Jump to half-stitch seaming in 1×1 ribbing, full-stitch seaming in 1×1 ribbing, or full-stitch seaming in 2×2 ribbing. (In this series, “half-stitch seam” means any seam consuming half a stitch from each edge, and “full-stitch seam” means any seam consuming a full stitch from each edge. See the first post for more information.)
Jump to full-stitch seaming in 1×1 ribbing, half-stitch seaming in 2×2 ribbing, or full-stitch seaming in 2×2 ribbing.
(In this series of posts, “half-stitch seam” means any seam that consumes half a stitch from each edge, and “full-stitch seam” means any seam that consumes a full stitch from each edge. See the first post for more information.)
Jump to half-stitch seaming in 1×1 ribbing, half-stitch seaming in 2×2 ribbing, or full-stitch seaming in 2×2 ribbing. (In this series of posts, “half-stitch seam” means any seam that consumes half a stitch from each edge, and “full-stitch seam” means any seam that consumes a full stitch from each edge. See the first post for more information.)
Have you ever come across a sweater pattern that starts off by quite bossily telling you to read through all the instructions before starting? Yes, I’m always eager to cast on and start knitting too. But if we don’t read through the complete instructions first, we may have some heartburn during the sewing-up.
Instructions for ribbing and seed stitch can get very cumbersome, depending on whether they’re worked on an even or odd number of stitches. (See the possibilities at the bottom of the post.)
But working these fabrics, without reference to instructions at all, can be very easy once we understand how the fabrics are constructed. I’m not saying we memorize the instructions. Instead, we understand the underlying theory of how the fabrics are formed.
Because I never work from written-out instructions: I use knitting charts.
I created my own knitting font, so the first thing I do is type up a project’s instructions as a chart (or charts, if necessary). Since I do my charts in my word processor, I always save early, save often as I’m typing them.