Harry Potter Update

[cassandra_wolf]

So lotusice talked me into joining the Harry Potter house cup challenge on Ravelry.  For September I've decided to complete something for...Charms class...Potions...whichever was about protecting things.

I'm using it to get a head start on the Holiday mitten making, which this year will be going to The Maslow Project here in Medford.  This first mitten is

Comments

[lunamorgaine]

Wow. Just wow. That is so much prettier than my piece of crap ten rows for the cup.

How come my knitting looks like bumps and weaves, and yours looks like neat little V's? Is it a different stitch?

[cassandra_wolf]

Yes, and no.

Technically we're both using just knit stitch, but because you're going back and forth and I'm knitting in circles, you get the bumps and weaves and I get the v's.

If you wanted to get the v's you'd have to use a different stitch, call the purl stitch, every other row. This would make a right side and a wrong side, kind of like clothing. And then you'd have v's on one side and bumps on the other.

But it's a lot easier to make a square out of just the knit stitch. It stayed flatter and more square, and it's easier to sew into the blanket.