Re: Linen Stitch?

um ... no ... I didn't. I didn't say a word about a pattern.

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Agreeing with Wooly, as I have four stitch pattern books with 3 different Linen stitches! (also, JFTR, it's sort of like Moss stitch versus SEED stitch, too, some consider them interchangeable, some consider them two different stitches... so confusion CAN abound!) JM2C, Noreen

On Fri, 31 Mar 2006 14:40:19 GMT, "Knit Chic" spewed forth :

You asked us to convert from round to flat knitting something called "Linen Stitch". I gave you a "Linen Stitch" pattern link and you said it isn't the one you're using. Unless you're making it up as you go along you're presumably using a pattern of some sort to produce your version of "Linen Stitch".

So yes, you asked for help with a pattern, and you want us to read your mind since you didn't provide said pattern for us to examine. As I said, we try to be helpful but reading minds isn't one of the things we're known for.

Reply to the list as I do not publish an email address to USENET. This practice has cut my spam by more than 95%. Of course, I did have to abandon a perfectly good email account...

" YarnWright" wrote in message news: snipped-for-privacy@newsgate.x-privat.org...

I think that may be one of the problems then. I really .. don't need help w/ a pattern. I don't need mind readers :) I'm only making an attempt at learning a stitch. When I do the linen stitch I can manage it in the round but not when I'm on straightsm well, not yet at least. It comes out looking odd. I'm still not sure what I'm doing wrong. I didn't realize that there is more than one linen stitch. That information is very helpful. Thank You. That's probably part of the problem ... If I'm doing one type of linen stitch in one direction and another in the opposite direction ... I can see why they don't line up correctly. I'm not sure why I'm being accused of trying to have ppl read my mind ... but I'll just let that go. I don't know if there is a trick or tip to have the yarn cross over on the back side that I seem to be missing. It just occurred to me that it could possibly be the slipping of the stitch. On the right side, I slip the stitch knit wise, on the wrong side I slip pearl wise ... maybe I should slip knit wise going both directions. I'll give it a try in a little while. I love the way that linen stitch looks. I also like the fine embroidery work that I have seen on the linen stitch. I bought some 00000 straights yesterday and a very fine linen tweed yarn that I would like to practice on. But for now I'm practicing on worsted, until I get the hang of the stitch. No use driving my eyes buggy on 00000 straights when I'm learning a new stitch. lol I know there some ppl here are quite knowledgeable about knitting and thought someone may have experience w/ the linen stitch on straights that they would be willing to pass on. I know there are times when ppl I know have had difficulty w/ a stitch or pattern and once they were giving knowledge from a person that knows how to do that particular stitch or pattern they have an ah ha! moment at get it ... it can be the very simple things that are easy to miss. Anyway ... I'm going to go fiddle around w/ my needles and yarn for a bit and see if it's the slipping of the stitch that I'm doing incorrectly. Thanks for your help, pointing out that there is more than one linen stitch may be the key. OLTK

There's patterns for knitted things then there's *stitch* patterns. That's the one they meant. And there appears to be several kinds, so if you'd post the pattern for the stitch you're using (not the whole garment pattern) maybe someone could figure out how to make it come out right. It may be that you need to add an extra stitch on the flat piece to make it look the same as knitting it in the round.

sue

Good luck, and I think you MAY have to SSK or K2tog on the opposite sides. :) Noreen

A-hah, methinks Sue hit on something there... in the round, one would keep going... she MAY have to add indeed, and round has no 'border', and flat would! nod nod nod, Noreen

I have never done the linen stitch, so I am not sure if the following link will help or not. If you read just under where it says "pattern" it may help clear things up.

Hi, I've looked at instructions for the linen stitch in 3 books and they are all essentially the same. The only differences are in the way the edge stitches are done and whether it is being done on an even or odd number of stitches. In all of them, every other stitch is slipped purlwise on both right and wrong side rows. When working on the right side, you slip, with yarn in front, the stitches which were purled on the previous row. When working on the wrong side, you slip, with yarn in back, the stitches that were knitted on the previous row. These instructions are consistent with what is shown on about.com.

By the way, Sally Melville has some attractive patterns using the linen stitch in the third book of the Knitting Experience series.

No, I don't think you should do any decreasing stitches.

That IS a different linen stitch then what I have seen anywhere in that stitches aren't slipped on every row.

Huh? The one in the link doesn't slip the stitch on every row. Only on even rows; the odd rows are worked in purl across.

sue

Wooly you read my mind easily !!!! mirjam

Any stich made in the round can be made not inthe round , what people here try patiently to tell you is Please give us the Stiches you used ,,,,, than we can try it or see if we have tried it and solve your problem .... If yiu think we will `steal` yiur idea , than we won`t and there is no way we can Diagmoze the problem with a Sample of the pattern !!! Please write what you did in several rounds ??? Did you start with even number of stiches , did you purl ? did you knit ??? mirjam

Marilyn It gets Better better better all the time and still yesterday as i visited my shop , she showed me one of the Dutch mags i brrought her from Belgium and ther was a term i didn`t recognize , promised her to come into the shop next week and just try it on the spot !!!!! mirjam

You're right and what I said was that this is the only one I've seen where the stitches aren't slipped in every row.

Okay, I misunderstood what you meant.

sue

never even thought of that. Just trying to learn a stich. No pattern in the works.

In the round it's odd only. If you do even the stitch will come out uneaven.

What's the *stitch* pattern you use in the round?

That's what I meant; maybe you need an even number to make it come out right when it's flat.

sue