Is anybody out there listening? 4) Unravel an equal number of stitches to the left and right of the marked stitch, I ended up unraveling a total of 13 stitches (I took these pictures when I was being stupid, so there are only 10 in the photos (pretend like you see 13, please)--so not enough. Can you see any raw ends? When the steeks are cut open, the extra cast-on stitches act just like seam allowances around which the knitter can pick up stitches to create button bands and sleeves. But if a steek is cast on in the places where the knitting would have to be divided to be worked back and forth - namely, at the cardigan’s centre front opening, and sleeves - the knitter can work the entire garment in the round, without purling, all the way from hem to shoulders. Leaving steek edges ‘raw’ and allowing for felting in this way is a common feature of many Shetland hand-knitted garments, such as yoked cardigans that are still produced and sold today. What is a steek?

Here, a steek has been cut to create the cardigan front opening, and the raw edges have been trimmed back, bound over, and secured to the inside with blue blanket stitch. That said, because the cut edges of the steek are generally used to pick up a sleeve or edging afterwards, it is useful to reinforce them before cutting to help them deal with any strain they might take afterwards. You just need to get past the whole fear of cutting your knitting. Thus, in pattern books that have been produced over the past thirty years or so, one finds the word "steek" being used in reference to what, in sewing, is commonly called a seam allowance (a few stitches that are worked additionally to the main pattern). Preparing, reinforcing, and then cutting open this seam allowance (the practice now commonly known as "steeking") transforms the tube back into flat pieces.

NOW THE FUN BEGINS: CUTTING TIME! Get a needle, it's time to sew. With another needle, you are going to take the live stitches on the top (now only) needle and knit a "patch." This is your pocket you are knitting now, actually. 6) With another needle, bind off the stitches on the bottom needle in applied i-cord. The loops on the bottom needle will be used to finish off the top of the pocket front. 2) Mark the center of the top of where your pocket(s) should be. Following the pattern directions, you knit some of the stitches with waste yarn to mark the top of the pocket. If you knit a gauge swatch, it could actually come in handy at this point for guestimation of how much you need to unravel. This ensures that the front and back legs of stitch 3 are both pulled away from the centre of the steek, making it much easier for you to see where to cut.

Her blog, Crochet Concupiscence, is amazing and covers so much material that I once called it "the vortex of crochet". I've had a dry spell of exciting news lately -- I myself am a little anxious to hear some exciting good news on the crochet front. This image shows the front button bands of a 1920s cardigan knit in several natural shades of Shetland wool. Working through the back leg of stitch 4, and the front leg of stitch 3, repeat steps A through C above, for every row of the swatch. If you work more than one crocheted stitch into the knitted ones you produce a curiously rippling crocheted chain that refuses to sit flat and flush against the knitted fabric. 1) Do not work your crocheted reinforcement more than once into the same pair of stitches. Take a small, sharp pair of scissors and cut each strand of this ladder, taking care not to cut the crocheted reinforcement. No, nor can I. That is because the crocheted reinforcement has magically squirrelled them away.

Nearly anything can be designed in the tribal art style. People can be very creative with the stories they tell. Herniated discs are most common in people in their 30s and 40s, although middle aged and older people are slightly more at risk if they're involved in strenuous physical activity. Clinical tests. Sometimes one or more tests is performed in the exam room to see if certain movements exacerbate symptoms. It is tempting to do this, as logic would seem to suggest that more reinforcing is better, and should make the cut edge stronger. The flowers are pretty quick to make. 5) Put the live stitches that are exposed from your unraveling in needles. If one is knitting with a pure-wool or majority-wool yarn then it is very easy to work a steek simply because the stitches ‘want’ to hold their shape rather than to unravel. Steek stitches are cut on the vertical, making them far less likely to do so.

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