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badstar ([personal profile] badstar) wrote2006-08-10 12:30 pm

To My Friends Who Knit...

Just wondering if anyone's ever tried knitting lengthwise stripes?



On a completely unrelated note, I woke up around 5 this morning, it was all dark, but the moon was shining right into my window. It was really pretty.

[identity profile] brcmapgirl.livejournal.com 2006-08-11 07:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes. Knit your item side to side where the sides are the top and bottom. Othwerwise you are going to be carrying floats and the item will end up very thick.

[identity profile] fuego.livejournal.com 2006-08-11 07:56 pm (UTC)(link)
what do you mean by floats?


i figured out a way to make it work, knitting side to side against the stripes...I wanted to knit a lengthwise striped scarf and it was the first thing that came to mind. It's a little complicated, but after I got the first few rows done, it became a little easier, so I just have to make sure that four balls of yarn don't get tangled...but i've found a pretty good way of preventing that too I think.