Garter Thoughts
Aug. 10th, 2016 12:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
atherleisureSo I might have patterned some of the motifs for these garters from the MFA yesterday.
I think they're done in reverse stockinette in the round in red with the white motifs in regular stockinette on both sides. Alternatively, I guess they could be knit flat then sewn into a tube, but double-thickness is the only way I can come up with them looking the same on both sides and double-knitting doesn't look like this. I would love it if some of my fellow knitters would take a look at them and tell me what they think.
The item information says they're 66" x 1.5" so they're longer than I am tall, which seems a little extreme. They look like they're about 25 stitches wide so that would give a gauge of about 16 st./in. Sewing thread gives a gauge of about 25 st./in. so it needs to be something heavier than that, maybe beading cord. I don't really have a good measure of gauge on the size E cord I've used because the miser's purse is so heavily beaded and the pineapple is so lumpy, but the miser's purse is 2.625" laid flat, which comes to 18.3 st./in. Maybe size F?
Of course, I need another fine knitting project right now like I need a hole in my head. Would someone please remind me that I still have thread for two more pinballs and that FIFO is a good thing? I just need to find pinballs that I want to make!
I think they're done in reverse stockinette in the round in red with the white motifs in regular stockinette on both sides. Alternatively, I guess they could be knit flat then sewn into a tube, but double-thickness is the only way I can come up with them looking the same on both sides and double-knitting doesn't look like this. I would love it if some of my fellow knitters would take a look at them and tell me what they think.
The item information says they're 66" x 1.5" so they're longer than I am tall, which seems a little extreme. They look like they're about 25 stitches wide so that would give a gauge of about 16 st./in. Sewing thread gives a gauge of about 25 st./in. so it needs to be something heavier than that, maybe beading cord. I don't really have a good measure of gauge on the size E cord I've used because the miser's purse is so heavily beaded and the pineapple is so lumpy, but the miser's purse is 2.625" laid flat, which comes to 18.3 st./in. Maybe size F?
Of course, I need another fine knitting project right now like I need a hole in my head. Would someone please remind me that I still have thread for two more pinballs and that FIFO is a good thing? I just need to find pinballs that I want to make!
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Date: 2016-08-10 08:21 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2016-08-11 06:51 am (UTC)I think they probably are knit in the round. Possibly on two needles, like toes of socks?
Beading cord looks like it would be best, based on the sheen. I think it would take playing around to get the right hand. E on 5/0 needles is very tight, but it's quite loose on 4/0. At least at my tension!
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Date: 2016-08-11 12:22 pm (UTC)How much heavier is the size F than the size E? Or does your experience tell you that size E is likely to be best for these?
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Date: 2016-08-11 05:39 pm (UTC)I had to look up what sizes I used :)
I was thinking of F on that comment!
There is a noticable difference. I think E is probably best. I hate figuring out sizes!
But the bag, which isn't online, that I made on size 4/0 instead of 5/0 needles came out double the size. It was bizarre how much bigger it was!