I’m working on a new sock pattern, and used a stitch pattern from one of the new Harmony Guides. The book calls for a double decrease worked by slipping one stitch, then knitting two together, and then passing the slipped stitch over. It gets the job done, but I just wasn’t happy with the look. So I did some poking around and found a different double decrease in an old Knitty article.
The original increase was flat, but looked sloppy with that long loop. The new decrease creates a high ridge line that pulls the look together wonderfully. To work this decrease, I slipped two stitches at the same time, knitwise. Then I knit the next stitch, and passed the two stitches two slipped stitches over the one I had just knit.
You can see that the first two “scales” were done with the old decrease, and the rest with the new and improved method. I probably should have ripped it back and done the entire sock in the new method, but I wanted to be able to show the difference in decreases.
And the sock?
Gorgeous. Pattern forthcoming. Any ideas for a name?
Miki said
it looks like a fircone! or maybe wood scales on a tree trunk. It is so beautiful
. I’ve also blogged about your socks on my LJ, so hopefully you’ll get some nice sales!