimmerman named it this. Anyway, I found I can thread a tapestry needle with yarn and pull the yarn through. That sort of "fill" the tube-- like filled spaghetti straps on a dress. But, in the picture, I just steamed the I cord flat. (I think the I-cord in the picture is 6 stitches on the needle.) I ended up putting hanging the knitting on the I cord (really easy) but attaching the sides mostly on my machine. (Not to hard-- just like sewing a sweater on the machine.) It helps the rolling a lot, and looks pretty clean. Idiot cord is just knit by raising between 3 and 6 needles, setting the carriage to knit in 1 direction only, and then knitting… endlessly! You see it form a tube as you knit it, but it forms a tighter tube when you take it off the machine and pull.

Elizabeth Zimmerman named it this.

Anyway, I found I can thread a tapestry needle with yarn and pull the yarn through. That sort of “fill” the tube– like filled spaghetti straps on a dress. But, in the picture, I just steamed the I cord flat. (I think the I-cord in the picture is 6 stitches on the needle.)

I ended up putting hanging the knitting on the I cord (really easy) but attaching the sides mostly on my machine. (Not to hard– just like sewing a sweater on the machine.)

It helps the rolling a lot, and looks pretty clean.

]]> By: Roz Porter http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/23/comment-page-1#comment-43 Roz Porter Thu, 21 Oct 2004 10:11:26 +0000 http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/?p=23#comment-43 What exactly are you calling I-Cord? You said you "stuffed" the I-Cord. I guess if I knew what I-Cord was I'd know how you stuffed it but I'm having trouble visualizing what I-Cord is. I'm wondering if it's similar to the "knitted bias tape" I made when I was making Stretch and Sew Polar Fleece vests, I used Bramwell 4-Ply, knitted about 11 sts at tension 4 (which is fairly tight for 4 ply) and sewed it on. It worked even nicer than bias tape because it went smoothly over curves. Is that the same as your I-Cord? Roz What exactly are you calling I-Cord? You said you “stuffed” the I-Cord. I guess if I knew what I-Cord was I’d know how you stuffed it but I’m having trouble visualizing what I-Cord is. I’m wondering if it’s similar to the “knitted bias tape” I made when I was making Stretch and Sew Polar Fleece vests, I used Bramwell 4-Ply, knitted about 11 sts at tension 4 (which is fairly tight for 4 ply) and sewed it on. It worked even nicer than bias tape because it went smoothly over curves. Is that the same as your I-Cord?

Roz

]]> By: lucia http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/23/comment-page-1#comment-42 lucia Wed, 20 Oct 2004 15:18:25 +0000 http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/?p=23#comment-42 Did you hand knit, or machine knit? I'd definitely just knit the I-cord on to the sides during HK! What I've done so far on the poncho: Coded the poncho generator-- (I'm adding a yarn estimator right now.) Knit the two rectangles, casting on over the I cord. (That works <i>great</i> :) ) I hung the second rectangle on the first over I cord on the machine and seamed on the machine. (works great!) The back neck I cord will end up seamed on the machine when I make the neck. But... I'm going to have to sew some I cord. (Unless some clever person can suggest how to attach I cord as I go on the machine-- with out doing the normal seam as you go on the machine method. I've discovered I <i>hate</i> hanging the seamed edge every two rows when I could just move the carraige back and forth madly. that. Although, I know that other people absolutely love Thelma Viers knit top down sweaters, which use the techniques, and and nearly all sewn when you take them off the machine. So, other people could seam as you go on the machine. Just not me! Did you hand knit, or machine knit?

I’d definitely just knit the I-cord on to the sides during HK! What I’ve done so far on the poncho:

Coded the poncho generator– (I’m adding a yarn estimator right now.)

Knit the two rectangles, casting on over the I cord. (That works great :) )

I hung the second rectangle on the first over I cord on the machine and seamed on the machine. (works great!)

The back neck I cord will end up seamed on the machine when I make the neck. But… I’m going to have to sew some I cord. (Unless some clever person can suggest how to attach I cord as I go on the machine– with out doing the normal seam as you go on the machine method.

I’ve discovered I hate hanging the seamed edge every two rows when I could just move the carraige back and forth madly. that. Although, I know that other people absolutely love Thelma Viers knit top down sweaters, which use the techniques, and and nearly all sewn when you take them off the machine. So, other people could seam as you go on the machine. Just not me!

]]> By: gg http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/23/comment-page-1#comment-41 gg Wed, 20 Oct 2004 13:39:30 +0000 http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/?p=23#comment-41 I just knit icord on a vest I did recently and found it was extremely efficient and went very quickly and eliminated the need to sew it on. gg I just knit icord on a vest I did recently and found it was extremely efficient and went very quickly and eliminated the need to sew it on. gg

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