I was a little wound up when I wrote that last post. As if you couldn’t tell. But, I have news. It’s not great news, but it’s better than awful.
At this point, my loose-ness is not the horrible thing that it was once.
This dishcloth was knit on size 7 needles, casting on 40 stitches, using plain old garter stitch. It is approximately 9 inches square, and I used Peaches ‘n Cream cotton yarn.
This dishcloth was also knit on size 7 needles, casting on 40 stitches, using garter stitch. It is approximately 8 inches square. I also used Peaches ‘n Cream cotton yarn.
The differences:
-While both were knit using Continental style, I held the working yarn differently in Exhibit B than in A. In A, I held the yarn over my forefinger, under the next two, and over my pinky. In B, I held the yarn over my forefinger, under my middle finger, over my ring finger, and wrapped once around my pinky.
-In Exhibit B, I made sure to keep the yarn close to the tips of my needles.
-Also in Exhibit B, I kept the tips close together. My right needle kept contact with the left needle at all times, finally pushing the yarn off of the left needle. In A, I created loose stitches by not keeping the tips in contact, and using the right needle to pull the yarn off of the left needle.
Conclusion:
I created a dishcloth an inch smaller in width and about 3/4 of an inch smaller in height.
All is not lost. Now I just need to make those modifications a habit. Since I’m working on the second of my first pair of 2007 Fetchings, and they fit, this is very, very good. In fact, they may even be a bit small for the recipient. I have very small hands, so she can always send them back to me and I’ll use them.
Can I just say how much I wanted to make some lame joke about feeling like a used up prostitute with my last post? How crass! As if using the worst-of-the-worst in terms of four letters words wasn’t bad enough. It’s probably a good thing I held back.
