firecat

I'm trying to swatch a knit pattern. There's a detail picture of what the pattern looks like on this page:

http://www.berroco.com/exclusives/lali/lali.html

The instructions include something that doesn't make sense to me. (Highlighted below.)

PATTERN STITCH (Multiple of 2 + 3)

Row 1 (RS): K2, * insert needle from back to front between the next 2 sts and knit the 2nd st, then knit the 1st st slipping both sts off LH needle; rep from * across, end k1.

Row 2: P2, * skip next st and p the next st, then p the skipped st slipping both sts off LH needle; rep from * across, end p1.

Rep these 2 rows for Pat St.

What I don't understand is - if I insert the needle back to front to knit, the needle is pointing out the front of the fabric, but the yarn is behind the fabric. I can't figure out how to get a loop onto the needle that way. Should I bring the yarn to the front? Do they mean something by "insert from back to front" that I don't understand? I don't think they mean "through the back loop" because other patterns on the site use "through the back loop" for that.

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tedesson.livejournal.com

From looking at the photo, it looks a bit like a fabric made of alternating aran twists.

http://members.iinet.net.au/~coolhoun/patterns/symabb.html

See Twist 2 back and Twist 2 front on that page for a description of making the stitch with the aid of a cable needle. I don't know if it's the same as the pattern for the purse, but I think it might be. And making the stitch with a cable needle should be a lot easier.

And this reminded me of Barbara Walker's A Treasury of Knitting Patterns series, which may have something similar to that.

Have you picked up _Big Girl Knits_ yet?

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firecat

Thanks for that table!

I have Barbara Walker's treasuries in my wish list but I haven't gotten around to buying them yet.

I have bought Big Girl Knits. I like it and have learned a lot just from reading it. For one of my next tricks I'm going to try to make a tank with side panels somewhat like the Sandy has.

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tedesson.livejournal.com

You're welcome!

I've started the booblicious tank 6 times, and each time I get utterly confused when I get to the waist shaping. I suppose it's time to chart it out, but geeze, I should know how to follow a pattern by now.

I'm currently knitting the Best Friend Coat out of Sally Melville's _The Knitting Experience: The Knit Stitch_. What a wonderful book! I love her clarity in pattern writing, and her treatment of caston/castoff and seaming.

ta!

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firecat

I knitted the Asymmetrical Vest from that book. I like the book a lot and have learned loads from it. But because of some interaction between the yarn and the gauge the vest came out a totally different size from what I expected. Fortunately it fit one of my sweeties perfectly.

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