09-21-2018
Going down in needle size. On my other WotA soakers, I get 4.25 stitches per inch on size 7 needles. I’m going to see what I get with size 6. (Either I became a tighter knitter or this relaxes after washing because I’m all the way to 21 s…
Using the short rows described in the comments of a Flax hacks blog post to adjust the neckline:
To do short row shaping for the Flax it goes like this:
Back Neck shaping comes after the set up round but before the increase round.
(Note: I did th…
Using the short rows described in the comments of a Flax hacks blog post to adjust the neckline:
To do short row shaping for the Flax it goes like this:
Back Neck shaping comes after the set up round but before the increase round.
(Note: I did th…
I was getting 10.5 stitches per 4” instead of the 8.5 stitches per 4” gauge in pattern. Switching to size 15 needles (hopefully they work – I have to pick up new needles otherwise)
11-13-2018
Got fairly close to pattern gauge (8.5sts/13rows per 4”)…
Using a baby sweater for Sami as a swatch for the larger sweaters I’m knitting for the rest of us.
Bind off used: JSSBO
11-18-2018
Since I’m using this project as a swatch for a larger Flax: it’s 16.5 stitches and 22 rows in 4 inches before washin…
Using a baby sweater for Sami as a swatch for the larger sweaters I’m knitting for the rest of us.
Bind off used: JSSBO
11-18-2018
Since I’m using this project as a swatch for a larger Flax: it’s 16.5 stitches and 22 rows in 4 inches before washin…
Casted on with whatever I had in my stash, because we got our first snow and the store is completely sold out of toddler size mittens. I should have enough yarn to make a matching hat later.
Doing two-at-a-time mittens on a long circular needle.
This is my “swatch” for a larger sweater out of Chroma fingering. We’ll also see how bad it pills.
Bound off in JSSBO
Using german short rows, and the jogless stripe method described here.
11-02-2018
First leg finished after 50 leg rows. Decreased every 5 rows. (K2TOG before BOR marker, slip BOR marker, k1, SSK) Cuff: k2, p2 Bound off using JSSBO
03-24-2019
Knit length to 10.5 inches from the top of the seed stitch band for a longer dress
03-25-2019
On row 9 (and 15 and 21) when you move the marker to the right, your last stitch on the previous row is the first stitch on your new row and …