{"id":2120,"date":"2016-03-14T20:43:42","date_gmt":"2016-03-14T20:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/?p=2120"},"modified":"2019-09-27T00:05:57","modified_gmt":"2019-09-27T00:05:57","slug":"the-swatch-in-the-round-that-explained-my-knitting-to-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/the-swatch-in-the-round-that-explained-my-knitting-to-me\/","title":{"rendered":"The swatch-in-the-round that explained my knitting to me"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"reverse<\/p>\n

When I knit flat, my stockinette rows out badly but the stitch and row gauge is the same for 1,1 ribbing, stockinette, and reverse stockinette. \u00a0So I was really confused when I developed the Holly <\/a>and Ivy Mittens<\/a>; the various sections had different row gauges and were not playing nicely together at all.<\/p>\n

\"reverse<\/p>\n

Enter\u00a0this green swatch.<\/p>\n

Wow, when I knit in the round, my reverse stockinette field is hugely bigger than my 1,1 ribbing, and my stockinette stitch is SMALLER than my 1,1 ribbing.<\/p>\n

\"1,1<\/p>\n

I love making stockinette motifs in fields of\u00a0reverse stockinette surrounded by\u00a01,1 ribbing – and I don’t want weird unblock-able bubbles of fabric in them!<\/p>\n

So I’ve become a heavy knit-back-backwards knitter, in both flat and circular situations, it keeps my reverse stockinette as tight as my stockinette. \u00a0I used to use a smaller needle for purl rows, but I like single needle solutions whenever possible, especially if they don’t involve me changing my familiar motions.<\/p>\n

Have you discovered a tension problem of your own? \u00a0How have you fixed it?<\/p>\n