tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9426892.post4097139318346746049..comments2024-02-08T03:33:19.723-05:00Comments on WIP Insanity: Ribbing in double knitting, part 2Kathleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16399447301356626262noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9426892.post-568162982755379652021-07-24T17:31:45.910-04:002021-07-24T17:31:45.910-04:00This post is amazing! Exactly what I was looking f...This post is amazing! Exactly what I was looking for. It is very well written, and the directions are so easy to follow. Thanks for taking the time to provide such detailed information. The pictures you included are very helpful. <br /><br />I have double knit a few hats, but was never able to figure out how to do ribbing in double knit. And, I couldn't find any directions online ... until I Toril Frosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15280901129409423799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9426892.post-36862333534315222572021-07-07T00:26:17.202-04:002021-07-07T00:26:17.202-04:00Thank you! Very clear and helpful!
https://www.i...Thank you! Very clear and helpful! <br /><br />https://www.instagram.com/p/CRAdXaElVEE0vVKZJ0AqZkp0McbgEE5HjV7EgM0/?utm_medium=copy_link<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13305752500343966206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9426892.post-26366467240090124262021-02-01T13:21:40.324-05:002021-02-01T13:21:40.324-05:00The last example isn't working for me with the...The last example isn't working for me with the instructions as they are written. It's coming out all knit stitches in Color A on one side, all purls in Color B on the other. Also, I'm not sure if I'm doing the "cross the strands at the beginning of every row" step correctly.Amandanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9426892.post-82540182827128985462020-06-09T12:18:06.687-04:002020-06-09T12:18:06.687-04:00Hi Kathleen, I am trying, very unsuccessfully to d...Hi Kathleen, I am trying, very unsuccessfully to double knit a 2x2 corrugated rib in two colours. I have tried and tried to follow your instructions but I am still getting it wrong. My stitch set up is 2mc, 2cc, is that right. Gill Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01939470321847613471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9426892.post-24919004083774935632020-03-17T13:38:56.244-04:002020-03-17T13:38:56.244-04:00Hi Karen!
I took a look at instructions for doubl...Hi Karen!<br /><br />I took a look at instructions for double stockinette, and it's really just another method of doing double knitting, but with the same strand of yarn throughout. So it will pair very nicely with ribbed double knitting. <br /><br />However, of course ribbed double knitting calls for two strands of yarn, not one. There's nothing stopping you from doing ribbed double Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07130370980787749356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9426892.post-60189959097429350742020-03-17T11:44:57.049-04:002020-03-17T11:44:57.049-04:00Hi, Kathleen
I'm doing a hat in double stockin...Hi, Kathleen<br />I'm doing a hat in double stockinette. I'm knitting in the round and wanted a ribbing that was knitted double too. This is a slip stitch pattern, so it doesn't work exactly like double knit. I'm giving it a try after having read anything I could find that seemed related. You seem to have the structure of double knit firmly in hand, so if you have an idea, I wouldAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9426892.post-18125537905461823912020-02-04T21:34:42.843-05:002020-02-04T21:34:42.843-05:00Excuse me, that spelling should have been *Alasdai...Excuse me, that spelling should have been *Alasdair* Post-Quinn. Mea culpa.Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07130370980787749356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9426892.post-85717690551053158182020-02-04T21:33:26.279-05:002020-02-04T21:33:26.279-05:00Hi Paula!
If you mean the hat I pictured in '...Hi Paula! <br /><br />If you mean the hat I pictured in 'Ribbing in double knitting, part 1', that wasn't a double-knitted hat, that was worked exclusively in stranded knitting (pattern is called "Merry-Go-Round"). I only put a picture of it in that post to illustrate what I meant by "corrugated ribbing".<br /><br />Since hats are often knit from the bottom-up, theKathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07130370980787749356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9426892.post-26821980529395018742020-02-02T21:21:33.509-05:002020-02-02T21:21:33.509-05:00Hello, I followed your beautifully laid out instru...Hello, I followed your beautifully laid out instructions, only changing the color of the yarn to match what I am using and created a small swatch, and now I am ready to tackle the ribbing on a doubleknit hat.... except.... I cannot bind off in a neat way. I tried binding off in pattern, but the color strands look messy... then I tried binding off russian style (still, in pattern, but decreasing A very happy womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03241145715572264080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9426892.post-36779374735194722832017-02-10T21:18:07.701-05:002017-02-10T21:18:07.701-05:00how would you bind off using this technique?how would you bind off using this technique?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9426892.post-90264036068029822612016-11-19T23:42:34.511-05:002016-11-19T23:42:34.511-05:00Thank you so much for this I plan to make some gin...Thank you so much for this I plan to make some gingerbread gloves with a ribbed cuff for a friend and at first I was dreading it because my floats with intarsia and fair isle are always horrible people's fingers getting caught etc. Now I can double knit them and not have to worry about itAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10644885247058503931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9426892.post-79854524443542026152016-11-19T23:41:04.979-05:002016-11-19T23:41:04.979-05:00Thank you so much for this I plan to make some gin...Thank you so much for this I plan to make some gingerbread gloves with a ribbed cuff for a friend and at first I was dreading it because my floats with intarsia and fair isle are always horrible people's fingers getting caught etc. Now I can double knit them and not have to worry about itAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10644885247058503931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9426892.post-21759641302320617302016-02-24T19:43:17.295-05:002016-02-24T19:43:17.295-05:00What a life saver this post was for me. I searche...What a life saver this post was for me. I searched and searched how to make ribbing in double knit. Your instructions are clear and I was able to help my knitting student. Thank you!Theresa Ainsworthhttp://tickledknitless.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9426892.post-29231360488156998702016-02-18T15:15:58.563-05:002016-02-18T15:15:58.563-05:00hi there, not sure if you can reply, but im trying...hi there, not sure if you can reply, but im trying ot do Corrugated ribbing, with the two layers ribbing in opposite directions from each other k2 by p2 rib but front same as the wrong side, do you have the instructions for this type, i couldnt get it in the box and im making socksso want the same rib as inside of the socks as the outside if that makes sense with 2 colours <br />could you help Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03421887831740567097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9426892.post-10707076323122442562015-10-14T21:30:53.336-04:002015-10-14T21:30:53.336-04:00I too am very confused. A video would help tremen...I too am very confused. A video would help tremendously, since there is very little help on accomplishing this ribbing. There is one video but I can't see. The colors you demonstrate with would be great.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9426892.post-11267541902644331482015-07-22T10:06:45.326-04:002015-07-22T10:06:45.326-04:00Thank you for this tutorial!! I just started doub...Thank you for this tutorial!! I just started double knitting and this helped tremendously! I'm trying to knit a pair of mittens for my nephew in double knit as my first double knit project. I'm beginning to think I should have picked an easier project.LeAnnanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9426892.post-38196880690129945052015-05-16T08:47:07.281-04:002015-05-16T08:47:07.281-04:00Hi Corey! Glad the tutorial was helpful.
Unfortu...Hi Corey! Glad the tutorial was helpful. <br /><br />Unfortunately yes, you're quite right, double-knitted rib doesn't have the same stretchy quality as regular rib. (Although I haven't noticed that it's looser and floppier than regular ribbing; rather the opposite, actually.) <br /><br />This is kind of the nature of the beast, as far as I can tell, because the fabric is twice asKathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07130370980787749356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9426892.post-45688941836516323322015-04-22T10:15:01.420-04:002015-04-22T10:15:01.420-04:00Hi! I know this is an extremely old post, but I j...Hi! I know this is an extremely old post, but I just found it and it is wonderfully helpful! I do have one question, though. Have you found that when using this technique with double knitted ribbing the ribbing isn't as stretchy and is looser and floppier than normal? Any thoughts as to how to correct that?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00805671845726877316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9426892.post-86510139554639071692015-02-04T20:48:41.449-05:002015-02-04T20:48:41.449-05:00THANK YOU!!! I needed to do some double-knitted ri...THANK YOU!!! I needed to do some double-knitted ribbing and your instructions were very useful! Jennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9426892.post-63701942033834520952014-12-26T22:13:50.482-05:002014-12-26T22:13:50.482-05:00No worries, Anonymous! The technique does take a b...No worries, Anonymous! The technique does take a bit of a think, and I'm sorry that the instructions weren't clear on your first read-through. But I'm really glad it eventually made sense! And it was lovely of you to come back and apologize. :)Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07130370980787749356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9426892.post-30280962677750230602014-12-26T19:29:58.076-05:002014-12-26T19:29:58.076-05:00Darn it, now I feel bad about leaving that previou...Darn it, now I feel bad about leaving that previous comment. I know it came out curt because I was frustrated. Anyway, I went back over your instructions and figured them out, so thank you and sorry for my previous rudeness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9426892.post-73142469809774675532014-12-26T19:19:42.959-05:002014-12-26T19:19:42.959-05:00I am massively confused. Say I want 1x1 ribbing wi...I am massively confused. Say I want 1x1 ribbing with purple on the right side, white on the wrong side. Your instructions don't make sense to me. Where should my yarn be when I work the first purple stitch? And then when I work the next stitch, which is white? And then when I work the second purple and second white stitch? And when I do the next row, the wrong side, I am totally messed up on Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9426892.post-7981208244820176122014-12-15T18:36:21.396-05:002014-12-15T18:36:21.396-05:00Oook, this is strange. I am working in the round o...Oook, this is strange. I am working in the round on 4 needles following (or trying to) version #2, doing a 2k 2p rib (or 4k 4p in double knit). My first loop is "yellow", the second "red".<br />What I get on the outward facing side looks like this: the knitted stitches of both colours face me, so it looks like vertical stripes. The purl looks normal, just two yellow facing me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9426892.post-78580600896711502452014-12-14T17:28:27.912-05:002014-12-14T17:28:27.912-05:00Thank you so much for this! This saved me another ...Thank you so much for this! This saved me another few false starts and hours of figuring it out by myself. It's the only ribbing tutorial for double knitting I could find anywhere, and so detailed. Great work! The cast-on is great, too, I tried several others that just ended up looking messy.<br />Great work, thank you!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9426892.post-62387316887433583722014-11-12T13:47:15.615-05:002014-11-12T13:47:15.615-05:00Thank you so much for sharing these instructions! ...Thank you so much for sharing these instructions! I'm sure that the middle of holiday gift knitting is exactly the wrong time to be trying out not one but two new techniques! Yet I got the bright idea to try out double knitting to make a hat for my niece. These notes on ribbing I'm sure will keep this project from turning into the hottest of hot messes! At least at the beginning, lol! I Valerienoreply@blogger.com