peacefuljeffrey wrote on Aug 10
th, 2010 at 4:36am:
The pouch is worked in stockinette, with 4 stitches carried parallel to the edge and a curved/tapered insert for the shaping.
The pocket has a "chain" edge to stabilise the knit and give a clean selvedge. The edge is achieved by slipping the first stitch of every row purlwise and knitting the last stitch. Sorry for the terrible picture... You can also see that the shaping adds a nice amount of concavity to the pouch.
Can anyone explain that to me?
And why is it that the pouch instructions SKIP CERTAIN NUMBERED ROWS?!
The
Provisional Cast On Video here is kind of confusing, but used with the other link maybe you'll understand better.
The provisional cast on makes a row of unfinished stitches at the beginning of a work instead of an edge. To make a finger loop:
- Knit 3-stitches in the round until you have a tube long enough to wrap around your finger.
- Pull the "waste yarn" out of your knitting to reveal the unfinished stitches from your first row of knitting.
- Carefully pull your knitting off of the needles without letting it unravel.
- Fold the knit tube in half and put it back on the needle alternating 1 loop from the last row you knit and 1 unfinished loop on the first row.
- Knit the first two stitches together, knit the third and fourth stitches together, etc. for one row.
- Knit 3-stitches in the round to make the retention cord.
- Do not increase, do not decrease, and do not purl.
You don't need to use the provisional cast on, but it makes the fusing together part a lot easier.
To slip a stitch transfer the loop from the left knitting needle to the right knitting needle by putting the right needle through the loop in front of the left needle and slip the loop off of the left needle.
The reason that certain numbered rows are skipped is that every skipped row is done in the same way, so the instructions for the first row can be applied to the rest. This is what you do for every un-numbered row:
- Slip the first stitch on the row.
- Purl every remaining stitch until you reach the last stitch.
- Bring the tail of twine between your knitting needles from the from to the back of your work to switch from purling to knitting.
- Knit the last stitch of the row.
Does this help?