tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6683194221069775925.post8946486242288329265..comments2024-03-17T12:45:05.409-07:00Comments on Balls to the Walls Knits: Striped for Spring CowlGretchen Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13720728303685051589noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6683194221069775925.post-60810066594392132482014-03-04T11:10:53.650-08:002014-03-04T11:10:53.650-08:00Hi Susan!
Let me see if I can help. It sounds lik...Hi Susan!<br /><br />Let me see if I can help. It sounds like you're just starting the short rows, so you're knitting farther and farther along in each subsequent short row (on the first one you're working 5 stitches, the next 7, etc). So, on your first short row, you will complete the first 5 stitches in your k1, p1 ribbing, w&t around the next purl stitch (so you don't purl it, but just wrap your yarn around it), and then work your ribbing back to the beginning of the row. On your next row, when you're working 7 stitches before you w&t, you will pick up the yarn you looped around your 6th stitch and purl it with the stitch itself when you get to it. Then, of course, you'll repeat the same process on each subsequent row (and also, because this is worked in a ribbing, it will look pretty much the same even if you don't pick up your wraps when you come to them, so if you're getting frustrated with that portion, you could always just knit right across them like they're not there; no one will ever know!!!).<br /><br />And finally, if the short rows really aren't working out for you, I'm guessing that the pattern would look very similar even without them. You could always omit them entirely, and I think you'd still be happy with your result!Gretchen Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720728303685051589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6683194221069775925.post-56661330235652417152014-03-04T10:44:01.765-08:002014-03-04T10:44:01.765-08:00Hey Gretchen, I am trying so hard to knit the Arro...Hey Gretchen, I am trying so hard to knit the Arrowhead cowl. I get to the part of wrap and turn and start back but when I get to the wrap and turn do I pick up the wrap and the stitch that it is on and knit or purl it? Then do I go all the way to other end and do the same there as I did at the other end? I get that far and I get so messed up. Hope you can help me out. Please. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09460589116404701727noreply@blogger.com