Learn to knit longies -- Important Update (06/08/10)!

yeh ill bring it so i can show you what i mean but it looks like this
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where the increases are but i am thinking it should look like this
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do you know what i mean ! ill show you tomorrow x

It looks from that like you are doing both the make ones either left or right, you need to do left when you are on the left leg and right when you are on the right leg. If you look up M1L and M1R it explains the difference, dead easy when you can see how, a bit hard to explain though.

thanks i think i have figured it out it looks better now than it did now i switched it thanks

I am about to start the legs pattern says pick up 4 stitches but im a bit worried about where to pick up from ill take my to bed and see if i can do any more tonight btu im sure i'll be back

Ok after leaving my knitting for WEEKS being too scared to complete gusset increases and the really scary grafting , I've just finished it in 2 days, the grafting that is not the longies!!!!

So onto legs, which means really scary DPNs......

But I'm ridiculously excited about doing the grafting

well I have finished! I just want to say thank you so much Joeli for this pattern. i dont think I would have got round to trying longies or knitting in tne round if it werent for this thread! Im just so chuffed. There are a few things I want to ask about though as there were some bits I didnt understand and had to bodge. I will post them tomorrow when I post a pic




I ran out of wool so they became crops!! But I manages a very short twisted cord. All the other wool I have clashes badly with these colours so it was tough

My finished article


DD1s finished article


Here they are on


Her bum is huge in this nappy. How do I make the next pair of longies bigger? Do I need to put in extra short rows? If so how? Or do I need a bigger hip measurement?

Can anyone help i am following instructions but ending up with different numbers of stitches for each legwhat am i doing wrong

Maybe you are picking up stitches along the way somewhere? Basically when you get to the bit where you graft the crotch, you should graft the 2 lots of 8 stitches together and the stitches either side of that should be the same amount. What exactly do you have?

i'll have a look later when im home and will let you know thanks

i'll have a look later when im home and will let you know thanks

OK will try and help if I can