I’m stumped as I knit a Christmas stocking: Pattern starts on straight needles; for the heel, it switches to dpns, putting the middle stitches on a holder and knitting the outer stitches on one dpn. Pls. help. Thanks.
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What is the name of your pattern?
You should be able to knit onto the dpn from the straights.
Thank you. The pattern is from freevintageknitting.com, Christmas stocking #9001C. When I place the outer stitches on the dpn, the hanging yarn is at one of the inner edges, and I do not understand in what direction to knit or how the two sections of 18 stitches come together.
Since the yarn is at one of the inner edges, you’re in position to either knit or purl across the 36 heel sts (18 + 18). That’ll join the two sections together. It doesn’t matter whether that first row is a knit or purl since you’ll be working in stockinette stitch for 3 inches. Do whichever continues the stockinette pattern.
After the 3 inches the next instructions apply to the last purl row of this section.
Thank you for your help. Actually, I misstated; the hanging yarn is on the outside edge. At any rate, as I understand it, the two18-stitch sections will meet at the back of the stocking. Thanks again!
Knit across till the yarn is in position to work an entire row across the 18 + 18 sts. The extra partial row won’t show once you’ve completed 3 inches.
Yes, these two sections will meet at the back of the stocking. Enjoy working the rest of the stocking!
Salmonmac, I need your help again on my Christmas stocking pattern (Freevintageknitting pattern # 9001C): I am at the instep point, having 36 center stitches on a stitch holder and 2 dpns with 28 stitches each. Here the pattern says to use a 4th working needle to knit the foot “round and round…”. The 36 center stitches are to remain on the stitch holder. What is meant by “round and round”? Thank you!
Place the instep sts on a dpn so that they are all together and not distributed on the other needles. If you have to slip some of them to the dpns with the 28sts, then place a marker where the 28 and the instep sts meet. At this point all the sts will be on dpns and you’ll be ready to join and knit in the round. You’ll be ready to decrease on each side to form the gusset.
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OK. Thanks!