I have been working on my super secret Christmas Elf project, knitted of course, and am discovering interesting things about my knitting. My gauge(yarn tension) is not as consistent as I would like, but I did know that already. What I didn’t realize was what I did at the end of rows while knitting flat. Most of my projects of late have been in the round, hats & socks, so it doesn’t come up often. I tug a bit too much on the stitch I am knitting into with my right needle. By the time I get to the end of the row, I have large stitches on the left needle waiting to be knit off, so I have to tug back the extra yarn through the row I just knit. A bit of a waste of time in my opinion, so I started watching what I was doing. I am still knitting too tight, who knew. In order to retrain my brain to stop tugging on the stitches, I rip out the row if I get to the end and have too much yarn tugged out of the row. Extreme, yes, but something must be done. I am committed to knitting correctly so that my projects don’t have extra holes or uneven stitches. I am constantly holding up my little knitting to the lamp so I can see if I’ve created silly holes. So far, it’s working well. The other benefit to knitting with care is that I put myself closer to doing the Master Knitter classes.
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