Rachel's Knitting Room
November 2010 Mystery Knit Along
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
PART 3 - Getting Ready to Work the Spiral
PROGRESS PHOTOS POSTED:
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In the words of the designer:
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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Now you have to build up to 10 sts ready to work the spiral.
First knit into the front and back of your one stitch, giving you 2 sts.
Now you have to work a combination of joining ridges, short rows and increases for a while so I will give you ridge by ridge instructions for this bit:
Ridge 1: K1, sl 1, pick up and K1 (this first picked up stitch should be from the ridge above the tail of yarn left from casting on), psso, turn and knit back.
PLEASE NOTE: YOU WILL BE PICKING UP STITCHES ALONG THE OUTSIDE EDGE OF YOUR CIRCLE TO MAKE A SPIRAL...EACH RIDGE IN THE CIRCLE WILL HAVE A STITCH AT THE END WHICH CAN BE PICKED UP AND KNIT.
YOU CAN VIEW THIS PROGRESS PHOTO TO SEE WHERE THE FIRST STITCH IS THAT YOU NEED TO PICK UP: http://www.flickr.com/photos/15226377@N07/5184000913/
Ridge 2: Kf&b, sl 1, pick up and K1, psso, turn and knit back (3sts).
Ridge 3: K2, sl 1, pick up and K1, psso, turn and knit back.
Ridge 4: Kf&b, K1, sl 1, pick up and K1, psso, turn and knit back. (4sts)
Ridge 5: K2, w&t, knit back.
Ridge 6: Kf&b, K2, sl 1, pick up and K1, psso, turn and knit back (5sts).
Ridge 7: K4, sl 1, pick up and K1, psso, turn and knit back.
Ridge 8: Kf&b, K3, sl 1, pick up and K1, psso, turn and knit back (6sts).
Ridge 9: K5, sl 1, pick up and K1, psso, turn and knit back.
Ridge 10: Kf&b, K4, sl 1, pick up and K1, psso, turn and knit back (7sts).
Ridge 11: K5, w&t, knit back.
Ridge 12: Kf&b, K5, sl 1, pick up and K1, psso, turn and knit back (8sts).
Ridge 13: K7, sl 1, pick up and K1, psso, turn and knit back.
Ridge 14: Kf&b, K6, sl 1, pick up and K1, psso, turn and knit back (9sts).
Ridge 15: K8, sl 1, pick up and K1, psso, turn and knit back.
Ridge 16: Kf&b, K7, sl 1, pick up and K1, psso, turn and knit back (10sts).
That’s the hardest part done.
From now on it’s easy peasy knitting.
Use your cast on tail to sew up the gap in the circle and to neaten the centre.
That’s the only sewing up you’ll need to do apart from sewing in ends when you start new balls of yarn.
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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
