Comments on: Tuesday’s Knitting Tip – How to Knit Clean Stripes in Ribbing

By: SM

SM — Tue, 22 May 2012 20:49:00 +0000

Nice! Will definitely use this technique.

By: Kim Frosaker

Kim Frosaker — Fri, 18 May 2012 11:12:00 +0000

Super helpful. Thank you

By: H T

H T — Thu, 17 May 2012 20:07:00 +0000

Genius! Brilliant.

By: carole

carole — Thu, 17 May 2012 14:59:00 +0000

Thank you so much, Liz. this solves a problem that has bugged my many times.

By: Dena

Dena — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:02:00 +0000

The top stripes in the first and second photos look the same. You can see the zig-zagging line Liz talks about best in the second photo since the ribbing is stretched out more. The purl columns is where you see two colors overlapping each other, creating a messy looking stripe.

By: Hayley pont

Hayley pont — Wed, 16 May 2012 04:47:00 +0000

Fab tip. Thankyou.

By: Riachjones

Riachjones — Wed, 16 May 2012 01:56:00 +0000

Thank you for this tip. It will come in so handy this summer when i start on my kids’s winter hats and mittens.

By: Betford2

Betford2 — Wed, 16 May 2012 01:53:00 +0000

Right. But the two stripes look the same on the right side; it’s only on the wrong side that they’re different.

By: Dena

Dena — Wed, 16 May 2012 01:32:00 +0000

The second photo is the same swatch looking at it from the “wrong side” or inside of the tube. The second (bottom) stripe in the second photo is made when you knit (on the right side) all of the stitches in the row/round when you change colors.

By: Betford2

Betford2 — Wed, 16 May 2012 01:05:00 +0000

So, in the second picture, showing the back (purl) side, the first stripe shows the purl zig-zags, but the second one doesn’t. How’d you do that?