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October 28, 2007

I finally finished the 9-patch dishcloth, but I'm still having trouble with my SSK (Slip, slip, knit) decreases. I tried all the methods I saw on Knittinghelp.com, but nothing seemed to make any real difference. I must be doing something wrong; I know they won't look just like the knit 2 together decrease, but mine are awful! I'm guessing that I need professional help. Unless of course someone recognizes my mistake from the photo and can help me. Truthfully, I don't really care that they look funky here, this is a dishrag. It will spend it's life in my kitchen sink and no one else will ever notice the problem. The issue is learning to knit correctly and getting a miter I can use in something I do care about.

And then there's this success story:

One of my LYS's, The Studio, has a sale every year in honor of the owner's son's birthday. They give you a discount on your entire purchase if you bring in a hand knit kids' hat for charity. I'm pleased with this hat as it turned out exactly how I wanted it to. I think this means I've learned a lot as a knitter. Start to finish on this one was only a couple of days. It was knit with some Yarn Bee yarn from my stash, double stranded on size 13 needles. Ok, mostly on size 13 Denises, when I got to small for those I moved to size 8 DPN that I borrowed from Linda. I used the size 8's doubled and some of my Denises to knit the last few rows.

Now I have to get back to work on the quilts for my show. It's Friday and I have a ton of things to get done between now and then.

Okay, I checked Vogue Knitting (the reference book, not the magazine), and one thing you may want to try is a "reverse" SSK for your decreases on the other side (it may look more like your "regular" SSK) - you knit one, slip one, put both stitches back on the needle and then pass the slipped stitch over.

That's all I got!