Ugh. Magic loop makes my brain hurt. I completely missed the loop part on my last two rows. Idk what I’m doing. Let’s see how long before I cave and get the right size DPNs.
Uh yeah. I’m not one here to sing the praises of magic loop. Some people say you just need a long enough and flexible enough cord, but I’ve never been comfortable with it.
You can also try 2 circs like this. I haven’t done it yet, but will try the next time I don’t have the right DPNs.
I saw that double circular method. I don’t have 2 circulars the right size so I’d have to buy something either way.
I’m going to start again. We’ll see if I can get the hang of it. I don’t hate DPNs, so I’m not sure I’ll convert to this method, but I’d like to learn it.
I think one of the most baffling aspects of knitting is that when I watch a demo, I can’t envision what the heck is going on. The whys & hows of it all. Anything else, I get. I can imagine how it’s gonna go together and that works. Crochet, sewing, embroidery, beading, clay, glass, weaving, etc. But knitting just makes zero sense to me. I can’t already do it in my head, see the steps, plan out my approach. It’s stopping me from trying it. I hardly ever have to do something to learn it, it’s really weird & uncomfortable. I’mma get it tho, this is the year.
It’s really a bunch of crochet chains hooked together. You are making loops horizontal instead of vertical. Or weaving with loops…
The hardest transition for me was going from straight needles to circulars…but not having to do a ton of purls was worth it!
I was asked the other day by someone if I preferred crochet or knitting…I think crochet is a lot more forgiving as mistakes can be hidden in the stitches and the stitches stretch more or can be squished together. Knitting requires more even tension to look nice. I sort of love them both for different reasons.
You can do this…it just takes that one project to give you an “aha” moment, and before you know it, you will be knitting a fingerweight, colorwork sweater like our own @sheepblue! (I am amazed at how far your skills have come from when you first learned such a short time ago!!)
I lost count of how many times I’ve restarted this. Finally watched vid this morning that has working yarn on front needle and knitting on the back needle. Making sooo much more sense now. I don’t know why my knitting is opposite some others.
I find with knitting, there are so many different ways to accomplish the same technique (magic loop for example) and it’s really about finding what feels comfortable and natural to you. @Abbeeroad Glad you figured it out!
@Magpie I struggled to learn how to knit for a while. I tried teaching myself from youtube videos which was an exercise in frustration, so gave up for a long time. It wasn’t until I had a co-worker show me in person, sitting side by side, that something finally clicked. I also find it weird that I started out holding the yarn in my left hand, as is natural when I crochet. But I had the worst tight tension when knitting. So I tried holding in my right, and it just flowed. Point being, keep trying to figure this out, because we all are confident you will conquer this thing called knitting. You got this!
I’ve learned this lesson twice now. I had the same issues with holding yarn in my left hand. Once I put it in my right hand it was like ancestral memory took over, lol.
I wonder if it makes a difference if you crochet or not…there is no way I could hold the yarn in my right hand…lol…
I only hold the yarn and just pick it up from my left for both knits and purls…I get them confused, but I think it is continental knitting?
Yes, holding yarn in the left is continental, holding on the right is english.
I think crochet does affect how you knit. I grew up crocheting so I just naturally started knitting with the yarn in my left hand and never stopped.
You picked the perfect yarn to show off your even and neat stitches!
I might have spoke too soon. My knit rows are showing the stockinette on the inside. So, I’m knitting the round on the wrong side? I think it will still be ok…I could just turn the whole thing inside out afterwards…or purl instead of knit. Any insight on which would be better?
Also - the Carbeth does not specify how to m1 - the instructor suggested the towards/away method, but I find it confusing to remember how to loop the yarn. I’m thinking of just doing right/left. Anyone have any experience? I could also just do kfb… I’m just doing a regular m1 from YouTube…
ETA: Ok, so I just flipped the cuff inside out on the needles and NOW it looks like it was supposed to last night. Hopefully I don’t mess myself up now that I was used the pulling out the front needle/knitting on the back. Too much spatial rotation going on with this…
I tend to have that happen to me as well, and I do exactly as you just did! Flip it and continue…I think it happens when I join and forget what direction I need to be going! Yep–spatial rotation gets me as well!
I haven’t really figured out what increase methods are better than others. I know some say X is neater than Y but I’m not that advanced yet to get particular about it.
Progress report: I tried on the yoke and thank goodness I did - It’s bordering on too big, but I stopped with 1 repeat to go, so I think after separating for sleeves, it should be a nice roomy size. Now to do math on how many stitches get held since I’m changing up the pattern a little…
Unless you twist the yarn the correct way, M1 leaves a bit of a hole.I have tried several suggestions on how to close up the whole, but none seem to work for me.
It’s looking awesome!!!
HAHA, great action shot! I am riveted on how the body and sleeves come together. I haven’t done a bottom-up sweater where each piece is separate like that.