June 20, 2004

Audrey Survival Tips

I've received some inquiries about even more specifics about the decreases and increases in Audrey, AND now that I'm starting over on the other body piece, I actually started making some of the same errors I made the first time, so it is eminently clear to me that others could probably use some help. So this time I'm going to pay attention to each detail as much as possible and try to document it as I go along. So, for the first installment,

Survival Tip #1: It is very easy to lose track of the marked stitch. I am using removable plastic stitch markers, attached to the middle of the stitch. (a ring marker will not work with the Audrey decreases & increases.) Move the marker every couple of rows, and take care that you are attaching it to the right stitch, so you don't mistakenly get it attached to the wrong stitch, which I did the first couple of times I tried to knit this sweater. That will throw everything off.

Survival Tip #2: After the first row of decreases, what does the back look like and what should you do? You've just done K3 togethers on the decrease row. The back will look like this: wrongside.jpg

You will come upon a big honkin' loop. It seems like you should maybe knit here, to keep it in the row, but no, you shouldn't. Read that big honkin' loop as what it is -- a purl stitch. Purl it. When you get to the right side again, you will see a nice slanting knit row beginning to form. It will all (hopefully) start to make sense to you now. Breathe.
(See my blog for bigger pics.)

Posted by at June 20, 2004 11:20 AM
Comments

I called it the back, but I meant the "wrong side."

Posted by: Norma at June 20, 2004 11:22 AM

I placed jump rings before and after the "marked" stitch so that I couldn't mistake it, and then I also didn't need to move the marker since it stayed with the stitch.

Posted by: Sharlene at June 20, 2004 04:38 PM

Ah, you see? I like that idea even better! I just switched mine to that. Why didn't I think of it? That's why dozens of heads are better'n one. But then again, Sharlene, you could have knit this thing in your sleep!

Posted by: Norma at June 20, 2004 05:05 PM