Dress diary: Aragorn socks - cuff done
Sep. 15th, 2015 10:17 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
janestarzAfter the initial cast on I could continue with the cuff. Normally, a cuff is knit either "knit 1, purl 1" or "knit 2, purl 2" to created a ribbed cuff. But this cuff was a little different, since it will blend in with the pattern of the leg.
The pattern clearly states how to knit the cuff on the front of the leg using a little chart, so using a ruler to keep track of where I was in the chart that was quite easy. But I made a mistake on the back of the leg and had to un-knit nearly a full row. Since this pattern uses a "knit through the back loop" (ktbl), it was a little difficult to go back. If I un-knitted the regular way, the 'ktbl' stitch would twist another round and the work would no longer slide on my needles. Thank goodness I figured it out in time, so I could knit the stitches the right way around when I had un-knitted everything.
This also means that establishing the pattern for the leg will not be very difficult, as the cuff already indicates where the cables of twisted stitches will be coming. This is the front of the leg (the back leg is a very boring 2x1 ribbing) and you can see sets of 4 knit stitches separated by purled stitches. These will connect with the cables later on down the leg.
If you knit your ribbing with your knit stitches through the back loop, your ribbing will be neater. In normal ribbing, the knit stitches will be a little loose, but with a ktbl, the knit stitches will be a little tighter. It's called a "twisted rib". As far as I've read, most (if not all) knit stitches in this pattern are knit through the back loop.
The cuff is done and scrap yarn I used to set up has been removed.
After a few rows of the cuff I could remove the scrap yarn at the cast-on, and that went swimmingly. I unraveled part of my yellow stitches and then could pull the yellow thread right out. The gray scrap yarn then fell from the work, as it was only connected to the rest of the work with the yellow yarn. A wonderful technique.
Next steps.
Now I get to continue down the leg, exploring twisted stitches. I'm getting the hang of the 'kbtl' stitches, so I hope I can keep them loose and relaxed enough. By the time I get to sock number 2, this will no longer be a problem, of course. I think I'll probably knit the entire leg section before posting again, unless I run into trouble along the way. (Aragorn ran into trouble all the time.)
The pattern clearly states how to knit the cuff on the front of the leg using a little chart, so using a ruler to keep track of where I was in the chart that was quite easy. But I made a mistake on the back of the leg and had to un-knit nearly a full row. Since this pattern uses a "knit through the back loop" (ktbl), it was a little difficult to go back. If I un-knitted the regular way, the 'ktbl' stitch would twist another round and the work would no longer slide on my needles. Thank goodness I figured it out in time, so I could knit the stitches the right way around when I had un-knitted everything.
This also means that establishing the pattern for the leg will not be very difficult, as the cuff already indicates where the cables of twisted stitches will be coming. This is the front of the leg (the back leg is a very boring 2x1 ribbing) and you can see sets of 4 knit stitches separated by purled stitches. These will connect with the cables later on down the leg.
If you knit your ribbing with your knit stitches through the back loop, your ribbing will be neater. In normal ribbing, the knit stitches will be a little loose, but with a ktbl, the knit stitches will be a little tighter. It's called a "twisted rib". As far as I've read, most (if not all) knit stitches in this pattern are knit through the back loop.
The cuff is done and scrap yarn I used to set up has been removed.
After a few rows of the cuff I could remove the scrap yarn at the cast-on, and that went swimmingly. I unraveled part of my yellow stitches and then could pull the yellow thread right out. The gray scrap yarn then fell from the work, as it was only connected to the rest of the work with the yellow yarn. A wonderful technique.
Next steps.
Now I get to continue down the leg, exploring twisted stitches. I'm getting the hang of the 'kbtl' stitches, so I hope I can keep them loose and relaxed enough. By the time I get to sock number 2, this will no longer be a problem, of course. I think I'll probably knit the entire leg section before posting again, unless I run into trouble along the way. (Aragorn ran into trouble all the time.)
