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 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…
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”)…
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”)…
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
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
Used german short rows