I accidentally stumbled on this. Im a 40 year old man and wasnt looking for knitting info, and I know absolutely nothing about knitting, apart from what i learned watching my mum when i was a kid. Nonetheless, Ive just realised I have been almost hypnotically drawn in and watched 5 minutes in total fascination. Something frustratingly complicated being explained superbly and interestingly, I ended up watching the whole thing! Good video.
Thank you, thank you! I was sent here by Nathan the Sockmatician in my quest for matching decreases. The gusset on my sock is so neat. It'll take a while for me to not have to refer back to you every time I need it because I understand quickly but things don't necessarily stay imprinted. Your demo is beautifully clear and the result makes me very, very happy.
The ugly jutting ssk decreases on my socks always bugged the heck out of me, so I was really happy to find this video. No more annoying socks! Thanks for sharing this.
Your tips and techniques are excellent! I've watched 4 of your videos and learned work-arounds for 3 of my pet peeves!! Note that one of my pet peeves had a two part video solution.... Simply the best!!! Thank you so much for sharing!
This is brilliant. My holey ssks have bugged me for a long time. I can't wait to put this technique in action. Very clearly explained & presented. Thank you soooo much!
(APPLAUSE!) BRAVO! Bring out two Oscars. Thank you. It is a beautiful solution, & reminds me of how little I understand my knitting. Slog on, please, for us slow-to-understand (me) knitters.
Thank you Cat! I had to watch it a few times before I understood what you were doing but it now makes perfect sense and I can't wait to put the Hungry Stitch into action!!!! :D
Thanks for this video. I'll try to remember this the next time I need to make an SSK. I saved the instructions in my Google Keep to make sure I remember it. Thanks!
Thanks for the clear and detailed tutorial! But it makes sense only if you are knitting in the round and most lace knitting is flat! Making 'hungry stitch' tight on a row in between an ssk row will be totally different if you are purling back across your flat knitting. Have i missed something??
Brilliant!I was thinking how is this plot going to resolve itself?! But just like a good story it had a twist in the end....or should I say untwist in the end! ....a clean SSK twisting the loop as a modification. As all good plots go, it takes some planning...okay enough punning, back to purling.
Very nice. I wonder if this will work to tighten up the ladders when doing magic loop as well... I guess it's time to cast on some waste yarn and find out.
hmmm is there a precursor to this instruction how you would normally do it because I don't have a clue what it is supposed to originally have happen ... so normally I would slip as if to K, slip as if to K, K and psso?? Dunno what you are setting out to do, I am experienced knitter who is over thinking this, I cannot see structure usually takes me a while to get mechanics. On my socks my tapering sides by the toe never match, one side nice and other side zig zaggy and I don't know what I am doing to get the ziggy messy part.
Thank you...I love the skit. I'm doing a lace pattern that calls for k3tog and sssk. sssk is just hard to get nice and neat as the k3tog and makes the lace pattern not good looking. Any suggestions?
Does the hungry stitch method work in patterns that require an ssk in every row instead of every other row? In other words, how important is the knit-thru-back step to the method? I'm trying to work the "Elijah" pattern by Ysolda Teague and she has many sections with sequential SSK rows. Thanks.
Let's see if I understood this correctly: This method only works if you're stitching in the round, I mean, with circular needles, magic loop or whatever, right? I don't see how it would work with stockinette stitch worked with straight needles. Please help!!
Cat, as always, you are awesome. The result of the HS technique is beautiful. I usually have ripply legs from my 'typical SSK', and i suppose this will prevent that? I have yet to knit up a practice swatch of this, as well as the method of reverse-wrapping the to-be-SSK'ed' stitches in the previous round (your other video), but i hope to soon. in any case, i thank you for your video. Very well explained and executed. I appreciated the written, and even the skit helped cement the technique!
You mention that you will have done 1 1/2 rows. So does that mean that I need to work half my stitches again and make that the BOR? and then I will have casted on and worked 2 rows? How does that work when I have a pattern that states: CO, K 1row, begin increase rows?
Cat, as always, you are awesome. The result of the HS technique is beautiful. I usually have ripply legs from my 'typical SSK', and i suppose this will prevent that? I have yet to knit up a practice swatch of this, abut i hope to soon. in any case, i thank you for your video. Very well explained and executed. I appreciated the written, and even the skit helped cement the technique!
I can't try it because I don't have the problem, but I wonder if hungry stitches would help people whose cables and ribs have a "loose" left-side-of-the-cable-or-rib knit-stitch and "purling the next stitch the wrong way" isn't quite enough to fix it for them? Has anyone tried it, or used the "hungry stitch" for other purposes? If so I'd love to know how it worked for you.
Am I missing something? If you are knitting flat, then to get back to the slipped stitch, you will purl back and will have "lost" the slipped st in the row below.
I accidentally stumbled on this. Im a 40 year old man and wasnt looking for knitting info, and I know absolutely nothing about knitting, apart from what i learned watching my mum when i was a kid. Nonetheless, Ive just realised I have been almost hypnotically drawn in and watched 5 minutes in total fascination. Something frustratingly complicated being explained superbly and interestingly, I ended up watching the whole thing! Good video.
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The next step is to try it out!
Are you still knitting?
Thank you, thank you! I was sent here by Nathan the Sockmatician in my quest for matching decreases. The gusset on my sock is so neat. It'll take a while for me to not have to refer back to you every time I need it because I understand quickly but things don't necessarily stay imprinted. Your demo is beautifully clear and the result makes me very, very happy.
This is the best knitting tutorial I’ve ever seen! Thank you for making my day ♥️
Fantastic tutorial. Many thanks for sorting out loosey goosely SSKs forever.
The ugly jutting ssk decreases on my socks always bugged the heck out of me, so I was really happy to find this video. No more annoying socks! Thanks for sharing this.
Your tips and techniques are excellent! I've watched 4 of your videos and learned work-arounds for 3 of my pet peeves!! Note that one of my pet peeves had a two part video solution.... Simply the best!!! Thank you so much for sharing!
Jo-Anne Clarke n
This is brilliant. My holey ssks have bugged me for a long time. I can't wait to put this technique in action. Very clearly explained & presented. Thank you soooo much!
I want to visit that yarn shop. Seeing all the beautiful yarn in the background made me hungry for yarn!
Looks wonderful although I’ll have to do practice & swatch . Glad you put written instructions that’s a big plus. Thank you.
(APPLAUSE!) BRAVO! Bring out two Oscars. Thank you. It is a beautiful solution, & reminds me of how little I understand my knitting. Slog on, please, for us slow-to-understand (me) knitters.
BRILLIANT I've been struggling with having a matching gusset. I just tried it and it's perfect. Thank you, thank you!
Nicole Bracey m
Love the way her knitting mind works!
This is the second video I see! marvelous ideas, love your explanations and your sockpatterns and your tomatoe heel!
Your method of teaching is amazing and fun! I truly appreciate you!
I love your tutorials. The skit was very entertaining.
Thank you Cat! I had to watch it a few times before I understood what you were doing but it now makes perfect sense and I can't wait to put the Hungry Stitch into action!!!! :D
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This whole video is great!
Thanks for this video. I'll try to remember this the next time I need to make an SSK. I saved the instructions in my Google Keep to make sure I remember it. Thanks!
IT WORKED!! I don't know how but it did! Thankyou Cat!
What a good idea, i'll try it ! Thank you Cat
Absolutely brilliant- thank you
What a great video. You solved the problem! Terrific!
I love this. It's fun!!!! My SSK's always look dreadful. They don't this way.
Thanks for the clear and detailed tutorial! But it makes sense only if you are knitting in the round and most lace knitting is flat! Making 'hungry stitch' tight on a row in between an ssk row will be totally different if you are purling back across your flat knitting. Have i missed something??
Brilliant!I was thinking how is this plot going to resolve itself?! But just like a good story it had a twist in the end....or should I say untwist in the end! ....a clean SSK twisting the loop as a modification. As all good plots go, it takes some planning...okay enough punning, back to purling.
How to do this on flat knitting?
Very nice. I wonder if this will work to tighten up the ladders when doing magic loop as well... I guess it's time to cast on some waste yarn and find out.
Absurd, and in a pattern, how is it feasible to know a row before where the ssk is? If you slip the ssk stitches purlwise, all good.
hmmm is there a precursor to this instruction how you would normally do it because I don't have a clue what it is supposed to originally have happen ... so normally I would slip as if to K, slip as if to K, K and psso?? Dunno what you are setting out to do, I am experienced knitter who is over thinking this, I cannot see structure usually takes me a while to get mechanics. On my socks my tapering sides by the toe never match, one side nice and other side zig zaggy and I don't know what I am doing to get the ziggy messy part.
Absolute genius!
Well done! I especially liked the skit. :)
This DOES make a more uniform and matching gusset!! Thanks so much! Did you invent this trick?
Brilliant!
THE YARN IS SO PRETTY!! What brand is it?
Thank you...I love the skit. I'm doing a lace pattern that calls for k3tog and sssk. sssk is just hard to get nice and neat as the k3tog and makes the lace pattern not good looking. Any suggestions?
Starting her cowl.love and prayers
If I'm doing a sleeve and only ssk every 6 rows do I do these instructions and final and then work to the next ssk? Genius.
Does the hungry stitch method work in patterns that require an ssk in every row instead of every other row? In other words, how important is the knit-thru-back step to the method? I'm trying to work the "Elijah" pattern by Ysolda Teague and she has many sections with sequential SSK rows. Thanks.
grumpyketchup I don't see why not.
Let's see if I understood this correctly: This method only works if you're stitching in the round, I mean, with circular needles, magic loop or whatever, right? I don't see how it would work with stockinette stitch worked with straight needles. Please help!!
Cat, as always, you are awesome. The result of the HS technique is beautiful. I usually have ripply legs from my 'typical SSK', and i suppose this will prevent that? I have yet to knit up a practice swatch of this, as well as the method of reverse-wrapping the to-be-SSK'ed' stitches in the previous round (your other video), but i hope to soon.
in any case, i thank you for your video. Very well explained and executed. I appreciated the written, and even the skit helped cement the technique!
I've never had a problem loose SSKs. Maybe a loose SSK is specific to Continental knitting and I don't knit that way.
You mention that you will have done 1 1/2 rows. So does that mean that I need to work half my stitches again and make that the BOR? and then I will have casted on and worked 2 rows?
How does that work when I have a pattern that states: CO, K 1row, begin increase rows?
Cat, as always, you are awesome. The result of the HS technique is beautiful. I usually have ripply legs from my 'typical SSK', and i suppose this will prevent that? I have yet to knit up a practice swatch of this, abut i hope to soon.
in any case, i thank you for your video. Very well explained and executed. I appreciated the written, and even the skit helped cement the technique!
I can't try it because I don't have the problem, but I wonder if hungry stitches would help people whose cables and ribs have a "loose" left-side-of-the-cable-or-rib knit-stitch and "purling the next stitch the wrong way" isn't quite enough to fix it for them? Has anyone tried it, or used the "hungry stitch" for other purposes? If so I'd love to know how it worked for you.
It looks fantastic and answers my query but I don't understand it!
How did you manage to knit both side and yet turned out to be a stocking stitch and not garter stitch?,
She is knitting in the round on a cable needle.
Sorry! I mean, she is knitting on a circular needle, which has a cable between the two pointy ends!
Thanks.
My loose ssk stitches were really annoying me.
Thank you so much! This is perfect!
Am I missing something? If you are knitting flat, then to get back to the slipped stitch, you will purl back and will have "lost" the slipped st in the row below.
Never mind, someone answered this further down. Redoing my swatch.
Wonderful
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ssk is a hockey team
l@@ks good but confusing
Oh dear!
Nope nope nope