Finally..
Finally working on bottom ribbing on the Aran.
I needed to decrease about 100 stitches prior to starting the ribbing and the pattern says to *not* decrease under the Moss Stitch sections on the sides. That would have meant all 100 stitches would need to be decreased across just the cable area at the front and back. Why? Not logical to force all the decrease there instead of spreading them around the whole sweater.
So.. I ignored the pattern and decreased evenly acrossed all stitches and right or wrong it’s done. Completed a single 2×2 ribbing row and I hope to make enough progress tomorrow to be able to post a photo. We’ll see…
After a very dry February, we go out with a bit of rain. Kind of nice, though. The dust is out of the air and everything smells fresh and new. Not enough to make a big impact on our shortages, but cool enough to require a small woodstove fire all day.
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Thomas Holm wrote:
Hej Jerry,
no big cable expert, but usually cables have a lot of stitches per inch, far more than moss stitch. So maybe the ‘not under the moss stitch’ decreasing is to even out the number of stitches per length overall?
Posted on 01-Mar-05 at 1:56 am | Permalink
Liz wrote:
Yes, Thomas has a point, but the other facet of the reason is to prevent what is called “Cable Splay” Because Ribbing pulls the fabric in a fair bit, the cables appear to splay, or flare atthe beginning unless you have decreases in place to compensate. I think that is what is meant by the instruction.
Posted on 01-Mar-05 at 5:47 am | Permalink
Jerry wrote:
Hmm.. Some good points. Wish I had mentioned this before I completed over 800 stitches.
I’ll probably just continue with the ribbing and see how it looks. I can just rip back if it doesn’t look right .. Right??
Posted on 01-Mar-05 at 6:51 am | Permalink
Liz wrote:
Jerry, bunch or stretch some of the stitches on the needle as they would look when the weater is being worn, and if you have cable splay you will know immediately. The terminus of the cables will flare out rather than lying straight. Yes, you can always rip back, but that is no fun at all!
Posted on 01-Mar-05 at 7:56 am | Permalink
Liz wrote:
yeah, that’s sweater up there…
Posted on 01-Mar-05 at 7:58 am | Permalink