Playing with the lace panel
I’ve been having a go at getting the lace panel on Reverse Psockology more even – people (including me!) have been commenting that it is difficult to get the holes formed by the yarn-overs the same size because of the transition between knit and purl stitches – oddly, this doesn’t seem to have been a problem with my original test knit:
However, as I said, I’ve been experimenting – so far the best result I’ve come up with is:
Round 1: K to marker, P2tog, P1, P2togtbl, K to end.
Round 2: K to marker, L&PF, P3, L&PB, K to end.
Round 3: K to marker, P1, P3tog, P1, K to end.
Round 4: K to marker, P1, L&PF, P1, L&PB, P1, K to end.
Repeat.
L&PF: Lift and purl front. From the front lift the top strand which goes between the needles and purl. (Kate Gilbert has a good explanation of this as M1L here – just remember to purl rather than knit.)
L&PB: Lift and purl back. From the back lift the top strand which goes between the needles and purl. (This is the equivalent of M1R.)
This gives the most symmetrical panel I’ve managed to knit – if anyone has any other suggestions I’d be very grateful to receive them.
six comments:
Hmm, next time I visit my pile of handknitted socks (they’re in Newark!) I’ll have to check how even those holes are…Daisy () (link) - 20 February '08 - 20:41
I was just going to helpfully say “pretty”.Carrie K () (link) - 21 February '08 - 21:15
Excellent idea, Anne! I’m going to give this a try on my next pair.Louise () - 23 February '08 - 01:08
Glad it wasn’t just me – I remember having that problem when test-knitting, but I was just getting the hang of doing YOs the ‘proper’ way then!Liz () (link) - 24 February '08 - 09:53
Maybe I am dumb, but what does “LB&PB” mean? I don’t see it in your notes. (BTW, these are my first socks and I LOVE the pattern!)Amanda () - 26 February '08 - 17:30
ohhh Very pretty!Michelle () (link) - 06 March '08 - 01:28
