Comments on: Hole After Gusset

By: lucia

lucia — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 14:14:57 +0000

Picking up extra stitches works. I’m just hoping the other cure I envision will work. Dee is going to show me her way at our Barnes and Nobles meeting tonight!

(I may need to force her to do a cast on that requires two hands so I can photograph while she does it!)

By: Isela

Isela — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 07:45:25 +0000

I recently acquired the book Sensational Socks, and she has a gret tip on how to fix that pesky little hole. It goes along with your first idea, except she picks up 2 extra stitches at each side of the gusset, so 4 extra stitches in total.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 23:43:42 +0000

After knitting several pair of socks I noticed that I didn’t make that hole any longer. I finally figured out why and there were several reasons: A. I tended to snug up more on the stitches at the hole 2. I knit into the back of all the stitches picked up along the heel flap – both sides of it. This makes ALL the stitches snugger and less likely to gap anywhere and finally III) sheer knitting talent. Honest. Once we get a few pair off our needles, it just ALL gets better – the turning of the heel, the picking up of gusset stitches, kitchener without a written instruction on my lap…

By: Dee

Dee — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 23:28:45 +0000

Lucia, twisting that stitch can also minimize the size of the hole too. Since I started picking up the entire stitch and not just one side of it when I work the gusset I really do not notice this “hole” problem any longer.

By: lucia

lucia — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 23:02:26 +0000

Maybe I should go Chianti collored to not show stains?

I can estimate yardages for simple shaped sweaters based on the schematic– provided the sweater is knit in stockinette. Cable sweaters take up more and it’s difficult to predict. So, you just need to trust the yardage in the pattern! Does Annie’s pattern give yardage? Or is it the usual “X balls of Brand Y yarn” and you need to hunt that down?

By: La

La — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 22:32:12 +0000

Oooh, I’d go darker.

I’m seriously contemplating Annie’s (heart heart) Bi-Colored Cables jacket in the current IK myself. I just have to stash dive, but I think I remember 20 balls of Jo Sharp DK, 10 in each color. I wonder if that’ll be enough

By: Jussi

Jussi — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 21:39:28 +0000

eagerly awaiting the results of your research here! as this has been a great annoyance to me lately.