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mannie

Florenceem wrote: »

Have you made scarves with the Rico Can Can yarn? I got two scarves out of a ball - so cost £3.50 each to make - I sold them at £8. I made one an evening.

ICE Ballerina is also a similar yarn which I knitted with . Once again its widely availeble on ebay

4nnabella

Hi everyone, knitting-newbie here just wanting to get some clarification on knitting-pattern-language if that's ok?

I'm in the process of making a little beanie hat for my imminent bump (39 weeks today...) and it's my first attempt at something shaped. The section of the pattern related to shaping the crown of the hat is written as (for example):

Row 1: K1, (k2tog, k4) 15 times, 76 sts.

Is the bit in brackets essentially the same as when they use an * before a sequence of stitches and then say rep from * to end? So I'm just to repeat the 'k2tog, k4' sequence 15 times, which would theoretically reduce my 91 stitches to 76, providing I do it right?

Thanks in advance!

Mikazaru

Yep, it's the same idea, the K2 tog will reduce it down it to 76 stitches.

4nnabella

Mikazaru wrote: »

Yep, it's the same idea, the K2 tog will reduce it down it to 76 stitches.

Thanks, I thought that would be it. It's just that the pattern uses the * to indicate other sequences to repeat, and I've not seen the brackets used before so just wanted to make sure I understood it right...

judexx

cuddles123 wrote: »

Can anyone help me to modify this cable pattern to knit in the round please?

Also I need it slightly smaller.Found some mods which say

replace the 3 stitch garter stitch panels at the sides with a single knit stitch slipped every other row


This is the stitch pattern

Row 1: k2, p3, (k12, p3)repto last two stitches, k2
Row 2: k5, (p12, k3)repto last two stitches, k2
Row 3: k2, p3, (k4,C8F,p3) repto last two stitches, k2
Row 4: k5, (p12, k3)repto last two stitches, k2
Row 5: k2, p3, (k12, p3)repto last two stitches, k2
Row 6: k5, (p12, k3)repto last two stitches, k2
Row 7: k2, p3, (C8B, k4, p3) repto last two stitches, k2
Row 8: k5, (p12, k3)repto last two stitches, k2

When knitting in the round, garter stitch is knit one round followed by purl one round, and stocking stitch is knit every round.

In your stitch pattern, I think this would mean that the odd rows would remain unchanged and the even rows would become

p5 (k12 p3) repeat p2

but you'd have to be careful of the pattern at the start and end of the round - usually this is just something I do by sight.

Hope this helps a bit

4nnabella

Thank you to Mikazaru for your help yesterday... This is my finished hat:

Knitting_Nora

4nnabella wrote: »

Thank you to Mikazaru for your help yesterday... This is my finished hat

That's really lovely - congrats!
Nora.x

saorsie

judexx wrote: »

When knitting in the round, garter stitch is knit one round followed by purl one round, and stocking stitch is knit every round.

Sorry to (k)nitpick (:o) tis the other way round ie garter stitch is knit every row, stocking stitch is knit one row, purl one row

HTH

-s-

Florenceem

4nnabella wrote: »

Thank you to Mikazaru for your help yesterday... This is my finished hat:

Gorgeous - well done!

Mikazaru

4nnabella wrote: »

Thank you to Mikazaru for your help yesterday... This is my finished hat:

No worries, it's lovely, I like the detail on it, it's very pretty.
A week till my dissertation is finished and then I can knit again! My Knit Pro needles arrived this morning so looking forward to using them for a new jumper.