I am working on my first major project,couch pillows. the pattern that i am attempting is the weave. after 10 rows of knitting, you do K2,p10, k10,p10… after about 3rows i end up with ladders between the knit and purl sections…how do i avoid this?
do you have the pattern? I am working a afghan that does purl and knit and I think you will have a latter no matter what when you pearl then knit you will tighten the yarn which makes the ladder. Are you sure that isn’t part of the pattern?
This is a problem. Some of it goes away with blocking, especially if you’re working with a wool yarn. There’s several solutions in this article from Techknitter that may help you. Also Artlady had a great tip for avoiding the problem in a thread awhile back
http://forum.knittinghelp.com/t/tip-of-the-day?t=106644
For me, tugging siightly on the yarn strand at the switch between k and p did the trick. Now I must be doing that unconsciously because the problem has disappeared.
Thanks for the links and tips. I found some videos on YouTube but mostly geared tward knitting in the round using DPN’s
Here is pattern
thanks,
Paula
Am I the only one that doesn’t pay attention to laddering??? I just keep on going and hope for the best.
Is this something I should be fixing or what?
knitcindy
Some laddering can be expected in some cases, between sts at the ends of needles when knitting in the round is a great example, and there tends to be some looseness when switching between knits and purls. I’d like to see a photo of the ladder originally in question here as I’ve not had what I consider real ladders in a case like this. Sometimes its can be considered part and parcel with the stitch pattern and is only a problem if it bugs you and then you can work on finding a way to eliminate it. True laddering as when moving from one needle to the next when knitting in the round is something that I think most of us will try to correct. HOWEVER, if it’s not a problem for you and you don’t think it messes up you pattern, then why worry about it? Sometimes trying to eliminate the looseness when switching from k to p is something important to me, sometimes it isn’t. For me there is a time to strive for perfection and a time to say, good enough. Unless I’m trying to figure something out while knitting it then a dishcloth gets a whole lot less attention toward perfection than a garment would. Right now I’m working on cables and twisted stitches and at some point if I see too much looseness I’ll try to figure out how to fix it, otherwise it goes with the territory. Handmade can’t be as precise as machine made; unless it looks sloppy then maybe the way it works out is the way I really want it. A lot of things will even out with washing and drying or if the yarn is hand wash, dry flat blocking can help…or so I’ve read, I haven’t yet done any actual blocking.
I think the most important point in my knitting experience was when it dawned on me: What another thinks is critical and necessary is critical and necessary for them; they don’t determine what I set as my standard and it doesn’t make my knitting something to apologize for.
THANKS GG!!!
If I’m working on something that’s a gift for someone or a garment then I try to make it look nice. I guess I’ve always thought that those little loose loops between ribbing were “supposed” to be there.
Oh well,
knitcindy