[Nfb-krafters-korner] SSK Knit Stitch

[Annette Carr]

When I get to the point where I have inserted the left needle into the 2
slipped stitches on my right needle, the left needle is in front of the
right needle.  

Another way to describe it is that the right needle is sticking through the
back of the stitches and pointing to the left, and the left needle is coming
through the front of the stitches and pointing to the right.  I scoop the
yarn with my right needle and draw it through the slipped stitches from left
to right.  I drop the old stitches off of the left needle and I am left with
the new stitch on the right needle.  

Annette




-----Original Message-----
From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Susan Roe
Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2013 8:25 PM
To: List for blind crafters and artists
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] SSK Knit Stitch

Okay, if in doing the stitch like you do, putting your left needle back
through the two loops and pulling the working yarn with your left needle
from right to left, then it wouldn't make a difference.  As long as your
left needle went through the back of the loops from left to right and pulled
the yarn through from right to left.

Susan
dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Annette Carr" <amcarr1 at verizon.net>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2013 9:43 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] SSK Knit Stitch


> Hi Susan,
>
> Originally when I first learned to do a SSK I did it like you.  I slipped
> each stitch individually knit-wise to the right needle, and then slipped
> them back to the left needle and did a knit 2 together.  I was told that
> this was giving the stitches a double twist, because when you do a regular
> knit stitch it gets a bit of a twist.
>
> So then I did as described above and once the stitches were back on the 
> left
> needle I did a knit 2 together through the back of the stitches.  But this
> seemed crazy to me because slipping them back to the left needle was an
> extra step.
>
> Now I slip each stitch knit-wise to the right needle, fumble around until 
> I
> can get the 2 stitches snugged up together, insert the left needle into 
> the
> front of the 2 slipped stitches, and then proceed with knitting them 
> through
> the back of the stitch.  I have no need for doing any more slipping 
> stitches
> back and forth as you described.
>
> I would like to know if anyone has any tips for getting the 2 slipped
> stitches snugged up together, or for inserting the left needle into the
> front of the 2 slipped stitches.  Any recommendations on how to hold my
> hands, which fingers do you monitor or manipulate the slipped stitches in
> preparation for inserting the left needle for knitting them, etc.  My
> sighted friends say that they pick up each slipped stitch individually
> visually so that they are sure to get into the stitch in the right place.
>
> By any chance, am I doing the SSK wrong by knitting through the back of 
> the
> slipped stitches?
>
> Annette
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
> On
> Behalf Of Susan Roe
> Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2013 11:55 PM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] SSK Knit Stitch
>
> Hi Annette,
>
> This is how I do the SSK.  I slip the two stitches as if to knit, one at a
> time, from the left needle to the right needle.  Then instead of inserting
> the left needle along side the right needle and knitting them together 
> with
> the left needle, I slip the stitches off of the right needle back onto the
> left needle and then knit them together with the right needle.  The main
> purpose of this stitch combination is to put a twist in each stitch to the
> right, knitting them together and off the needles with a right twist and
> decreasing a stitch in the process.  I believe this also gives the 
> finished
> stitch a tilt or slant to the right .  Whether you knit together and off
> your needle with the left or right needle doesn't matter because they both
> give you the same twist/slant.  I think sliding them back on the left is
> easier for me.  Also, if I'm not mistaken, if you do it the way they
> suggest, you are pulling your working yarn loop through with the left
> needle, dropping the two slipped stitches off the right needle, which then
> leaves your new stitch on the left needle and you still have to then slip 
> it
>
> back onto the right needle.  Too much back and forth for me.
>
> Susan
> dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Annette Carr" <amcarr1 at verizon.net>
> To: <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2013 10:37 AM
> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] SSK Knit Stitch
>
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>>
>>
>> I am looking for tips on how to perform the SSK stitch in a more 
>> efficient
>> manner.  I get how to slip each stitch individually and then insert the
>> left
>> needle in front of the right needle to knit the stitches together.  I 
>> feel
>> like I am wasting too much time fussing over getting the 2 stitches
>> together
>> to perform the knit part.  Any and all tips welcome.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Annette
>>
>>
>>
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