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Posted by Vintage Purls on December 31, 2006, 5:47 pm
Hi all,
Does anyone have any tips for knitting up stitches neatly? I've always
struggled with this round necklines in particular.
The instruction: "pick up and knit x stitches round neck" is always one
I dread. :)
Happy New Year everyone,
VP
http://www.vintagepurls.net.nz
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Posted by WoolyGooly on December 31, 2006, 6:54 pm
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>Hi all,
>Does anyone have any tips for knitting up stitches neatly? I've always
>struggled with this round necklines in particular.
>The instruction: "pick up and knit x stitches round neck" is always one
>I dread. :)
1. Don't bind off the front/back neck stitches. Easier to work with
live stitches than to pick up. Consider using short rows to make the
front neck shaping as you're knitting up the shoulders/armholes;
you'll have live stitches to work with *all the way around* and the
wraps on the shorted stitches will let you close up any holes, just
like on a short-row sock heel.
2. Don't sweat the stitch count on the neckline when you're going to
make something simple like 1/1 or 2/2 ribbing, just get a number of
stitches good for the finishing method. Do try to pick up an equal
number of stitches on each side of the front center up to the shoulder
seams for symmetry. Anybody who is close enough to see that you
fudged the stitch count on the back of the neck deserves an elbow in
the gut!
3. If you're working a deep neckline (like the deep v-front of my
boxy sweater) be sure to SLIP every first stitch on both the right and
wrong sides just as you do with sock heel flaps. THis gives you a
tidy chain edge - each link in the chain is one stitch to pick up. I
know most sources tell you to pick up 2 stitches for every 3 rows when
you're picking up on the vertical but that always gives me waaaaay too
many stitches to work with.
4. If the pattern will let you, modify the neck opening and do as
much finishing as possible as you knit the body. You may be able to
incorporate vertical 1/1 rib into a deep neckline as you make the two
front yokes. You still have to do *something* with the back neck, but
you're inventive!
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Posted by Mirjam Bruck-Cohen on December 31, 2006, 11:17 pm
Wooly in the case of a V neck
i never Slip the last /first or any Stitch for that matter ,,,,
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>3. If you're working a deep neckline (like the deep v-front of my
>boxy sweater) be sure to SLIP every first stitch on both the right and
>wrong sides just as you do with sock heel flaps. THis gives you a
>tidy chain edge - each link in the chain is one stitch to pick up. I
>know most sources tell you to pick up 2 stitches for every 3 rows when
>you're picking up on the vertical but that always gives me waaaaay too
>many stitches to work with.
If i intend to knit a ribbing on i increase between the 3+4 stitches
before and after the open v [ in my case since i knit downwards] but
to those who knit upwards i advice to decrease the 3+4 together .
I mostly don`t do ribbibng but knit on a straight side knitting [ like
rice or all knit [= i increse but the 4 side stiches are ribbed by
being all done in knit on both sides to and from ...
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>4. If the pattern will let you, modify the neck opening and do as
>much finishing as possible as you knit the body. You may be able to
>incorporate vertical 1/1 rib into a deep neckline as you make the two
>front yokes. You still have to do *something* with the back neck, but
>you're inventive!
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Posted by CATS on December 31, 2006, 9:10 pm
This is just me of course, but I prefer to get an even
pickup that has no holes, THEN reduce the number of stitches
in the first worked row.
As an example -
on a deep V neck I knit up one stitch on every row and then
figure out how many I need to reduce to get the number I
need. So if I had 50sts on each front side and I need only
35 I would K1, P2tog from the shoulders down (on both sides)
15 times then just K1, P1 for the rest of the row. Or if
you are doing a K2, P2 rib you would K2, P2tog, P1, K2,
P2tog, P1, etc. This will draw the stitches in evenly and
leave no holes at all.
The same works on round necklines but I keep one stitch to
one stitch across any live stitches I have on the needles.
Always depending on the style of course, I usually like to
cast off stitches across the back neck and pick up from the
cast off edge as I think it helps keep the neck line firm
and in shape.
--
Cheryl
: Hi all,
:
: Does anyone have any tips for knitting up stitches neatly?
I've always
: struggled with this round necklines in particular.
:
: The instruction: "pick up and knit x stitches round neck"
is always one
: I dread. :)
:
: Happy New Year everyone,
: VP
: http://www.vintagepurls.net.nz
:
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Posted by ka9dvs@gmail.com on December 31, 2006, 9:46 pm
This is why this group is so great, not only are they the friendlies
group on the net but also they may be the most knowledgeable group!
Hugs & God bless,
Dennis & Gail
Vintage Purls wrote:
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> Hi all,
> Does anyone have any tips for knitting up stitches neatly? I've always
> struggled with this round necklines in particular.
> The instruction: "pick up and knit x stitches round neck" is always one
> I dread. :)
>
> Happy New Year everyone,
> VP
> http://www.vintagepurls.net.nz
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>Does anyone have any tips for knitting up stitches neatly? I've always
>struggled with this round necklines in particular.
>The instruction: "pick up and knit x stitches round neck" is always one
>I dread. :)