A circle from the outside.

How long a circ would you need to hold 864 sts?!? Even in laceweight?

I had 500+ on a 60 inch needle in DK weight!!!!!!!! It's do-able!!!! But could someone else please try it first to see if it REALLY works! Thanks!!! hehe..........Maggie

| > Cast on a number N divisible evenly by 6. Join. | >

| > Knit N/6 rounds. | > Decrease by way of (k1, k2tog) around; you now have N-(N/3) stitches | > on the needle, or N1. | >

| > Knit N1/6 rounds. | > Decrease by way of (k1, k2tog) around; you now have N1-(N1/3) stitches | > on the needle, or N2. | >

| > Knit N2/6 rounds | > Decrease... | >

| > Ad naus. | >

| > An example: | >

| > Cast on 864. I'll recommend crocheting a chain in a contrast yarn and | > picking up stitches through the bottom loops. You can zip it off | > later to apply a nice back-and-forth border that will be much more | > elastic than a standard long-tail cast on. | >

| > Knit 864/6 rounds, or 144 rounds. | > Decrease by (k1, k2tog) around: 864-(864/3) or 864-288=576 | >

| > Knit 576/6 rounds, or 96 rounds. | > Decrease by (k1, k2tog) around: 576-(576/3) or 576-192=384 | >

| > Knit 384/6 rounds, or 64 rounds. | > Decreasey by (k1, k2tog) around: 384-(384/3) or 384-128=256 | >

| > Etc Etc Etc | >

| > At some point you have to switch to DPNs, but there ain't no short | > rows nowhere nohow. | >

| > Note: this is basically EZ's pi shawl from the outside in; same | > progression in stitch count, merely reversed. As long as you cast on | > a number divisible evenly by SIX and use (k1, k2tog) on the decrease | > rounds the thing should block out to a circle when all is said and | > done. For more delineation between segments use (k2tog, yo, k2tog); | > produces the same rate of decrease but makes an eyelet round. | >

| > Me, I think I'd rather work an applied garter-stitch border on 800+ | > stitches and have no casting-off than try to keep track of the count | > while casting on that number of stitches. | >

| | How long a circ would you need to hold 864 sts?!? Even in laceweight?

Wooly i did the EZ Pi from the outside in ,, it looks and wears wonderful mirjam ps changed the inner division of `holes ` a bit ,

i knitted mine from camel [feather weight wool] and have one long circular ,,,, mirjam

On Thu, 07 Apr 2005 19:48:46 -0400, spampot spewed forth :

I just increased to 576 on a 24" circ in laceweight. I'll be able to fit 1162 on it, but will probably have to go up to a 29" needle in the event I need to increase to 2324. Small gauge and fine yarn do not make for fast knitting. I don't even want to think about the number of rounds I'll be working on 1162 stitches, let alone 2324!