http://dubbstylee.them.ws/2008/06/22/mother-bear/ life, rock and roll, love, and knitting. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 22:41:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 http://dubbstylee.them.ws/2008/06/22/mother-bear/#comment-27452 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 02:10:01 +0000 http://dubbstylee.them.ws/2008/06/22/mother-bear/#comment-27452 Thank you ktrion! With her pattern you start the bear from the feet up, so double knitting allows you to not have a seam at the foot to sew and you only need two needles (I did it all on dpn's). It's a cool trick and pretty easy - you just have to be careful or you'll knit the two sides together. In short, you cast on the amount of stitches needed (for both sides) then k1, s1 until the end of the row on each row. The slipped stitches end up being the other side of the "tube" so they don't connect except on the sides. It will make sense if you try it! Thank you ktrion! With her pattern you start the bear from the feet up, so double knitting allows you to not have a seam at the foot to sew and you only need two needles (I did it all on dpn’s). It’s a cool trick and pretty easy - you just have to be careful or you’ll knit the two sides together. In short, you cast on the amount of stitches needed (for both sides) then k1, s1 until the end of the row on each row. The slipped stitches end up being the other side of the “tube” so they don’t connect except on the sides. It will make sense if you try it!

]]> http://dubbstylee.them.ws/2008/06/22/mother-bear/#comment-27430 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:52:50 +0000 http://dubbstylee.them.ws/2008/06/22/mother-bear/#comment-27430 Really nice job on the bear! I'm planning to make one for the Mother Bear project and a matching one for my nephew. The circular version definitely appeals to me. But why the double-knitting? Isn't the bear just a modified (and bizarre) glove, which you can do all on dpn's? I just ask because double-knitting is one of those things I don't know how to do yet and am thus wary of. Really nice job on the bear! I’m planning to make one for the Mother Bear project and a matching one for my nephew. The circular version definitely appeals to me. But why the double-knitting? Isn’t the bear just a modified (and bizarre) glove, which you can do all on dpn’s? I just ask because double-knitting is one of those things I don’t know how to do yet and am thus wary of.

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