Kitchener Stitch

[watervole]

Just finished the toe of my second sock with Kitchener stitch (as I wasn't totally happy with the shape of the round toe in  the pattern).

The technique is also known as grafting.  It's a way of joining up two pieces of knitting so that they appear totally seamless, like a continuous piece of knitting.  so, it goes up the front, over the toe and down under the foot without  a break.

This is a truly scary experience.  If you lose track of exactly where you are, (and it's very easy to do so), then you can be very lost indeed.

Fortunately, I got through the experience relatively unscathed, but I recommend anyone trying this to count their way through the steps very carefully and to make sure that you can't be distracted by anything else before you get to the end.

You, know, I really need a knitting icon!

I bought myself a book on folk socks on Richard's behalf for my very belated birthday present...

Comments

[kalypso]

You, know, I really need a knitting icon!

My mind turns to les tricoteuses by the guillotine... but perhaps that's a bit bloodthirsty, and the most popular images (see top two pictures here) don't immediately lend themselves to the 100x100 format! Have you anything else in mind?

[elmyra.livejournal.com]

I didn't really get the hang of grafting until I had to knit 8 pairs of baby socks and finish them all that way, all within a week. Practice truly does make perfect - I can now even graft with music or the TV on. But yeah, when I first did it, it was very much turn everything off and focus.

[rockwell-666.livejournal.com]

> You know, I really need a knitting icon!

Like this...? ;-)

[watervole.livejournal.com]

THanks! I really like that.

Thanks for the batteries also. The bomb works much better now.

[rockwell-666.livejournal.com]

You're welcome.

PS To anyone confused by the second comment, Watervole has a *game* called "Pass the Bomb" which needs batteries and her were pretty much flat (so no need to alert the Police...!) :-)