Feather and fan

[lblanchard]

I'd been fooling around with knitting a bit in the past couple of weeks. I find I have enough crap yarn in pale blue to make a little lap robe. So I turned to my Big Book o' Ripple Stitch patterns.

So I thought I'd try "feather and fan", which looked really nice in the book. However. The decrease section is to be worked thusly:

(sl 1, k1, psso) twice
sl 2 k1 p2sso once
k2tog twice

Maybe I don't get the p2sso dingus, but it all looks like crap. I think I will change the pattern to

ssk twice
k1
k2tog twice

That will make the repeat one stitch bigger, big whoop, and will remove all those annoying bars, I think. On the other hand, maybe that's going to make the ripple less pronounced? Maybe there's a better "decrease at the point" stitch? Maybe I should go look at how sl 2 k1 p2sso should really be worked? It sure doesn't look like the pattern in the book when I work it...

Comments

[karenkay.livejournal.com]

I made some feather and fan socks for my sister a few years ago, and it was a learning experience. You need either a lifeline, or to count the stitches every row. I used stitch markers between every repeat, and then counted the stitches after I finished the repeat so I wouldn't have to rip out as much.

I do think you should look for videos about sl1 k 1 p2sso. It's NOT the same as ssk twice; it forms the base of the fan.

[lblanchard.livejournal.com]

It was sl 2 k1 p2sso. The base of the fan in the photo looks suspiciously like one knit surrounded by increases and decreases. Maybe the photos actually belong to another pattern!

I actually count the stitches every repeat.

EDIT: Aha. I think maybe I haven't been slipping properly.

[lblanchard.livejournal.com]

I found a video, saw where I'd gone wrong, tried a couple rows the right way, saw that it was good, and frogged the entire earlier project. I've cast it on with additional repeats so that it will truly cover my knees.

[karenkay.livejournal.com]

Cool!