Comments on: Stockinette ad nauseam: Part I http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/372 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:55:27 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: sandra gollott http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/372/comment-page-1#comment-10452 sandra gollott Fri, 18 Aug 2006 16:54:21 +0000 http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/372#comment-10452 thank you so much/ i love to knit but still learning . i lost everything home and all in hurricane katrina. i still am in shock and trying to get out this is my help. couldnt remember stockinette stitch. thougt is was knit and purl. but thanks again sandy thank you so much/ i love to knit but still learning . i lost everything home and all in hurricane katrina. i still am in shock and trying to get out this is my help. couldnt remember stockinette stitch. thougt is was knit and purl. but thanks again sandy

]]> By: The Knitting Fiend » Blog Archive » Slip knitwise vs slip purlwise. http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/372/comment-page-1#comment-2217 The Knitting Fiend » Blog Archive » Slip knitwise vs slip purlwise. Wed, 21 Dec 2005 15:51:36 +0000 http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/372#comment-2217 [...] That’s how I did it when I knit barred stripes1, shown above left. If you knit that pretty stitch, you’d better slip purlwise! Otherwise, you’ll either be puzzled when you knit row 2 or you won’t notice your stitches are mounted in some unusual fashion, knit away, and eventually, you’ll wonder why so many of your stitches look twisted once, twice or even several times. (I discuss this whole seat thing in stockinette ad nauseum I - IV. ) [...] [...] That’s how I did it when I knit barred stripes1, shown above left. If you knit that pretty stitch, you’d better slip purlwise! Otherwise, you’ll either be puzzled when you knit row 2 or you won’t notice your stitches are mounted in some unusual fashion, knit away, and eventually, you’ll wonder why so many of your stitches look twisted once, twice or even several times. (I discuss this whole seat thing in stockinette ad nauseum I – IV. ) [...]

]]> By: The Knitting Fiend » Blog Archive » Stockinette ad nauseam: Part 3 http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/372/comment-page-1#comment-2215 The Knitting Fiend » Blog Archive » Stockinette ad nauseam: Part 3 Wed, 21 Dec 2005 14:33:50 +0000 http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/372#comment-2215 [...] To save myself some typing, I will assume the reader normally knits using the “Western” method and only describe how to “knit through back loops” and “purl through back loops” to create fabric with the twist shown in the top row of the swatch to the left. If your normal method of knitting stockinette results in untwisted stitches similar to that illustrated in the bottom two rows of the swatch to the left, and you don’t know what method you use, you probably do use the “Western” method. However, it is possible you knit using the “combination” method, which I have not yet discussed. If you have any doubts, compare your knitting method to that described in either Part I or Part II of “Knitting ad naseum”. [...] [...] To save myself some typing, I will assume the reader normally knits using the “Western” method and only describe how to “knit through back loops” and “purl through back loops” to create fabric with the twist shown in the top row of the swatch to the left. If your normal method of knitting stockinette results in untwisted stitches similar to that illustrated in the bottom two rows of the swatch to the left, and you don’t know what method you use, you probably do use the “Western” method. However, it is possible you knit using the “combination” method, which I have not yet discussed. If you have any doubts, compare your knitting method to that described in either Part I or Part II of “Knitting ad naseum”. [...]

]]> By: The Knitting Fiend » Blog Archive » Stockinette ad nauseam: Part 2 http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/372/comment-page-1#comment-1663 The Knitting Fiend » Blog Archive » Stockinette ad nauseam: Part 2 Thu, 06 Oct 2005 13:55:01 +0000 http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/372#comment-1663 [...] Those who slogged through Part I of “Knitting Ad Naseum” remember that “Western Uncrossed Knitting” results in untwisted stitches similar to what you could create on a knitting machine. In contrast, “Eastern Crossed Knitting” results in twisted stitches do not look like those knit by machine. [...] [...] Those who slogged through Part I of “Knitting Ad Naseum” remember that “Western Uncrossed Knitting” results in untwisted stitches similar to what you could create on a knitting machine. In contrast, “Eastern Crossed Knitting” results in twisted stitches do not look like those knit by machine. [...]

]]> By: The Knitting Fiend » Blog Archive » Knitting Ad Nauseam: Part IV http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/372/comment-page-1#comment-1662 The Knitting Fiend » Blog Archive » Knitting Ad Nauseam: Part IV Thu, 06 Oct 2005 13:54:15 +0000 http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/372#comment-1662 [...] Now, readers who read “Part I” or “Part III”, know that if you yarn over “Western Style”, all the stitches formed will sit “Western”. That’s what makes the method “Western”. Those who read “Part II”, know if you yarn over to form a stitch using the “Eastern” method, all the stitches will sit “Eastern”. [...] [...] Now, readers who read “Part I” or “Part III”, know that if you yarn over “Western Style”, all the stitches formed will sit “Western”. That’s what makes the method “Western”. Those who read “Part II”, know if you yarn over to form a stitch using the “Eastern” method, all the stitches will sit “Eastern”. [...]

]]> By: The Knitting Fiend » Blog Archive » Do these look different? http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/372/comment-page-1#comment-1614 The Knitting Fiend » Blog Archive » Do these look different? Sun, 25 Sep 2005 22:16:41 +0000 http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/372#comment-1614 [...] The attentive reader probably noticed I italicized knitwise when describing how to slip. I did this because normally when stitch pattern directions tell you to slip but don’t specify knitwise or purlwise, the knitter is expected to slip the stitches purlwise. The reason you normally slip purlwise is because, when working a fancy stitch pattern, you usually want to make sure the stitches still “sit” the same way on the needle when you work the next row. (If you want to read way too much about how stitches “sit”, read “Stockinette Ad Naseum”.) [...] [...] The attentive reader probably noticed I italicized knitwise when describing how to slip. I did this because normally when stitch pattern directions tell you to slip but don’t specify knitwise or purlwise, the knitter is expected to slip the stitches purlwise. The reason you normally slip purlwise is because, when working a fancy stitch pattern, you usually want to make sure the stitches still “sit” the same way on the needle when you work the next row. (If you want to read way too much about how stitches “sit”, read “Stockinette Ad Naseum”.) [...]

]]> By: lucia http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/372/comment-page-1#comment-1281 lucia Tue, 23 Aug 2005 02:25:17 +0000 http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/372#comment-1281 I twisted rows on an intarsia sweater-- which was the second one sweater I knit. Of course, I did it unintentionally and had no idea why! I eventually figured it out, but like you, I was knitting from books. My opinion is: if you can follow a pattern and get the result you like, your way is right! The only advantage to "knowing" the different ways is it can help you solve other people's problems and it can help you decipher instructions. Once you <em>know</em> you do something differently, it helps you say "Ah ha! I really do need to fiddle and adapt." I twisted rows on an intarsia sweater– which was the second one sweater I knit. Of course, I did it unintentionally and had no idea why! I eventually figured it out, but like you, I was knitting from books.

My opinion is: if you can follow a pattern and get the result you like, your way is right! The only advantage to “knowing” the different ways is it can help you solve other people’s problems and it can help you decipher instructions. Once you know you do something differently, it helps you say “Ah ha! I really do need to fiddle and adapt.”

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