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Diagonal Slip Stitch
Notorious Sock Knitters | April 26, 2008
Has anyone heard of this stitch and have an idea of how to explain how to do it?
My sister is calling me on the phone K1 * K5, K 2 - tog & k-1 st* , K1 She says the last st is small and in the air, like you’d write first as 1st.
An ideas?
5 Responses to “Diagonal Slip Stitch”
Is she starting with multiples of 8 plus 1 on each end? What is the target number for the next row? Multiples of 7 or 6? That should provide some clues as to wether she’s to reduce by 2 by taking the first of the K5 stitches and knitting it together with the other two or by 1 if she’s to add another knit loop to the first stitch of the grouping thus causing it to cross the other stitches. Hope that gives you some ideas. I’m not the knitting expert but maybe JC can climb on and give you some ideas too. Hope this helps, Alice
Sorry I double posted
Jan got it right: for “k2tog & k first st,” you’d knit two together and leave on left needle, knit the first of those two stitches again, and drop both off the left needle together. It’s also known a “Right Twist” or “RT.”
I’ve only ever used it for ribbing/cables (usually 2×2 and “rope-y” cable). Assuming that’s the most common use–has anyone ever used it for something else?
After, all, a new-to-me texture is always welcome.
I think in the pattern my sister is using its for an entire jacket.
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