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for seven hanks of yarn, wind them into balls and use some of each for each section of the sweater plus the bands...
Dawn Smith asked about extended garter stitch. We weren't familiar with the tem, but Dawn researched it, and it turns out this is the same as the elongated garter stitch.
This is a more open version of garter stitch. Work each stitch as if to knit as in regular garter stitch but wrap the yarn around the needle twice in every stitch. On the next row, every stitch is also worked with a double wrap, but the extra wrap of the previous row is dropped. Thanks for info, Dawn!
October 2005 Tips And Ideas
Shelly Thompson has a great idea for interactive felting projects.
She sends her finished projects without felting them as gifts to family or friends along with felting instructions. The recipient felts his/her own project to fit. What a fun project for kids, and educational, too…
Need to do some blocking and your blocking wires are not available? In a pinch,
Kathy uses thin bamboo or shisk-kabob skewers…
For a neater bind-off: knit or purl (depending on how the pattern stitch appears)
the last 2 stitches together, then bind off. This prevents the loose loop at the end of the bind-off edge...
To estimate yarn needed for long tail cast-on (sling shot or thumb method): wind the yarn around the knitting needle to be used for the cast-on ten times. Unwind and measure the length. Use that length measurement to estimate how much is needed for every ten stitches. Don't forget to leave a little extra for finishing the seam…
For a smooth edge around the bottom edge of a sweater worked in the round, work the first stitch (joining stitch) with the yarn from the skein and the cast-on tail together. Place your marker and start with a new first stitch. The last stitch on the round will be the "two yarn strand" stitch and those two strands will be knitting as one, making a smoother join along the edge. Kathy originally received this tip from Kay Holt…
December 2005 Tips And Ideas
From Mary G: "I hate to finish sweaters. Is there a way to pick up stitches around the sleeve cap to make set-in sleeves without seaming?"
We searched our archives for an answer and found a vintage Pat Trexler column which originally appeared in The Pittsburgh Press in 1969. Our explanation is based on that resource and Pat's suggestions to her readers. We think it is like "short rows in reverse". Work the body pieces according to your commercial pattern, with the appropriate armhole shaping for the set-in sleeve. Seam the shoulders (Kathy prefers a three-needle bind off method), but do not sew the side seams of the body. Instead, determine the number of stitches required at the widest part of the sleeve, and divide this number by three. Pick up
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