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| 02.21.05 (10:57 pm) [edit] |
Some of you may remember me making comments about how SSK and K2tog tbl are the same thing, just in different methods. Well, boy was I wrong!. While perusing Folk Socks, by Nancy Bush, I came across some basic knitting instructions which discussed decreasing techniques. I don't know what made me read that particular section, as I consider myself a rather seasoned knitter(Ok, so I've been speed marinated, sue me). But once I'd read the instructions I realized there IS a difference between the SSK and K2tog tbl.
You see(forgive my cheesy explanation but I'll give it my best shot!), with SSK, you are slipping the stitches as if to KNIT which means you keep the stitch orientation normal as if knitting regularly, and THEN you would excecute the movements which are identical to K2tog tbl. Whereas, with a K2tog tbl, you are essentially knitting them them TWISTED, which DOES change the stitch orientation, from frontward, to 'twisted'.
I had NO idea there was a difference because I'd been(gasp) slipping the stitches as if to PURL when I first 'learned' to SSK. So all along, it looked as though both techniques resulted in twisted stitches, when in fact, only the K2tog tbl "twists" the stitches. Oops. (knitting instruction disclaimer: do NOT attempt to understand this unless you know how to knit; I am not responsible for any brain scrambling that results from trying to understand any of what I just wrote).
So,I've been SSK-ing the PROPER way ever since and though I had to look at the result to really understand how different SSK looks from K2tog tbl, I now can see the distinction.
In other knitting news:
Knit something green!!
I put the Green-along button on my blog a while ago and never actually knit anything new that was green except for that potholder I made out of left over dyed wool. So here:
is a sock I'm knitting myself from some dark green Kroy sock yarn. I'd originally intended to knit the kids some socks with this yarn because their school uniforms are green. But after my first attempt at knitting the kids socks I decided I'd wait til I could afford the Sock Wizard program before attempting to knit a sock smaller than my feet again. I still haven't ordered it, but I will soon.
And here's another foray in to the Awwwww Zone:
That's my hubby(again--wow he's been a recurring theme lately!) holding our son when he was but a few days old. Sadly I think I've lost all my just-born pics of the littlest one, as I had them on my hard drive and didn't get around to burning them to disk before my drive went errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.... crsh... So. There.
Altogether now... Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww! :lol:
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posted by: secret (reply)
post date: 02.22.05 (6:49 am)
I like to see pictures of your hubby with the babies! I love Fathers being good ones. I will have to go see the green along blog, since I have a green scarf on the needles right now! Its the Irish Hiking Scarf you already did. Its for another good father! Take care of yourself this week, youre my only secret pal. I have a 2 pack of Evonovich going out today for you! I almost made it to the USPO on Friday. If I had, you would have them by now..but thats okay, you can do something itchy with your family instead perhaps! Didja get anything funny in the mail yet?
posted by: newbie (reply)
post date: 02.22.05 (8:05 am)
perhaps you saved some to yahoo photos before it went wrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
it is a VERY cute pic mmmwwaaahhh
sherry
posted by: Jo (reply)
post date: 03.03.05 (9:40 pm)
That is damn cute. :) Aww.
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