Though I prefer working in the round to knitting and seaming separate pieces, I generally opt for the latter for items involving stripes.
There are several tips to remedy the jog created by the joining of a new color. One of the most popular, and one that I often use, is Meg’s Jogless Jog. However, because I’m a sick perfectionist, I am sometimes dissatisfied with even the jogless look.
While creating this “skater beanie”, as a knitter friend calls it, I realized that I could hide the jogless look in the purls.
Using Cascade 220, the beanie was knitted in a K2P1 ribbing. I casted on 114 stitches, plus an extra to join the round. At about 4in, a 6-point decrease began with k2tog after 18-20 stitches in the first round.
It was important to begin decreasing with knit stitches for a visually appealing spiral so I may have shifted a stitch or two over to make sure my first decreases fell on two knit stitches.
The “skater” colors were inspired by a piece I saw on someone while at the airport.
3 Comments
Dude, nice hat!
Nice to see such good work from such a sick person!
Nice hat! I’ve used this technique in color work mittens, and today I just started using the sl1 technique that can be found at TechKnitting, which works very nicely as well.