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Permalink Reply by Kerin on January 7, 2009 at 10:14am: Hi Lois,

Which Palette sweater are you making? Generally this issue should be alleviated after blocking. You may want to knit a small swatch of the ribbing and a few inches of the body and block it to see if that helps.

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Permalink Reply by Lois Nisbet on January 7, 2009 at 10:22am: Hi Kerin,

I am making the Palette cardigan from a catalog a couple years ago. Finally got other projects caught up enough to work on this one. It's a combination X-mas, birthday present for my daughter-in-law. Wondered if the problem was because the ribbing is a corragated one with the colors reversing every two rows. Am at the armhole length now and heading towards the shoulders.
Will see if blocking helps when it's off the needles - otherwise will just have to cut off the ribbing and work it in a solid color.

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Permalink Reply by georgierat on January 8, 2009 at 5:59am: I am having trouble understanding how to find the center of a heel. Is it exactly in the middle of where it was joined???
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Permalink Reply by Knit Picks Admin on January 9, 2009 at 1:03pm: How are you knitting your sock? Toe-up? Top-down? Is there a specific pattern you're following?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by NurseKim on January 15, 2009 at 10:28am: I love the method of knitting 2 socks at once with 1 long circ. needle. I'm interested in learning the "toe up" method, and am considering purchasing such a book from KnitPicks book section. My question: is the "2 socks on 1 circ. needle" method easily adaptable to the "toe up" method? Is the listed book "Toe Up Techniques" a good book with which to learn the technique, using my 2-at-a-time method?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Knit Picks Admin on January 22, 2009 at 7:46am: You can definitely use "Two Socks on One Circular Needle" for toe-up, two-at-a-time socks. We also have a free toe-up, two-at-a-time Magic Loop pattern if you just want to try out the technique before buying a book.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by kittyniciaian on January 15, 2009 at 10:34pm: Which KnitPicks yarn would you recommend for a washcloth/dishcloth? Most of the patterns call for 100% cotton, and I'm not sure which cotton blend would be the best for that use.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Susan the Blue Lake Knitter on January 16, 2009 at 3:29am: I like using Cotlin for mine. They start out soft, but with washing get fuller and stronger.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Peggy Stuart on January 19, 2009 at 5:06pm: I usually do them one at a time top down using two circs, although I have made socks with dpns and from toe up. I have no problem with second-sock-syndrome, so haven't had any incentive to switch to Magic Loop, or some other method for making two at a time. I enjoy seeing the sock grow, and when that one is done, I can't wait to wear them or give them, so the other sock almost makes itself. Sock #1 watches from my knee while I work on his mate. I also like to make socks with thicker yarn, such as DK or sport weight, or even worsted weight yarn, because we wear a boots a lot. --Peggy; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Susan the Blue Lake Knitter on January 20, 2009 at 4:33am: I've made a lot of socks using DK and worsterd weight yarns. Since our winters aren't too bad, and we aren't aways wearing boots, most of the recipients use then as house socks. My husband uses his to keep his feel warm in the evenings when he puts on his pajamas to watch TV before bed.

I've got some Essential Sock yarn to make him yet another pair, but haven't started them yet. I guess his will be my second pair of socks for the year. - Susan; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Yarn Basket on January 21, 2009 at 11:15am: I'm learning to knit socks on two and one circular needles. What I would like to know is how do I transfer patterns that are for double pointed needles to making them with circular? For example, if a pattern calls for doing stitiches on the fourth needle how does this transfer onto the circular needles? I'm confused?

Giovonnia
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Permalink Reply by Peggy Stuart on January 25, 2009 at 8:32pm: It takes a little thinking, but you need to think about the right half and the left half of the sock (or the back and the front, if you like to use a smaller needle for the sole to get better wear). It doesn't matter whether the pattern is for f dpns or 5 dpns. Half of the sts go on one circ and half on the other. Try to picture the sock, instead of what's on any one needle. The first couple of times, I used st markers to indicate when I would have switched from one dpn to the next. If you're doing a heel flap and turn, you do that on one circ while the instep sts wait. As you pick up the gusset sts, you may want to put half of the heel sts on one circ and half of the instep sts on one, so you have half of the heel sts and half of the instep sts on each circ. Then you will have the picked-up gusset sts between the heel sts and the instep sts on one needle, and a mirror image on the other side. Or you can keep all of the heel sts on one circ, along with the picked-up gusset sts on each side, and the instep sts on the other. Just keep plugging away, and eventually the whole thing will make sense. I was confused and challenged in the beginning, too. Now I don't even have to think about it any more. It will come. Keep thinking: "One side of the sock on one needle, other side of sock on other needle." It's actually easier than dpns. Happy knitting! --Peggy; ▶ Reply to This