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November 2010 Mystery Knit Along

Thursday, November 18, 2010

PART 4 - Working the Spiral

Progress Pic Posted:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/15226377@N07/5187267315/

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Things You Need To Know:

• Throughout this pattern I refer to ridges rather than rows. A ridge in garter stitch is two knit rows.

• Where possible, all outside first stitches are slipped to help with the joining. I haven’t put this in the instructions so as to simplify them and it’s not disastrous if you forget.

• w&t (wrap and turn) is worked like this:

Bring the yarn forward, slip the next stitch purlwise, take the yarn back again, replace the slipped stitch on the left hand needle, bring the yarn forward again and turn the work.

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You’ll now be working in rounds so you need to mark the start of the first round with a safety pin after the last ridge worked. I know a spiral doesn’t actually have rounds but, for the purposes of shaping this thing, we need to impose rounds on it!

So, having put your safety pin in, continue as follows:

*Work one 8 stitch ridge (K8, w&t and knit back)

Work one 10 stitch joining ridge (K9, sl 1, pick up and K1, psso, turn and knit back.

Repeat from * until you get back to your safety pin.

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Part 1:
http://rachelsknittingcorner.blogspot.com/2010/11/rachels-knitting-room-november-2010.html

Part 2:
http://rachelsknittingcorner.blogspot.com/2010/11/rachels-knitting-room-november-2010_16.html

Part 3:
http://rachelsknittingcorner.blogspot.com/2010/11/rachels-knitting-room-november-2010_17.html