at least it's educational
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knittingThings I have learned so far today in the process of beginning my first toe-up sock:
- Judy's Magic Cast On is pretty easy, but dividing it onto 4 DPNs opened up a small hole in the center of the toe. Nothing I can't sew up later, but an annoyance nonetheless. I think to avoid this in the future, I'll have to knit the first few rounds of the toe on 2 needles.
- If your idea of Needle 1 is not the same as the pattern's idea of Needle 1, chances are you will end up with increases perpendicular to the cast on row instead of parallel. As soon as I figured out what I had done, I just reoriented instead of ripping out and starting over, but between that and the hole, my half-finished toe sure does look interesting.
- If the suggested increase stitch involves wrapping the yarn opposite the way you're used to, you will get confused and start wrapping all the stitches the opposite way, leaving them twisted on the needle.
- If you have a ton of twisted stitches, you don't have to untwist them; you can just knit through the back of the loop, and they will untwist as they drop.
... I think I'm ready to do something else for a while.
- Judy's Magic Cast On is pretty easy, but dividing it onto 4 DPNs opened up a small hole in the center of the toe. Nothing I can't sew up later, but an annoyance nonetheless. I think to avoid this in the future, I'll have to knit the first few rounds of the toe on 2 needles.
- If your idea of Needle 1 is not the same as the pattern's idea of Needle 1, chances are you will end up with increases perpendicular to the cast on row instead of parallel. As soon as I figured out what I had done, I just reoriented instead of ripping out and starting over, but between that and the hole, my half-finished toe sure does look interesting.
- If the suggested increase stitch involves wrapping the yarn opposite the way you're used to, you will get confused and start wrapping all the stitches the opposite way, leaving them twisted on the needle.
- If you have a ton of twisted stitches, you don't have to untwist them; you can just knit through the back of the loop, and they will untwist as they drop.
... I think I'm ready to do something else for a while.
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Date: 2010-03-30 12:16 am (UTC)When
And I don't know what increase you're doing, but knit-front-and-back is nice and simple, and the purl bumps don't really show when you're done. I also like the "knit into the shoulder of the stich below" increase, which probably has a better name.
Yay socks!!!