Comments on: No guesses? http://www.cassknits.com/2005/10/family/parenting/no-guesses/ all day, every day. Sometimes she stops to shop. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:33:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Cass http://www.cassknits.com/2005/10/family/parenting/no-guesses/#comment-520 Cass Thu, 03 Nov 2005 16:31:35 +0000 http://www.cassknits.com/?p=320#comment-520 But I'm not talking about ladders. I'm talking about the horizontal ridge left where I stopped knitting for a while. Good news: it's all but gone now, and I imagine after washing will disappear completely. But I’m not talking about ladders. I’m talking about the horizontal ridge left where I stopped knitting for a while. Good news: it’s all but gone now, and I imagine after washing will disappear completely.

]]> By: Feebee http://www.cassknits.com/2005/10/family/parenting/no-guesses/#comment-519 Feebee Thu, 03 Nov 2005 16:12:32 +0000 http://www.cassknits.com/?p=320#comment-519 I found this tip while looking at late medieval Irish knitted goods: <blockquote>In order to avoid the imperfections called "ladders" that are common to knitting on multiple needles, I took a suggestion from Donna Kenton and shifted the work three stitches every row. This means that every time I came to the end of a needle, instead of switching to the free needle immediately, I would knit three stitches from the next needle with the working needle. This shifted the break between needles by three stitches every single row. This eliminated the telltale "ladders" by constantly redistributing the stitches and therefore, the tension.</blockquote> from <a href="http://reconstructinghistory.com/irish/stocai.html" rel="nofollow">http://reconstructinghistory.com/irish/stocai.html</a> When I do that, I end up with wavy ripples of differing tension that seem to block out much better than the usual DPN ladders. YMMV, of course :-) I found this tip while looking at late medieval Irish knitted goods:

In order to avoid the imperfections called “ladders” that are common to knitting on multiple needles, I took a suggestion from Donna Kenton and shifted the work three stitches every row. This means that every time I came to the end of a needle, instead of switching to the free needle immediately, I would knit three stitches from the next needle with the working needle. This shifted the break between needles by three stitches every single row. This eliminated the telltale “ladders” by constantly redistributing the stitches and therefore, the tension.

from http://reconstructinghistory.com/irish/stocai.html

When I do that, I end up with wavy ripples of differing tension that seem to block out much better than the usual DPN ladders. YMMV, of course :-)

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