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January 2, 2006
Smooth sailing until…
Damn kitchener stitch.
As you can see, my lace leaf pullover was working out well, but when I grafted the top & bottom together, what is supposed to be an invisible seam, is definitely quite visible.
It seems to have a slight twist leaning to one side. Not having ever used kitchener’s stitch before, I’m not really sure why this is happening. Am I pulling too tightly? Not tight enough?
Time to carefully un-stitch and seek the help of the knitty gods…..
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At 7:24 pm on January 2, 2006, Freak Magnet commented:
I thought it was SUPPOSED to look like that. Like you were giving it a waist of some sort.
At 4:22 pm on January 4, 2006, morgsarah commented:
Hmmm, haven’t tried the kitchener….I’m sure the knittyheads can help though! I LOVE the backyard leaves scarf, beautiful!
Sarah.
(teleknitter/morgsarah).
At 5:27 pm on January 6, 2006, alison commented:
Oooh, it looks great in that green. I really wanted to get that green, but I already had four balls of the blue, so I was frugal and bought more of the blue. You said you’re doubling the Cork, - how many balls did you use overall??
As for the Kitchenering, it looks like you’ve done it right. It is probably a little loose - you want to pull stitches snug to match the gauge of your knitting. And any little wonkiness/slantiness could probably be straightened out by just pulling on each the stitches a bit.
Best of luck! It’s going to be awesome!
At 12:09 pm on January 7, 2006, aquaknits commented:
Actually, I’ve only knit the body so far. I’m just beginning the sleeves now. I have a total of 12 balls, which I think is just going to make it for the size 42″. Kitchener problems solved with careful figeting, thanks to everyone’s advice.
Thanks for the compliments, finished sweater pics coming soon!