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Our customer Claire Staples purchases enough extra yarn to make matching socks for her handknit garments, either the same yarn or complimentary lighter weight sock yarn. Smart shopping, Claire!
For repairing a simple cable with a wrong twist, Joan Schrouder shares a tip from Maggie Righetti: It doesn't even matter whether you drop the right half or left half
of the cable. Just run those sts down to the infraction, push/pull it to the back/front to fix, then ladder back up with a crochet hook. Thanks, Joan!
When repairing a more complicated cable, just drop the stitches of the cable down to the point in need of repair. Using two short double-pointed needles at least one size smaller than the needles used to knit the garment, re-work that section to correct the error. Adjust stitches manually to even out appearance once repair has been completed...
When keeping track of multiple repeats in a pattern set some dice on a table next to you and rotate them to mark your rows. Standard six-sided cubes work just fine but gaming specialty stores sell non-standard dice, some with up to 20 sides.
(originally suggested by Kim Salazar, re-printed from June 2000 newsletter of The Knitting Guild of Tidewater)
August 2003 Tips and Ideas
Our knitting know-how instructor Nancy Caldwell shares a tip learned when knitting our shop model Einstein coat from Sally Melville's The Knit Stitch using SKACEL's "Ethno" yarn: When working garter stitch fabric, use a slip stitch edge treatment at the beginning of every row on all the pieces. This will make seaming much easier and the resulting fabric will appear much neater. Begin with yarn in front, slip first stitch purlwise (as if to purl), take yarn to the back, knit across row. Nancy highly recommends this book to knitters of all skill levels. Sally's new book, "The Purl Stitch" will be available later this fall. We will gladly accept advance orders -- reserve your copy now!
September 2003 Tips and Ideas
Stitch markers are a wonderful tool to help knitters keep track of pattern repeats.
Select the smallest size that will slide easily along your needles. Markers that are too large can stretch the adjacent stitches…
When sewing seams in handknit items and garments, use a blunt needle in order to avoid splitting the yarn. We recommend the bent tip CLOVER Chibi needle…
Here's an interesting finish for a neat V-neck, gleaned from a vintage knitting book: Work a row of loose single crochet around the neck edge. Then, with the desired size knitting needle, pick up the neck stitches, inserting the needle through the back loop of each crochet stitch. Work ribbing in the usual manner...
It's the season to begin knitting Christmas stockings for the holidays. We hope you'll be inspired by our mid-September trunk show from INTERWEAVE PRESS to knit one of two (they are a wonderful way to welcome a new family member). Handknits deserve the best
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