rib swatch

[elizabeth_mn]

Made a little swatch of the two-color ribbing yesterday.  Please ignore the messy top and bottom borders.



Yes, I know it's very little.  I was trying not to overwhelm myself!

I am really not ready to teach myself to knit left-handed, so to manage the two yarns, I wrapped both around my pinky (as I normally would) and carried only the working yarn over my index finger.  When I switched, I just dropped one and scooped up the other.  It worked pretty well.



The back doesn't actually look as bad as I anticipated.  The swatch is stretchy, not too tight, but neither are the floats super loose and messy.  At the ends, where the last contrast-color stitch was, I wrapped the two yarns together to avoid a gap.

 

I wasn't sure if I was supposed to bring the new color under or over the old color.  I don't think it matters now, as long as I am consistent (I wasn't in my swatch!).  I think I can take a deep breath and try to start the collar now.
 

Comments

[undycat.livejournal.com]

I don't think it matters if you bring one color over or under the other unless it's over a longer span of stitches.