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cuddles123

Well I abandoned the Ensign's Braid and just did cables for now.
Finished one, but not sewn up yet.

Can anyone tell me how to avoid what you see in the second picture when joining 2 colours please?

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You will always get that line when adding in a new colour of wool.

What you need to do though is to get the join line showing on the inside / wrong side of the garment. To do this only join in a new colour when starting work on a right side row (i.e. when knitting with the right side of the work facing you).

cuddles123

Thank you.

Have also been advised to do a row of K when joining?

blueberrypie

cuddles123 wrote: »

Thank you.

Have also been advised to do a row of K when joining?

It depends on the stitch you're using - you can't do a row of knit when making cables, for example.

Have a look at this blog-post for an explanation and ways to avoid it: http://techknitting.blogspot.com/2008/02/color-texture-and-ribbing-without-icky.html

cuddles123

blueberrypie wrote: »

It depends on the stitch you're using - you can't do a row of knit when making cables, for example.

Have a look at this blog-post for an explanation and ways to avoid it: http://techknitting.blogspot.com/2008/02/color-texture-and-ribbing-without-icky.html

Thank you so much - brilliant explanation.

BTW is there a way to change colour when cabling?

OrkneyStar

cuddles123 wrote: »

Thank you so much - brilliant explanation.

BTW is there a way to change colour when cabling?

Normally for cables it will be something like
1. a cable making row (right side)
2. a purl row (wrong side)
3. a plain knit row (right side)
4. a purl row (wrong side)
5. a cable making row (right side)
6. a purl row (wrong side)

Row 3 and 4 may be repeated, and at any row 3 (knit on right side) you could change yarn colour....cannot figure in my head if it would be ok to do it on row 4 too though!

If the cables are very tight and it simply goes row 1,2,5,6,1,2,5,6 and so on then it would be harder to change the yarn. IMHO most cable making does have a row 3/4 part to it though!

HTH

cuddles123

Now I'm confused as none of the cable I have found have straight knit or pearl rows - always a mixture!

NualaBuala

blueberrypie wrote: »

It depends on the stitch you're using - you can't do a row of knit when making cables, for example.

Have a look at this blog-post for an explanation and ways to avoid it: http://techknitting.blogspot.com/2008/02/color-texture-and-ribbing-without-icky.html

Thanks for this link - I'm really fascinated by the "technicalities" of knitting as I think understanding how it works will help me fix/prevent mistakes.

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NualaBuala wrote: »

Thanks for this link - I'm really fascinated by the "technicalities" of knitting as I think understanding how it works will help me fix/prevent mistakes.

Some knitting is quite mathematical and I find it fascinating. I very rarely use knitting patterns when knitting socks and I just use a formula instead. So you work out the number of stitches you need for the cuff and then use 1/2 this number of stitches for the heel flap and so on. This means that if you know the formula then you can use any thickness of wool to make socks.

Mothership

My daughter has asked me to make a snood. Does anyone have one that they could measure for me? Just need the width and length and I can wing it from there.