I've seen a number of sweaters in shops here that are knitted in reverse stocking stitch. However today I saw something really unusual.
I saw a tanktop type sweater in reverse fair isle.
I checked. The inside, with the label, looked like normal fair isle. The outside, without the label was reverse fair isle, the type you get from machine knitted garments, with the yarn carried over several stitches.
It looked very effective.
Penny this is very interesting ,,,,, first we could use old sweaters twice the lengh of period :>:>:>
Sec>I've seen a number of sweaters in shops here that are knitted in reverse
That's unusual. I don't think I'd like it much.
Katherine
LOL
Kather> Penny this is very interesting ,,,,,
I suppose it might look a little like knit-weaving.
So much of what gets into the magazines lately looks like they're feeling a little desperate to come up with something new, instead of "classic patterns in this year's colors." I did see one nice and very unusual sweater in an ad in Vogue Knitting (I'm not sure which issue it was - it was in the store). The pullover was an asymmetrical design that was normal and nicely fitted down to somewhere around the hip area; then it slanted sharply to one side, down to below the knee I think. Most asymmetrical knits are not to my taste, but that one looked surprisingly good. It was in thin yarn so it didn't stand up from the dress it was worn over and looked almost as though it were part of the dress.
=Tamar
I saw that one too, Tamar, and really liked it. I must say that I, too, have a preference for some of the more classical shapes and yarns.
Eimear
Hee Eimear ,, long time .....since i saw your words mirjam
Fatigue sweaters (militarily minded) have always been put together "inside-out" with the bumps on the OUT side and the smooth side in..... Land's End sells them that way too. JM2C Noreen
I came up with two possibilities.
One was that the manufacturer had got the design wrong, but they decided to sell it anyway: it was made in China, so the factory might not be used to Western style knits.
The other possibility was that when the designer got the first samples, they decided they didn't like it with the right side out, but they might not have been able to get out of the contract for the rest of the tank tops. So they got the factory to sew them up the wrong way round, and hope they took off as trendy items. FWIW, the shop I saw it in was trendy rather then oldfashioned.
Norwegian work mittens done in twined knitting were also worn inside out, because the twined side would stand up to wear and tear better.
But Fair Isle has stranding across the inside, which I think would catch on things awfully easily if it were on the outside. If the stranding weren't too long, it might work for a party sweater, but I'd hate to have to walk past a hedge in one like that.
I have seen some machine-made "Fair Isle" that had the strands not being used in front knitted up in a separate layer in back, but with bigger stitches and fewer of them per inch. It made a sort of webbing over the colord pattern. It still looked like an inside and not a pretty outside design.
I guess I'm more conservative than I used to think I was.
=Tamar
About 27 years ago (before I got married, that's how I remembered how long ago it was) my sister sent me a large wrap-around sweater (with a belt closing rather than buttons) that was sewn up inside-out for Christmas. First my Mom and I thought that Carol had folded it inside-out, until we saw the tag on the inside (right side of the knitting). I wasn't crazy about it at first, but after wearing it a few times and loving the fit and warmth of it, it became less important to me that it was inside-out. So... maybe that style is making (or trying to) a comeback... although when I got mine, I honestly didn't notice anyone else wearing an inside-out sweater. ;o)
Peace! Gemini
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