i think we'd best keep Entrlac Technique and Russian joins from Trollop until he's a bit more experienced.

Entrelac's much easier than it looks, though. If it wasn't I couldn't do it!

I know it looks more complicated than it actually is, but given that he's just asked about picking up stitches it might not be the best time.

I hate sewing the thing together. Love the knitting though - it's really relaxing.

Hey Trollop, did you know there's a type of knitting called faggoting?

Oh! I won't eat them cos it sounds too much like maggots 

Hahahahaha! I was laughing at you lot comparing techniques an i'm dead proud cos I can knit and purl! Im not looking forward to knitting this rib around the armholes and v neck I have a visions of me throwing it at the wall


I know Peter it is relaxing I sit with my music on and knit away oblivious  Faggoting you say  


I dont mind sewing tbh...i think i'd prefer that to the sounds of this knitting stitches in malarky...thats why i think i'd be better with sleeves

Faggoting produces a very open lacy sort of result.

I dont think i like the sound of that

Probably not at the moment trollop because it involves a lot of increasing and decreasing and 'yarn round needle' stuff, that's partly why the one I'm working on just now takes an hour and a half just to knit one row! The other reason is that you knit both front halves AND the back all in one piece until you get to the armholes.

I deffinately dont like to sound of that!


Ok I'm stuck again!
It says decrease one st at the end of every row until your down to 76 sts. FINE! I get that and im down to 76! Then it says...then in every foll alt row until 66 sts remain.


Every foll alt row? Obviously it doesnt mean every other row or i'd be decreasing from the same side all the time! God my head hurts!


      

Is that a stupid way of saying every third row?

oh
my
god

will
you
be
quiet!
I need help!

No, every 2nd row.

So if the next row you are going to knit is a front side row then you will decrease on that row and only the next few front rows until you have reduced to the required number of stiches.

But wont i be decreasing from the same side each time then EFFT?

i.e wouldnt it just say every alternate row and not every other alternatate row?

Yes, but you are still decreassing from both ends.

the pattern is in stocking stitch so i decrease a stitch at the end of every purl row? also when decreasing is it best to knit two stitches together or just to cast off a stitch at the end od the row?

being as im still on the bliddy armholes i presumed it would decrease evenly on both sides! Am i using too much man logic?!

You've to reduce from 76 to 66  stiches. As you are reducing 2 stitches in each row that you are decreasing. If you decreased in every row you would do it in 5 rows and would now be on the wrong side of your knitting. Also the slope uf your decreased edged would be too Shallow.
So you decrease on the every 2nd row after that it takes 10 rows to decrease to 66 stitches and the 'slope, is steeper.

Are you redy to knit a plain or a purl row?

If you are decreasing AT EACH END of a row then you ARE decreasing evenly

i'm down to 76 and about to knit a row...the next row after will be purl so its the purl row i decrease on each time i presume.

You MUST decrease by knitting two stitches together.
You get a smoother edge if you knit the 2nd and 3rd together ans the 3rd last and 2nd last stitches.

Yes, that's right.

phew! i did knit them together it made more sense....thanks...ill crack on!

Well actually there is a second way to decrease it's called slip 1 knit  (or purl) 1 and pass slipped stitch over. But never, never cst off stitches unless specifically told to do so by the pattern.The above will be abreviated in a pattern like so:- SL 1, K 1, P.S.S.O.

That made no sense at all to me :-S

You should try Aran

OK, I've re-read it 3 times and I finally understand it. I think.

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This thread!!!!!!!!!!! I'm so impressed - I can cast on - knit and purl (back to front) - I take my hat off to all of you.

Hahaha! He's not  even done his borders yet!

Oops that should have been smoother, not SMOTHER.

*now knows who to ask when she needs help with her 10-year sweater (jumper)*

Oh my ..I've not knitted in years.I knitted for my niece's and nephew when they were young etc.I remember "Woman's Own" used to publish pretty good patterns etc.I used to knit Angorra wool sweaters and cashmere...cost a lot.I knitted a postman Pat sweater for my sisters girl.She's 24 this year,lol.

I just finished knitting a handful of the cutest doll cardigans EVER for the little girls who live down the street (I made 6 of them!)
Now I'm back to my 10-year sweater (that's how long it's going to take me), and I've gone from 40 stitches per row to 140 stitches per row....plus it's a cable stitch....plus it's thin yarn....bit of a shock to the system.

Lori that ten year old sweater may have some fungus at the bottom of it......  Joking!

The biggest challenge to any knitter is a baby shawl....

It's not 10 years old, YET--it's gonna take me 10 years to knit it...at which time I will take care of any fungus.

It's about 2 years old, at this point.

I could crochet a baby shawl.  I have yet to learn how to knit.  

I did dream about knitting last night.  Do you think this thread had anything to do with it?