Author Topic: knitting question (Read 4898 times)

ellied · « **on:** September 14, 2014, 09:22:57 am »

Can someone tell me what k1tbl means? I'm looking at a new pattern and it's the in stitch I don't know. I get the k1 bit but it goes k1, k1tbl, k to ..etc

Bionic · « **Reply #1 on:** September 14, 2014, 09:47:13 am »

Tbl means through back of look. So knit 1 through back of look. If you think about your usual knitting you do a knit stitch by knitting through the from of the stitch. K1tbl is just a knit stitch with a twist to it.

I hope this helps.

Backinwellies · « **Reply #2 on:** September 14, 2014, 10:11:03 am »

Quote from: Bionic on September 14, 2014, 09:47:13 am

Tbl means through back of look. So knit 1 through back of look. If you think about your usual knitting you do a knit stitch by knitting through the from of the stitch. K1tbl is just a knit stitch with a twist to it.

I hope this helps.

Hi Sally .... you been on that Gin again? for 'look' read ' loop' and for 'from' read 'front'!

Bionic · « **Reply #3 on:** September 14, 2014, 10:44:50 am »

Sorry everyone. It's that b@&&£y predictive text again

Lesley Silvester · « **Reply #4 on:** September 15, 2014, 12:36:22 am »

That's your excuse, Sally.

ellied · « **Reply #5 on:** September 15, 2014, 07:12:38 am »

Thanks will have a go and see what happens. Can't be at knit group this week and want to get started while I'm taking a break from the physical work. Getting frustrated doing nothing!

Dans · « **Reply #6 on:** September 15, 2014, 02:14:29 pm »

I'm gonna hijack this and ask what skpo means to people.

I had been doing it as s1 knit pass slipped stitch over, but I'm having trouble with the pattern and wondering if it is this bit I'm doing wrong.

Dans

Bionic · « **Reply #7 on:** September 15, 2014, 02:48:39 pm »

Dans, you are doing exactly as I would have done. Maybe we are both wrong

Louise Gaunt · « **Reply #8 on:** September 15, 2014, 04:55:26 pm »

That's what I would do to. Does the pattern not have abbreviations explained?

Lesley Silvester · « **Reply #9 on:** September 15, 2014, 10:54:20 pm »

It is definitely slip one, knit one, pass slipped stitch over the knitted one. You are doing it right.

Dans · « **Reply #10 on:** September 15, 2014, 11:13:57 pm »

Thought I'd check with you guys before digging out the magazine the pattern was in. The mag says the same. Gah I wish I knew what I was doing wrong with this jumper.

Dans

Louise Gaunt · « **Reply #11 on:** September 16, 2014, 07:51:46 am »

Can you give us an idea of what is going wrong to see if the combined knitting brains can help solve the problem?

Dans · « **Reply #12 on:** September 16, 2014, 07:57:31 am »

I think I'm just getting confused in the row, which isn't like me at all. I keep ending up with more stitches on the needle at the end of the row and the pattern is skewing. I'm normally a competent knitter but this pattern seems to get me each time. I've just ripped it back and am starting again as the pattern was too skewed to fix. This time will only knit it at times where I focus 100% on it, no TV in the background, see if it helps.

My ravelry project for it is here:

http://www.ravelry.com/projects/Danscrazycatlady/lace-sweater

Dans

Bionic · « **Reply #13 on:** September 16, 2014, 08:48:23 am »

It looks a lovely pattern Dans. You have obviously done a fair bit of the pattern and yet are getting stuck now. Has anything changed?

Dans · « **Reply #14 on:** September 16, 2014, 10:56:57 am »

If you look at the pattern notes I seem to have stumbled into problems with the repeat from the start. It was fine for my tension square, but as soon as I started to do more than one repeat it all went haywire. It's not even that hard a pattern, I've done more complicated ones before.

The 2nd attempt is still on the ribbing so once I get to the pattern I'll work on it with no distractions and see how it goes.

Dans

knitting question - The Accidental Smallholder