Comments on: How to Knit Jogless Stripes

By: Zontee

Zontee — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 19:37:00 +0000

Hi Vanessa, when you slip a stitch, what you’re doing is stretching that stitch so that it sits over two row’s height. Because of this, that column of stitches will be the same height as every other column, despite having fewer stitches worked. Plus, since knit fabric has a lot of give, washing and blocking your finished piece will also help to smooth out any unevenness you might get in your fabric. Hope that helps!

By: BettyJ

BettyJ — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 17:11:00 +0000

Vanessa, I don’t think you will get a wave. My interpretation is that we will slip the first stitch of the new color on the 2nd round only. Since that slip is only done on a single round of each color change, I don’t think you’ll get any weirdness. I guess I will need to do a round swatch tonight to be sure.

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 16:52:00 +0000

Will this not leave you with a strange”wave” where you have slip-stitched? I can see it working perhaps over a short area, but on a larger area, or with finer wool, I could see it as a problem. On a four row stripe over 60 rows you would lose 15 rows on that stitch.

By: Zontee

Zontee — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 16:30:00 +0000

You’ll be slipping purlwise. Unless specified in a pattern, slipping a stitch will be done purlwise so as not to twist your stitches. Hope that helps!

By: SusieQ100

SusieQ100 — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 16:20:00 +0000

And do you slip the stitch knitwise or purlwise??