Tuesday, November 15, 2005

Grafting sucks

...really bad. I hate grafting, I will never understand how to do it. Hence, I shall never finish Rogue's hood.

Since I obviously don't know how to graft, there are no progress photos today. Instead, we have this.

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3 comments:

Kara said...

What kind of grafting? I'm the kitchner stitch queen. If you need help with that kind of grafting, I'd be happy to help you through my blog - I took a class and the instructor gave us some tips and notes.

Kara said...

I found this: http://www.knittinghelp.com/knitting/basic_techniques/misc.php
If you scroll down, there are videos of different grafting techniques. I learned to do intarsia from these videos. You may need high speed internet or to download and then watch if you are on dial up.

Ruth said...

I used to hate grafting, until a friend taught me a trick, which I shall now share with you.

When you reach the grafting point, knit a row in a contrast yarn. The waste yarn will then act as a guide as you Kitchner (you follow it as it goes through the "real" stitches). I hope that makes sense ...