Craft club topic of the month - knitting!
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Biddlybee
making knots with sticks
zora said:
I finished my first hat!
It's a bit uneven where I've sewn the edges together, but still looks ok... next - a hat for me
pootle - sorry I didn't reply up there ^ I wasn't sure of the answer and knew someone would come along
edit: not very exciting, but it's my first hat!!!
and its taking me forever 
pootle
little moran
I'm feeling that moan (oo-er!)
I'm fine with this knit one row, purl one row buisness but when it's K1 stitch P1 stitch it gets more stressful. If my concentration lapse for a minute I can't always remember if I should be doing a knit or a purl stitch.
If I'm doing a knit row then a purl row I can tell what's next from if the right side or wrong side of knitting but are there any top tips to remind me what stitch is next when I'm doing K1, P1 should I be distracted by a passing mingle or exciting Hollyoaks plot development
I'm fine with this knit one row, purl one row buisness but when it's K1 stitch P1 stitch it gets more stressful. If my concentration lapse for a minute I can't always remember if I should be doing a knit or a purl stitch.
If I'm doing a knit row then a purl row I can tell what's next from if the right side or wrong side of knitting but are there any top tips to remind me what stitch is next when I'm doing K1, P1 should I be distracted by a passing mingle or exciting Hollyoaks plot development
madzone
Physically unfavourable
pootle said:I'm feeling that moan (oo-er!)
I'm fine with this knit one row, purl one row buisness but when it's K1 stitch P1 stitch it gets more stressful. If my concentration lapse for a minute I can't always remember if I should be doing a knit or a purl stitch.
If I'm doing a knit row then a purl row I can tell what's next from if the right side or wrong side of knitting but are there any top tips to remind me what stitch is next when I'm doing K1, P1 should I be distracted by a passing mingle or exciting Hollyoaks plot development
If you look at the stiches on k1 p1 rib they'll either look like a dash or a v. If it's a dash it's purl, if it's a v it's knit.
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Biddlybee
making knots with sticks
pattern question for you... it's confusing me...
I'm told to cast on 37 stitches, knit and perl a few rows... then told to K7, K3tog 4 times then K1 - all on one row... but that's 41 stitches
It's for a hat and there is an option to cast on 41 or 45 stitches as well, but they're in brackets... how would I adjust the decreasing to fit 37 stitches.. would I just do K6, K3tog 4 times then K1? Or K7, K2tog?
I'm told to cast on 37 stitches, knit and perl a few rows... then told to K7, K3tog 4 times then K1 - all on one row... but that's 41 stitches
It's for a hat and there is an option to cast on 41 or 45 stitches as well, but they're in brackets... how would I adjust the decreasing to fit 37 stitches.. would I just do K6, K3tog 4 times then K1? Or K7, K2tog?
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
BiddlyBee said:edit: not very exciting, but it's my first hat!!!
Excellent hat.
edited because being dense.
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
Bee can you type out exactly what that row says, including any brackets or punctuation?
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
And you're sure you haven't missed an increase somewhere?
Biddlybee
making knots with sticks
Don't think so.RubyToogood said:
In between the casting on instructions and the beginning of the decrease it says:
Beg with K row, cont in st st as folls:
Work 8 rows.
Break off yarn A and cont using yarn B only.
Work 12 rows, ending with a WS row.
I changed the number of rows in the different colours, because I didn't have enough green.. but that shouldn't affect it.
Have they just made typos then?
I think that pattern is all confuddled. I made that hat with 41 stiches cast on, and the decreases worked until the last row, when I was supposed to have 9 stitches left , but still had 12. So had to muddle in another row of decreases, made up as I went along. Still turned out to be an okay hat - but there is definitely a mistake in the pattern.
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wobbly
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had to show this off finally
had to show this off finally
gaijingirl
Well-Known Member
Biddly - your hat is gorgeous! Well done!
AnnaKarpik
Queen of all she surveys
You're getting a bit confused with the brackets;BiddlyBee said:I think it is! I've worked out the decreasing on the knit rows... then when it comes to the purl row they tell you to decrease it says P1 (P2 tog) 8 times - that's 24 stitches, when it says you should have 17
P1 (P2tog) 8 times is 17 stitches - you purl one stitch, and then you purl 2tog over the next 16 stitches. You're left with 9 stiches.
Good luck!
