Bold Scarf
Lolly Tote
Basic Tote
Slippers
This is one of my favorite stitches. We have been working on some new rugs and I decided to use this stitch for the edges. It works so well, and gets the thickness off to a great start. So I wondered how many others were finding this stitch to be a great one for a nice tight edge. Sometimes the edges seem to be what ‘befuddles’ many new knitters. So, I thought I should talk about it since it sounds complicated to describe, but really isn’t–and it is a lot of fun.
It is one stitch that does not do a full circular, only one pass of the board. It weaves across the two rows of needles at an angle of needle 1 to needle 3. Every needle gets covered. The tricky part of it is, at the beginning of a row and at the end. Because we are weaving needles 1 to needle 3, we have some bare needles and need to cover them. So we do this by first weaving the first 3 needles and then starting the diagonal weave. Same at the end of the row, we cover the bare needles by weaving the last 3 front to back. So, some overlap occurs and that is where we get the thick and thin issues. So, what thoughts or questions are there for this stitch. It’s not hard, just confusing when you first start it, but I think its worth the effort.
The Zig Zag Stitch is on the bottom of the vest, the last three stitches. It really is a great finishing stitch.
October 14th, 2006 at 2:21 am
I have a quick question. I understand how to wrap the stitch, but the thick/thin part when hooking over confuses me. I’m not sure which is the thick part, and which is the thin. Would you explain that a little more? Thanks.
October 14th, 2006 at 10:28 pm
On the first 3 stitches and last 3 stitches (after weaving) you will have 3 loops on each. You want to look at the weaving and see if the extra loop is from the over lapping. If it is, then it is your thick side and you lift one and leave 2 loops on the needle. If not, it’s the thin side, lift the 2 bottom loops over the top loop to leave it thin. When you do the next row of weaving, you will again do an overlapp on some of the first and last needles creating the 3 loops. So that you will always end up with the 3 loops, it’s important to leave 2 on some and 1 on the others.
Remember, when you weave this stitch, you overlapp several of the needles. When you weave the next row, you overlap other needles. So you always want to leave 2 loops after the overlapp because the next row those needles will not be the ones that get the overlapp. I hope this is not just more confusing. Let us know. pat
October 14th, 2006 at 11:39 pm
Okay–I’ll play with it a little more and let you know how it goes.
October 15th, 2006 at 1:30 am
Well, the light bulb has finally come on!!!! Thanks for the help.
October 5th, 2007 at 2:15 pm
Ok I don’t understand this stitch at all.I don’t understand that thick and thin parts, and sometimes I wind up with 4 wraps on one, instead of 3, and I don’t know if the angle is suppose to be different with each row. I just can’t seem to get the hang of it I guess.