CAT BORDHI - CHARLIE'S CHRISTMAS STOCKING, PART ONE

This is part one of a 2-video series that teaches a special technique used in this pattern, which is available free on Knittersreview.com, starting on November 29, 2007. The stocking is shaped with pouches that stair-step down the front of the foot (and hold treats for santa and Rudolph. I call the technique Disproportionate Waste Yarn Openings.

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• pathways
• christmas
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• architecture
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• waste
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• opening

[kagedbyrdd]

Hey I know that stocking! Charlie is my little brother!

[catbordhi]

Hi Jordan! That is so funny that it is you! Anytime you want to knit, just let me know.

[calcrules]

this gave me an idea. instead of doing a full knit row a full purl row an increase row and then sliding the stitches back would this work: on the first waste yarn row if you were to knit a stitch and do a yarnover and knit a stitch and yarn over and knit a stitch for the correct number of stitches ending with a knit stitch, of course,then purling back and THEN sliding the stitches back. again, would this work and if not what would make it not work?

[catbordhi]

Very clever . . . and it may work just fine. The key is to make the real yarn sts easy to identify and pick up afterwards. This is why I have a plain row in between the first row and the increase row - to give the outer rows a stable foundation that isn't confusing later. Possibly the yo's would work that way, possibly not - you'd have to try! I love the way you are thinking about it . . .

[petitepirate21]

That's really cool! I don't really like knitting, too slow at it, but I love to crochet. I like the idea so much I may try it out in crochet and see what happens!

[MDeb50]

Can you make more videos of projects? Love this! deb

[catbordhi]

Yes - you've got the idea, wonderful! Disproportionate waste yarn can be worked in either direction.

However, keep in mind that the pouches actually shape the sock. Toe-up, you also want to increase the arch (if you are following my architecture in NEW PATHWAYS FOR SOCK KNITTERS, BOOK ONE). In that case, I think you'd want to work the waste yarn as I have - larger on the bottom and smaller on the top. Have fun figuring it all out!

[justabecker]

Ack! I meant I would need to do it toe-up. But it should work both ways -- i.e. decrease instead of increase.

[catbordhi]

That's a great idea - to just purl back, I hadn't thought of that. However, it's probably just as fast to slide all the waste yarn stitches to the left needle, and then you have less waste yarn bulk in the fabric.

[catbordhi]

The stocking is worked too down.