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Posted by we4davis on January 4, 2009, 2:16 pm
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Learning yarnwork - again!!
I've recently starting "re-learning" knitting after a MANY years break. I
picked a dog sweater because we moved to Sweden and my dog needs one. It
lied and said it was easy!
I've just bound off 2 sections for leg holes (which they advise will be
worked later - all 4 at the same time) and now I'm lost. I have 11
stiches, 10 bind off, 80 stitches, 10 bind off, and 11 stitches. The next
direction says"Beg with a purl row, work 2 1/2" in stocking st from bound
off sts, ending with RS facing for next row".
Am I doing 2 1/2 inches of the 11 stitches at the end or what? I'm so
confused!! I'm sure it's very simple and I'm making it hard but I'm not
very good at undoing stitches made at this point and would wind up tearing
it all out and starting again. Thanks to anyone that reads these better
than I do!!
Mary
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Posted by suzee on January 4, 2009, 6:02 pm
we4davis wrote:
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>
> -------------------------------------
> Learning yarnwork - again!!
>
> I've recently starting "re-learning" knitting after a MANY years break. I
> picked a dog sweater because we moved to Sweden and my dog needs one. It
> lied and said it was easy!
>
> I've just bound off 2 sections for leg holes (which they advise will be
> worked later - all 4 at the same time) and now I'm lost. I have 11
> stiches, 10 bind off, 80 stitches, 10 bind off, and 11 stitches. The next
> direction says"Beg with a purl row, work 2 1/2" in stocking st from bound
> off sts, ending with RS facing for next row".
>
> Am I doing 2 1/2 inches of the 11 stitches at the end or what? I'm so
> confused!! I'm sure it's very simple and I'm making it hard but I'm not
> very good at undoing stitches made at this point and would wind up tearing
> it all out and starting again. Thanks to anyone that reads these better
> than I do!!
You could be doing all sections at once, just with a different strand of
yarn for each. Your piece looks somthing like this:
vvvvvv______vvvvvvvvvv80stsvvvv______vvvvvv
So turn your work over and purl back, when you get to the first bound
off section, drop that yarn and purl the sts on the other side of it
with a new strand, then drop it when you come to the 2nd set of bound
off sts and use another new end for those sts. Or you can work each
section of sts separately.
sue
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Posted by pecan on January 5, 2009, 2:02 am
we4davis wrote:
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>
> -------------------------------------
> Learning yarnwork - again!!
>
> I've recently starting "re-learning" knitting after a MANY years break. I
> picked a dog sweater because we moved to Sweden and my dog needs one. It
> lied and said it was easy!
>
> I've just bound off 2 sections for leg holes (which they advise will be
> worked later - all 4 at the same time) and now I'm lost. I have 11
> stiches, 10 bind off, 80 stitches, 10 bind off, and 11 stitches. The next
> direction says"Beg with a purl row, work 2 1/2" in stocking st from bound
> off sts, ending with RS facing for next row".
>
> Am I doing 2 1/2 inches of the 11 stitches at the end or what? I'm so
> confused!! I'm sure it's very simple and I'm making it hard but I'm not
> very good at undoing stitches made at this point and would wind up tearing
> it all out and starting again. Thanks to anyone that reads these better
> than I do!!
>
> Mary
>
>
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What comes after that? It may be that you're knitting down the chest
area, so it would pay to see what happens next. Is it a pattern online?
If so, give me the link so I can see what it says, otherwise, you're
welcome to email it to me and I'll chek it for you.
Catherine
Who is knitting socks for the first time ever, I think!!
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Posted by we4davis on January 5, 2009, 6:31 pm
we4davis had written this in response to
http://www.sewgirls.com/yarn/Re-Trouble-understanding-Knitting-Pattern-Dog-Coat-26186-.htm
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Hi Pecan -
I've scanned the pattern and would love to send it to you but have no
idea what your address is or how to find it! Sigh...I've never felt so
technologically challenged as I do right now!
Mary
pecan wrote:
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> we4davis wrote:
>>
>>
>> -------------------------------------
>> Learning yarnwork - again!!
>>
>> I've recently starting "re-learning" knitting after a
>> MANY years break. I
>> picked a dog sweater because we moved to Sweden and my dog needs
>> one. It
>> lied and said it was easy!
>>
>> I've just bound off 2 sections for leg holes (which they advise
>> will be
>> worked later - all 4 at the same time) and now I'm lost. I have
>> 11
>> stiches, 10 bind off, 80 stitches, 10 bind off, and 11 stitches.
>> The next
>> direction says"Beg with a purl row, work 2 1/2" in
>> stocking st from bound
>> off sts, ending with RS facing for next row".
>>
>> Am I doing 2 1/2 inches of the 11 stitches at the end or what?
>> I'm so
>> confused!! I'm sure it's very simple and I'm making it hard but
>> I'm not
>> very good at undoing stitches made at this point and would wind up
>> tearing
>> it all out and starting again. Thanks to anyone that reads these
>> better
>> than I do!!
>>
>> Mary
>>
>>
>> ##-----------------------------------------------##
>> Delivered via http://www.sewgirls.com/
>> Sewing Community of the Net
>> Web and RSS access to your favorite newsgroup -
>> rec.crafts.textiles.yarn - 25334 messages and counting!
>> ##-----------------------------------------------##
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> What comes after that? It may be that you're knitting down the chest
> area, so it would pay to see what happens next. Is it a pattern
> online?
> If so, give me the link so I can see what it says, otherwise, you're
> welcome to email it to me and I'll chek it for you.
show/hide quoted text
> Catherine
> Who is knitting socks for the first time ever, I think!!
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Learning yarnwork - again!!
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Posted by suzee on January 5, 2009, 11:50 pm
we4davis wrote:
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> we4davis had written this in response to
>
http://www.sewgirls.com/yarn/Re-Trouble-understanding-Knitting-Pattern-Dog-Coat-26186-.htm
show/hide quoted text
> :
> Hi Pecan -
> I've scanned the pattern and would love to send it to you but have no
> idea what your address is or how to find it! Sigh...I've never felt so
> technologically challenged as I do right now!
>
> Mary
Ahh, if you were reading this group on Usenet on a newsreader, her
address would be easier to find.
sue
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> -------------------------------------
> Learning yarnwork - again!!
>
> I've recently starting "re-learning" knitting after a MANY years break. I
> picked a dog sweater because we moved to Sweden and my dog needs one. It
> lied and said it was easy!
>
> I've just bound off 2 sections for leg holes (which they advise will be
> worked later - all 4 at the same time) and now I'm lost. I have 11
> stiches, 10 bind off, 80 stitches, 10 bind off, and 11 stitches. The next
> direction says"Beg with a purl row, work 2 1/2" in stocking st from bound
> off sts, ending with RS facing for next row".
>
> Am I doing 2 1/2 inches of the 11 stitches at the end or what? I'm so
> confused!! I'm sure it's very simple and I'm making it hard but I'm not
> very good at undoing stitches made at this point and would wind up tearing
> it all out and starting again. Thanks to anyone that reads these better
> than I do!!