written by Carole Wulster
This week, as I finished a sweater with a hood, I found myself wondering to myself who was the first knitter to close a hood with Kitchener Stitch grafting.
In fact, I wondered who first developed Kitchener Stitch? Is the answer in Principles of Knitting or in Mary Thomas’s Knitting Book? Was Kitchener a person? I will [...]
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I have to admit that I would rather work an SSK decrease rather than a k2tog. The movement in the SSK seems to be so much more fluid to me than a k2tog.
However, because of the nature of each stitch, one can’t just replace k2tog with SSK. K2tog is a decrease that slants to the [...]
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When I lay a set-in sleeve on a table, aligned with the armhole of the sweater, I always think that “finishing” is not for the faint of heart!
Years ago, when I was a college student, it was common practice to knit all the pieces of a garment and then take those pieces to the yarn [...]
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Yesterday, I was jolted as I was flipping pages in one of Barbara Walker’s stitch treasuries. There, in black and white, were instructions to increase by purling into the front and back of the stitch.
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Several months back, I received and email from my friend, Karen, who wrote that her friend was knitting two sleeves at the same time. I thought this must be a slow news day since many knitters, including me, knit two sleeves at once.
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