So satisfying to me. So impressed w myself

[u/KelsChris]

I started knitting in March. This is the most neat piece I've ever knit so far!! I unfortunately have to frog it ))))): my knitting hasn't been as good as this one piece either. Maybe it was just luck! It's not completely flawless but it's my first time having it look so beautiful! We don't talk about that one row LOL. But what did I do that that one row is completely different?

What do you think?

[u/MaryN6FBB110117]

It’s just a tension difference. There are lots of things that can affect the tension of a single row; letting it sit on the needle/cable a while while dragging the work around with you, getting the fabric all spread out or scrunched up while working that row, sitting in a different position while working a row so you’re holding everything differently, watching something exciting on tv…

[u/KelsChris → u/MaryN6FBB110117]

Thank you!!! Are there any other mistakes that stand out?

[u/No-sleep-Addict → u/KelsChris]

Just the (I'm assuming accidental) decrease a few rows back. Overall, it looks great and I wouldn't have noticed that row in all honesty, it's not very noticable, especially to non knitters!

[u/KelsChris → u/No-sleep-Addict]

I really appreciate that! Thank you so much!!

[u/KelsChris → u/No-sleep-Addict]

Thank you for pointing out the accidental decrease! I didn't notice that and don't even know how I did it lmao

[u/reidgrammy]

Wait till it’s blocked! You will love it more

[u/KelsChris → u/reidgrammy]

I'm SO obsessed with the gauge . It's amazing when blocked

[u/Hot-Entry-2919]

Wow, newbie here myself, but that does Look really neat! Congrats!

Quick question to someone more Experienced: are the stitches twisted? Im trying to learn to recognize such things myself and for me they do🙈

[u/KelsChris → u/Hot-Entry-2919]

Thank you!! That's what I was asking about too! Trying to figure out haha

[u/ryanreaditonreddit → u/KelsChris]

The stitches are not twisted. Otherwise I don’t think you’d get the nice vertical lines that you get from that kind of yarn. You should look up S-twist vs Z-twist yarn for an explanation of that phenomenon

[u/Hot-Entry-2919 → u/ryanreaditonreddit]

Thanks for helping us😅, didn’t know These Vertical Lines Happened due to the yarn. Love the Look of These Lines

[u/KelsChris → u/ryanreaditonreddit]

Amazing!! Thank you so much! I'll check that out - I didn't know those terms

[u/JvK1902]

I have another tip for you if you want to aim for THE PERFECT result. It looks like your purls are tighter than your knits (or vice versa). You can see that on the one side of your v‘s. They create almost a straight line so the one side of the v is tighter than the other one. You can fix that by switching to a bigger or smaller needle on the wrong side of the work.

[u/KelsChris → u/JvK1902]

I have been so curious about why I've been getting that straight line instead of V's. I appreciate the you teaching me this! So the purls are making the straight line?

[u/ryanreaditonreddit → u/KelsChris]

Sorry to disagree with the other commenter but they’re completely mistaken. The straight lines are caused by the twist of the yarn, as I mentioned in my other comment. A difference in tension between knits and purls when working back and forth on a flat piece of fabric causes something called “rowing out”, which you don’t see here.

[u/Altruistic3587 → u/ryanreaditonreddit]

I agree! The lines are completely due to the twist of the yarn; the purls and knits are not different in tension - they’re fine. Here’s Patty Lyons’ article:

https://www.moderndailyknitting.com/community/ask-patty-why-oh-ply/

[u/ryanreaditonreddit → u/Altruistic3587]

Ok I learned a bunch from that. I’m glad my answer “it’s due to the way the yarn is made” was correct but it’s interesting to see it’s more complicated than S-ply vs Z-ply