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There are a few different methods for achieving a jogless join when knitting in the round, and they all share the same basic principle: casting on an extra stitch and then combining it with the first cast-on stitch.

Some knitters knit these two stitches together, others pass the extra stitch over the first cast-on stitch. My favourite method, however, is the reverse: passing the first cast-on stitch over the extra stitch. 👉 This way all the strands along the lower edge end up pointing in the same direction 🧶

(and thank you to the kind soul who taught me this even though I don’t remember your name 🌺)

#reference #jogless join in the round

quiet-light-chaser

Happy WIP Wednesday! I woke up stupid early for no obvious reason, and took the opportunity to do some knitting before I commit myself to homework for the rest of the day.

I'm just over halfway through legwarmer number 2!

This is the Seashell Legwarmer by @yllene that I'm knitting with Knitpicks Swish DK in Pinecone Heather and Marina. I am so in love with this pattern, not only is it engaging to knit, it produces a truly beautiful pattern.

#project ideas

annaplexis

How do you make a jogless purl ridge when knitting in the round? 🧶 🧶 🧶

Before starting your purl round, slip the last stitch of the previous round back to left needle, make a reverse yarn over and slip the stitch back to the right needle.

Purl next round to last stitch, purl last stitch together with the yarn over.

#jogless purl ridge

argonauticae

Things That People Have Said To Me Since I Started Working In A Yarn Shop

“i need more of the rowan felted tweed, i’m making some first-world-war balaclavas and i’ve run out”

“i’m making my husband an x-files themed jumper for christmas and i can’t find a good colour for the spaceship”

“do you have any wool/acrylic blends on sale, i’m making hats for the seamen’s mission to give to sailors and i know they say to use acrylics because they’re cheap but it gets awfully cold at sea and i worry”

“i need some black wool for gloves, but it has to be flame-proof because i’m making them for the beltane fire-jugglers”

“could you see if you have another copy of this pattern for a baby shawl, i’ve knitted it in different colours for all of my six children and twelve grandchildren but it’s started to fall apart a bit"

[from a blond, six-foot surfer dude] “yeah, do you have any really light needles, i’m going backpacking around argentina and i want to do some socks while i’m on the coach but there isn’t much room in my rucksack”

“which of these colours do you think would be best for a knitted corgi”

“do you have any patterns for dog hats”

argonauticae

like honestly you don’t even understand how happy this makes me, like half the time these women are really self-deprecating about it - “oh this is probably a really silly question”, “you’re going to think this is really weird but -” - and i’m just like no!! this is amazing!!! yes, we do have patterns for dog hats!!! please tell me all about why you’re knitting a dog hat!!!!

and i mean, some of the stuff they make is unbelievable. there’s one lady who knits wedding-ring shawls, these enormous lace shawls they do on shetland that’re about six feet across and made out of yarn that’s basically thread, which you can pull through a wedding ring because they’re so fine. and there’s another lady who knits dolls about three inches tall and she’s like eighty and she’s done maybe two thousand of them and i found this out yesterday when she came in for a pattern for an entire knitted nativity scene, including the animals and the star. and there’s all the ladies who knit clothes to donate to the refugees and tiny, tiny clothes for premature or stillborn babies at the maternity unit and hats for the seamen’s mission and jumpers for the homeless, and all the ladies making this incredible stuff for their friends or their relatives or just because they feel like it, and it’s just, they’re my favourite, every single one of these people is my favourite

cakewithwings

Some more notable wool shop tales:

- “I need all of the different skin tones you’ve got. I’m knitting titties for charity, you see.”

- “What do you think would be best for a onezie for my dog?”

- “So I’m making a giant jellyfish to scare my flatmate…”

- “Which shade of purple would look best for a rhino?”

And yet, the silliest question I’ve ever heard was 5 years ago when I first wandered into what would one day become my place of work and, baffled by the sheer volume of choice available, blurted out to the shop assistant: “Which colour do I pick?????”

magpiesbones

me: okay so to avoid Hand Damage and also to have Enough Sleeps I need to put the knitting down now

the horrible creature who lives in my brain and only understands instant gratification: SOCK SOCK SOCK SOCK SOCK SOCK SOCK SOCK SOCK SOCK SOCK SOCK PICK IT UP MAKE A SOCK MAKE THE SOCK SOCK SOCK SOCK

ssfoc

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st-just

I think we can all agree that one of todays most pressing issues is coming up with a gender neutral inclusive variant of 'aunt/uncle' and 'nephew/niece' that doesn't sound fucking awful

#consider: lentil (aunt/uncle) and puffling or puffin when older (niece/nephew)

annaplexis

When I join a new colour, I like to weave in the end right away. I don’t mind weaving in ends, but on projects with lots of them, it helps to get a few out of the way early 😅

This method works well when knitting flat in rows and changing colour at the beginning of a row. I avoid it in the round or mid-row, since it can distort the first stitch by “closing” its legs. But with selvedge stitches, both legs face the same direction, so no harm done 🧶 🧶 🧶

#color change

magpiesbones

me: okay so to avoid Hand Damage and also to have Enough Sleeps I need to put the knitting down now

the horrible creature who lives in my brain and only understands instant gratification: SOCK SOCK SOCK SOCK SOCK SOCK SOCK SOCK SOCK SOCK SOCK SOCK PICK IT UP MAKE A SOCK MAKE THE SOCK SOCK SOCK SOCK

ciriceart

FLOURISH:

Cotton fabric, cotton embroidery thread, plastic and metal beads, jewelry wire, silver bells, velvet ribbon, and two months of work.

dangerphd

for when the tv knitting needs to be a shape, I have been referring back to this pdf for years for basic garter stuff. also handy when designing your own lace rot 😊

disgruntled-lifeform

Knowledge for the knowledge hoard!

yarnaddiction

The same person also made one for center-out shawls!

For the knowledge hoard!

Favourite & Queue on Ravelry The only thing more mindless to knit than plain top-down […]

anxiousangerball

I don't know who needs to hear this, but

YOU DO NOT NEED TO START A NEW HOBBY!

STEP AWAY FROM THE TEXTILES!

YOU DON'T NEED MORE YARN!

THAT FABRIC IS NOT CALLING TO YOU! LEAVE IT ALONE!

boyrot

boy it's me the textiles speaking to you inside your head. you need the yarn. you need thread. your soul hungers to participate in the act of creation. you must feed it. you must buy so many beads.

doodleoo

what you learn from hobbies:

consistent practice opens up whole worlds of skill that you couldn't imagine

making mistakes in the process of learning is not only natural, it is also essential

activities that you enjoy can give you more energy back than you spent on them

wow everything is so expensive

doodleoo

my hands hurt

changan-moon

双面三异绣 shuāng miàn sān yì xiù is a new genre of suzhou double-sided embroidery. It is done on both sides, but the patterns, stitches and colors are different, hence the name 双面三异绣( literally double-sided triple difference embroidery). It enables the viewer to appreciate the image of traditional chinese embroidery art with different patterns, stitches and colors on one embroidery.

cr 花锦城手工

antique-scarecrow

Embroidery is a high art form

naughtypiggy

Okay… but how does the fiber change colors? I’ve been doing needlework fo decades. I’ve never met any sort of embroidery floss that was a different color on the back than it was on the front. (Don’t throw variegated at me. You can see this shirt ain’t variegated.)

princeofthesandgourd-deactivate

The stitches are smaller on one side! Ive done something similar by couching one thread with a different colored in a satin stitch worked in one direction. With silk threads being so thin, you could make long satin stitches with one color on side a, but you wouldn’t be able to see the very tiny stitches made on side b. Then you do the same thing vice versa with side b, giving you two different colors on each side

It could be more complicated, idk, I couldn’t really find tutorials for it, but that’s how I do my double sided embroideries. it doesn’t look as good but here’s how the couching method looks when it’s done!

🌙 luna and artemis ☀️ finally figured out how to make the wrong side a different color! here’s my first double sided embroidery using this m

fred-erick-frankenstein

Picture by @amiguruineapig

knit-in-progress

I found an article about it!

Su embroidery (su xiu 苏绣) is the most celebrated of the four main styles of Chinese silk embroidery, hailing from Suzhou and surrounding tow

annaplexis

Grafting in garter stitch

Grafting in garter stitch is actually easier than in stocking stitch, since you only repeat 2 motions instead of 4.

🧶 Enter the stitch on the front needle knitwise and slip it off, enter the next stitch purlwise. Enter the stitch on the back needle knitwise and slip it off, enter the next stitch on the back needle purlwise. 🧶 Repeat. Think: knit(wise) off, purl(wise).

Regular cast off This is the most basic way to cast off. It normally turns out rather tight though. I like to go up half a needle size to ge

doodleoo

what you learn from hobbies:

consistent practice opens up whole worlds of skill that you couldn't imagine

making mistakes in the process of learning is not only natural, it is also essential

activities that you enjoy can give you more energy back than you spent on them

wow everything is so expensive

doodleoo

my hands hurt

annaplexis

🧶 Cow hitch increase

Unlike all other single-stitch increases I know, this one is perfectly symmetrical. I’ve been seeing it a lot in my feed lately, so I thought I’d share it. Haven’t tried it yet in a project though.

It mimics the structure of a cow hitch knot - hence the name.

🎥 🧶 👀✨

Depending on what you are making, you may need to increase the number of stitches on your needles. There is a number of ways to do this. For

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