“NEW LOOPY STITCH“ 

“CRISS CROSS“  ”OPEN RIB“              

SO much has been going on lately here at the Knitting Board Company.  Ok, where to start…… 

First of all our new yarn has had another small delay, but I assure you it is going to be awesome. I just had to see another sample adding a little new fiber which took several days. So I guess it is my fault but I want it to the perfect combination. 

We are still looking at all the names so if you still have more name ideas please leave them in the “COMMENTS“. We will keep it secret until yarn is presented.  

We now have NEW STITCH instructions. Hopefully these will be helpful. The instructions have a lot of photos to make learning the stitches very easy. We have included the LOOPY RIB which is a brand new stitch from Brazil. It is a cool one for ponchos or shawls where you want a nice “loose look”. 

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.

 ZIGZAG STITCH Details

The Zig Zag Stitch is on the bottom of the vest, the last three stitches. It really is a great finishing stitch. 

I can’t believe Summer is gone and Winter is fast approaching. I live in Boston but I should live somewhere much warmer like North Carolina. I can’t seem to deal with really cold weather. It chills me to the bone and it gets soooooo cold up here in the winter.

But one good thing about it, I do get to wear my cozy sweaters. My favorite is the goncho sweater. It is so cozy and oversized. I wear it in the house and it is the only thing that keeps me really warm.

 For all the new knitting board knitters, here are a couple very SIMPLE FREE PATTERNS and they will help keep you warm this winter. This luxurious blue shawl with tassels is knit with a ribbing stitch throughout.

With the 28″ knitting board, you start your casting on using all the pins, 84 needles on each side and then just keep knitting until length desired.

 Simple BASIC SLIPPERS are made in a few hours! Great starter pattern too.