quick knitting question - which stich?

svjenni

Hi all, i am fairly new to knitting and have knitted some cushion covers. My cats love the covers i made, in fact their claws have ripped my lovely knitting up.

To be honest i am happy for the cats to have my cushions and was thinking of rekntting the covers but i was wondering if their are any hardier stiches that won't pull apart so easily?

I used 4 mm needles with a fairly fine wool, not sure what size exactly. I used stocking stich, it seemed quite loose.

any ideas?

catznine

I think most stitches would be a problem with determined cats (I have 1 cat and 1 puppy so know the problems) but you could felt your work, not sure how you do this properly but I am sure a quick look on google would give you some answers. Good luck!

Catz x

Seakay

Felting tutorials/instructions

http://www.lusciousgracious.com/felt.htm
http://laurabucci.com/Felting-Technique-Tutorial.pdf

4mm needles are the default size with which to knit double knitting (DK) wool; you should get 22stitches and 28 rows to 10cm. If you are getting a lot fewer than that try a smaller needle (3.75mm or 3.5mm).

A tension square is where you knit a square which you can later undo just to see how many stitches you are geting to 10cm or 4 inches, so that you can change needle size if necessary before starting on your pattern.

Some felters prefer a loose knit (ie fewer than 22 stitches to 10cm with DK) others prefer to start from the correct tension.

Mrs._Irwin

Moss stitch is pretty firm, from what I've read, as well as being beautiful. If your wool is fine, then 4mm needles might be too big. Smaller needles or heavier wool perhaps?

Mrs. Irwin
xx

svjenni

thanks all, i was thinking of going down the moss stich/ smaller needles route anyway, will try that