What a great tip! It seems pretty obvious once you demonstrate it, but I've been knitting for decades and have never seen this suggested before. Thanks!
Thanks again Roxanne for your in depth demonstration and explanation of this technique. YOU ROC...😊😊 It is so valuable to me to hear the 'why' of techniques that I use but can't really explain. I learned to do very basic knitting as a child and later increased in skill by reading, experimenting, and picking other people's brains for the 'how' of knitting. You are in the league with EZ and Barbara Walker in bringing new understanding, appreciation, and adventure to my knitting projects.
perfect instructions! working on the body of my first cardigan, but i wasn't sure how to work the ribbing once i got to the bottom. thank you so much for this video! 🙏🥰
this is one of those things that was painfully obvious once you'd explained it, and I can't help but wonder how it never occurred to me at any point during my 10 years of knitting... thank you for this
Thanks so much for this tip! And perfect timing, too. I'm working on a shawl that will end with 2x2 ribbing in a new color. The ribbing always looks so loose when using the same needle size as used for the stockinette part. I think this technique will be just the perfect solution for my shawl.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and details about this. Its really useful and very timely as I am doing my top down Sweater and shortly I will be doing the ribbing and it would be nice to make it look pretty, so I will try this idea. Thank you for your visit today. Catch up next time.
Great video Roxanne! This honestly never occurred to me before, lol. Like someone else said, it was painfully obvious once you pointed it out. 😊Thanks for this wonderful video! I’ll definitely be doing this from now on💕
I don’t know why this is the first time I’ve noticed your purl method. I’m going to practice it to see if it resolves the “rowing out” issues my method creates.
I would love to learn technical skills on corner-to-corner diagonal knitting. It's such a basic pattern used in especially mini blankets, but I have a lot of questions about it! Like, how do you start it if you want to add a different border than the usual 1/2 stitches of garter, how do I increase in the beginning so that the decreases at the end of the corner match, or... why is my sample boat shaped.. I did a kfbf on alternate rows in the beginning, which did not show up much like I wanted it to, but the central double decreases at the end corner showed too much! I need to know more about this, please help!!!
I've never seen that recommended, but it could be that some knitters prefer that result. There isn't a right or wrong way to approach that transition. Do what works for you and your project.
This question has a bit of relevance to this: sleeve cuffs on a top down sweater. I have a few treasured and ancient sweaters whose sleeve cuffs are worn and beginning to ravel. I still have yarn from those sweaters. I would like to save the sweaters. Do you have any advice to repair/reknit the cuffs? Some are rolled stockinette (ala J. Crew from years ago) and others are ribbed. Is it best to completely unravel them and begin again part way up the sleeve or is there a way to med without undoing? Thank you!
Great video and demo as usual, Roxanne. It’s so clear and useful! I love watching you knit - your movements are so graceful and fluid!
Thank you. This was very helpful, particularly showing what it would look like if you didn't change the needle size as well as the color blips. 🙂
What a great tip! It seems pretty obvious once you demonstrate it, but I've been knitting for decades and have never seen this suggested before. Thanks!
This makes such sense. Why did it never occur to me before? Thank you for sharing your expertise in such a clear and easy to follow fashion.
I just sat down tonight to start the ribbing on a top-down sweater. Your timing couldn't be better! Thanks so much 💖
Thanks again Roxanne for your in depth demonstration and explanation of this technique. YOU ROC...😊😊
It is so valuable to me to hear the 'why' of techniques that I use but can't really explain.
I learned to do very basic knitting as a child and later increased in skill by reading, experimenting, and picking other people's brains for the 'how' of knitting.
You are in the league with EZ and Barbara Walker in bringing new understanding, appreciation, and adventure to my knitting projects.
This is new to me but makes so much sense. Thank you ☺️
Thank you for this! You always make things very clear. ❤
Thank you Roxanne for sharing this technique, with us!! ❤
Such a subtle change but it makes all the difference! Fantastic! Thank you.
Thank you! I appreciate your knowledge and willingness to teach. Your clear teaching and examples show us how nice our knitting can look. 😃
This was great information, I will now transition my needles one row before the ribbing thank you.
perfect instructions! working on the body of my first cardigan, but i wasn't sure how to work the ribbing once i got to the bottom. thank you so much for this video! 🙏🥰
Thanks so much Rox! learning so much from you time and time again. Thanks for freely sharing your knowledge with all of us! ❤❤❤
So glad to see this because I was almost ready to do this very same thing you are teaching here. Amazing how nice this works. Thanks
this is one of those things that was painfully obvious once you'd explained it, and I can't help but wonder how it never occurred to me at any point during my 10 years of knitting... thank you for this
Thanks so much for this tip! And perfect timing, too. I'm working on a shawl that will end with 2x2 ribbing in a new color. The ribbing always looks so loose when using the same needle size as used for the stockinette part. I think this technique will be just the perfect solution for my shawl.
So helpful!! I have done it wrong all along. I never liked the way my ribbing looked now I know why.
As always, this is great information..... Thank you..
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and details about this. Its really useful and very timely as I am doing my top down Sweater and shortly I will be doing the ribbing and it would be nice to make it look pretty, so I will try this idea. Thank you for your visit today. Catch up next time.
Great video Roxanne! This honestly never occurred to me before, lol. Like someone else said, it was painfully obvious once you pointed it out. 😊Thanks for this wonderful video! I’ll definitely be doing this from now on💕
Thank you very much❤❤❤❤❤
thank you. Great demonstration and explanation.
Thank you.
This was a wonderful tip. Thanks so much.😊
Brilliant and easy. I like that
Excellent help, many thanks
Such great advice!! Thank you!
I don’t know why this is the first time I’ve noticed your purl method. I’m going to practice it to see if it resolves the “rowing out” issues my method creates.
Thanks!
You're welcome! :-)
Thank you!
So helpful!
Thank you! ❤
Great video!
Always love your vids
Brilliant
I would love to learn technical skills on corner-to-corner diagonal knitting. It's such a basic pattern used in especially mini blankets, but I have a lot of questions about it! Like, how do you start it if you want to add a different border than the usual 1/2 stitches of garter, how do I increase in the beginning so that the decreases at the end of the corner match, or... why is my sample boat shaped..
I did a kfbf on alternate rows in the beginning, which did not show up much like I wanted it to, but the central double decreases at the end corner showed too much! I need to know more about this, please help!!!
I thought I read somewhere that if you’re doing stock before ribbing in the round do a pearl row first ?
I've never seen that recommended, but it could be that some knitters prefer that result. There isn't a right or wrong way to approach that transition. Do what works for you and your project.
This question has a bit of relevance to this: sleeve cuffs on a top down sweater. I have a few treasured and ancient sweaters whose sleeve cuffs are worn and beginning to ravel. I still have yarn from those sweaters. I would like to save the sweaters. Do you have any advice to repair/reknit the cuffs? Some are rolled stockinette (ala J. Crew from years ago) and others are ribbed. Is it best to completely unravel them and begin again part way up the sleeve or is there a way to med without undoing?
Thank you!
This video explains how to do this sort of repair th-cam.com/video/e9MyBt-CJsI/w-d-xo.html
Have you heard of doing a slip 1, knit 1 before switching from stockinette to ribbing?
That's typically done in the opposite direction: going from ribbing to stockinette, as in this video here: th-cam.com/video/bVLCXu8w3uM/w-d-xo.html
Does this work the same if you are working the ribbing first then going to stockinette?
That question is answered at the end of the video.