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Are long floats on the wrong side of your knitted work a problem when you doing colorwork? Joann Halpern suggests: "On the row after you work the color float, dip your needle down and pick up the float. Work your next stitch with the float yarn on your needle. It may take a bit of practice, but this will help "tack" the float down and keep fingers from getting caught in it". Thanks, Joann...
How do you purl using the continental method? Donna Hrynkiw explains:
"Bring the yarn to the front and insert your right-hand needle into the stitch from the previous row. The point of the needle follows this path:
-- under the yarn then towards you
-- up and over the yarn then away from you
-- down , making loop of thread on needle
-- back through the previous row stitch, taking the loop with it
May 1999 tips and ideas
***** TIPS FROM LISA *****
Have you ever tried to knit socks from stash yarn and aren't sure if you have enough to finish the pair? Our expert sock knitter and designer, Lisa Carnahan, uses a postal scale to weigh the first sock, then weighs the remaining yarn. If it weighs the same amount or more, you will have enough to finish. If not, you will need to get creative and perhaps knit the toes in a contrasting yarn.
Have you ever been knitting, need to measure your work, and not have a ruler or
measuring tape? The average dollar bill measures 6" -- a handy reference.
Lisa recommends using open coil stitch markers to separate panels of pattern stitches when working an Aran or multiple textures. The open coil type of marker also works great to mark underarms.
Measure your work periodically to make sure you are
maintaining gauge. Transfer your work to a long blocking wire
and measure flat, off the needle, for best results.
June 1999 tips and ideas
A swatch worked flat, back and forth in stockinette stitch, usually does not have
the same gauge as a swatch worked in the round, all rounds knit. Many knitters purl
at a different tension than they knit. How do work a gauge swatch for a Fair
Isle project or one worked in the round? Meg Swansen of Schoolhouse Press has a "speed swatch" technique, recently shared by Amy Detjen on the Internet Knit U list. Cast on 20 (30, 40, whatever is needed for your multiple) with the double-pointed or
circular needle you plan to use for your project. *Slide those stitches to the other end
of the needle, and carry the yarn across the back of the work leaving a loose length of yarn. Knit across in pattern. Repeat from *.
There will be long strands hanging across the back of the work, but you will get a more
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