Alix (Tersa) ([info]tersa) wrote in [info]hp_knitting,
@ 2005-11-07 14:02:00
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Possibly coolest thing ever
While at a beginner Fair Isle class this weekend, my instructor randomly dropped in a knitting tip that really didn't have anything to do with what we were knitting (an earwarmer band), but absolutely floored and excited me with its simplicity, and it absolutely pertains to knitting the HP scarves in the round:
To help an item knit in the round designed to lay flat, like a scarf, lay flat better, run a set of purl stitches up either side where the seams would go. This acts similarly to scoring a piece of paper to help it fold better
I think this would be a dead easy modification to the Atypically pattern, doing:

Row: Knit 44, Purl, Knit 44, Purl (for a total of 90 stitches)

I haven't actually tried this out, yet, and I'm kicking myself not to have learned about it *before* I did the four PoA scarves this summer/early fall, but I wanted to pass it on to everyone else. I might try it out in swatch and take pictures if anyone isn't feeling daring enough to try it without visual proof. I think this would help immensely, if not eliminate entirely, the need to block the scarves.
 

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[info]qui_ti
2005-11-07 03:49 pm UTC (link)
oooh, I want to try that when I start my next scarf.

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[info]djinnj
2005-11-07 04:10 pm UTC (link)
This sort of thing is part of the design in the wallet prototype I've never managed to finish knitting up, but I don't bother for stuff like the scarves (I've made other tube scarves, not HP). While it's a nice touch, it would annoy me to have to remember to do it twice a row!

I think my ultimate knitting laziness would come out in the fact that I'd work in ribbing anyway, though.

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[info]tersa
2005-11-07 04:21 pm UTC (link)
I think my ultimate knitting laziness would come out in the fact that I'd work in ribbing anyway, though.

Hee. :) Yeah, my next HP scarf is going to be a k1p1 ribbed scarf, so this trick is moot, but I figured other people might find it useful.

I also figure if I *was* going to do it, that it'd be easy to remember to do the purl after a while because you'd always get to a point in the tube that is 'different' than the rest.

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[info]monkeyjunkie
2005-11-08 03:07 am UTC (link)
Or you could just put a stitch marker before each stitch that you'd want to purl.

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stockinette knitting
(Anonymous)
2005-11-07 04:24 pm UTC (link)
Hi!! i just started to make a ravenclaw scarf too!! and urs looks great!! but i am a beginner and i would like to know what stockinette stitch as tubes are...i heard that they do not have a wrong side and doesnt curl the way a single stockinette knitting will. can u help???
thanx

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stockinette knitting
(Anonymous)
2005-11-07 04:25 pm UTC (link)
sorry to comment again...but if u can...can u give a site where it shows step by step process of how to do it??? thank you!!!!! (:

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Re: stockinette knitting
[info]tersa
2005-11-07 04:58 pm UTC (link)
I'm not sure which one of mine you saw, since the last time I posted a picture of a Ravenclaw scarf I made was back in September, but....

i would like to know what stockinette stitch as tubes are...i heard that they do not have a wrong side and doesnt curl the way a single stockinette knitting will.

The pattern mostly cited here is at the URL:

http://knit.atypically.net/scarves/

(both SS/CoS and PoA/GoF-style scarves are linked there).

Both patterns were written assuming that the scarves in the movies were done in stockinette stitch. But, as you noted, if you knit stockinette stitch flat, there is a 'wrong' side (reverse stockinette) and the fabric by its nature curls. The way to avoid that is to knit the scarf in the round, the 'tube' I mentioned in my original post, using either 16" circular needles, DPNs, or a long circular using the Magic Loop method (go to Google and do a search for +Knit +"Magic Loop" for more on this--I don't have a link handy for it as I don't use it).

can u give a site where it shows step by step process of how to do it???

The Atypically site has the pattern for the scarf. For basic tutorials on how to knit in the round, try http://knitting.about.com/ and http://www.stitchguide.com/, which are excellent sites with videos, or try googling for "how to knit in the round on circular needles". The first site that came up when I did that looks promising.


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[info]dr_zhivago
2005-11-07 05:01 pm UTC (link)
What a great tidbit!

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[info]beadslut
2005-11-09 07:39 am UTC (link)
I'm seven pattern repeats into Yet Another Revneclaw Scarf and this made so much sense that I went ahead and dropped the stitch, turned the scarf insoide out, and picked it all up again in purl with a crochet hook. It works well, but it _is_ a big pain to remember when you're just powering along on automatic.

The best thing, though, is that you can place it to help hide the stripe jog.

I think I would knit it in the tube and then drop back to get this effect.

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