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

Great . I'll pop up a pic once I get a bit more done, I love the way my colourway is coming out

Ooooooo is this the one you dyed? Photos please!

Yeah, but I've only done an inch so far

Great . I'll pop up a pic once I get a bit more done, I love the way my colourway is coming out

Ooooooo is this the one you dyed? Photos please!

Yeah, but I've only done an inch so far

Well hurry up and do more so we can see how yummy it is knited up I love seeing how wool knits up. I'm quite sad really arent I? lol. I think Beth is posting my wool today Need to tie some wool around my too short ones, so I can finish them and put them on classifieds once they're finished Can't believe I made them too short in the rise/leg

Not sure if I should be asking for help here or starting a new thread.

I think I've made a mistake with my short rows. I followed the pattern I'd printed off (which was copied directly from the first post, and doesn't include printed versions of the tutorials), so I've done my first short row and am back at the start, ready to start my full round where I close up the holes. But, having just looked at the tute (after having done the rows already doh) I now realise that I should have slipped stitches at the ends of the short rows, but I didn't....is this a massive problem, will this cause holes? I really don't want to have to unknit the short rows, but can do if I really have to

Thanks

Not a problem if you are happy with the way it looks. There are lots of different ways to do short rows. But I should have put the slipped stitches into the pattern. Will do that later.

I have gone horribly, horribly wrong. When I was following the pattern for the short rows, I looked at the sticky on here as that's the one I've used before and got on really well with it. Anyhow, I think it put the short rows in the wrong place (I usually do the doodlepants pattern so the bit of wool left from where you cast on is in the middle at the front.

Last night I grafted the crotch, and was really pleased with myself. Having looked at it closer this morning, the bit of wool from where you cast on is on the side, making my short rows one sided.

So now my longies are side loaded with short rows instead of being back loaded. It's not hugely noticeable, and I have made them a couple of inches longer in the rise to last longer anyhow, so they are still plenty big enough round the back, but I'm so cross with myself for not just following the pattern exactly

Do you think I should rip the last bit back (where I have grafted the crotch together, and the rows where I have made stitches) and then try and work it so I make the stitches in a different place and therefore can graft in a different place (which will be nigh -on impossible for me as I'm still quite a novice really) or should I just leave it side loaded and hope for the best.

I was never planning on selling them on after anyway, rather keep them for another baby, so that wouldn't be an issue, just how they would look on and perform.

GAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

Just saw this, busy day here today. Personally I would undo the crotch and the gussest increases and readjust so that the short rows fall in the right place. But I'm picky like that.

Not a problem if you are happy with the way it looks. There are lots of different ways to do short rows. But I should have put the slipped stitches into the pattern. Will do that later.

Thanks, I've undone it (twice now ) and am trying to redo it properly.

I'm back and confused again. LOL

I've managed to get my short rows not looking terrible, so I'm going to just stick with them and go on to the stockinette. But before I start, the pattern says:

Switching to larger size needles, knit 1 round.

[snip] short rows bit
[snip]

Work stockinette stitch (knit every round) for one inch. Be sure to measure on the front part of the longies (not across the back where you worked the short rows). Work now measures 2" from ribbing, 4" in total.

But I don't get how, if I'm only working one inch on top of my short rows (which don't count if I'm measuring the front anyway) and before that I only worked one round immediately after the ribbing, knitting one inch ends up measuring 2 inches from the ribbing. Shouldn't it measure 1 inch (and 1 row) after rib and 3 inches total?

Am I missing something (very possible ) or is there a mistake?

Joeli, if I asked very nicely would you possibly help me work the pattern out to get it right please as I can just about follow a pattern let alo e try and adapt one!!

My gauge was 9 stitches per 2 inches so I cast on 92 stitches. I then put markers in for my short rows after 23 stitches and 69 stitches.

Basically if you were looking at it as a circle , my crotch is wrong by 180 degrees at the mo if that makes sense, so I need to graft another quarter of a turn on I *think*

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