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I'll post pics of this either (a) as soon as I find the damn camera or (b) as soon as I get paid and buy a new one.
One possible appearance of the bottom of a garment is a turned-under hem in stockinette. This can be made in several ways:
a) Knit from the top down. Knit to intended bottom of garment. Purl 1 row for turn row. Knit a few more rows, then cast off and sew down underneath.
b) Cast on at the beginning of the hem. Knit a few rows for underside of hem. Purl 1 row for turn row. Continue knitting. EITHER sew down the hem underneath, or pick up stitches from the purl side and then K2tog all round to knit the hem in with the body of the garment.
c) Provisionally cast on at beginning of hem, knit few rounds, purl row, keep knitting. Remove provisional cast on and K2tog with 1 stitch from front of garment and 1 stitch from hem, all round.
All of these either require a monstrous provisional caston, or fiddly bits. I have executed another plan, as follows:
1. Cast on the number of stitches desired for garment. Let's say 100.
2. On the very first row, YO between each knit stitch. Total stitches: 199. Don't worry about the short stitch, it won't matter.
3. Knit hem as follows:
Purl row: P1, pass yarn to back, slip the YO onto right needle, pass yarn to front. Repeat.
Knit row: K1, pass yarn to front, slip the YO onto right needle, pass yarn to back. Repeat.
Both of these sound tremendously complicated but they work out into an easy motion which is certainly no more complicated than a crochet stitch.
Continue until hem is desired depth (say, 10-12 rows? 5-6 rows makes a rolled edge which is cute).
Final hem row: Knit together each stitch with the next YO. You should end up with the same number of stitches you originally cast on.
I've cast on the bottom hem of a vest using this technique. Hopefully I'll have pics to post by Wednesday.
One possible appearance of the bottom of a garment is a turned-under hem in stockinette. This can be made in several ways:
a) Knit from the top down. Knit to intended bottom of garment. Purl 1 row for turn row. Knit a few more rows, then cast off and sew down underneath.
b) Cast on at the beginning of the hem. Knit a few rows for underside of hem. Purl 1 row for turn row. Continue knitting. EITHER sew down the hem underneath, or pick up stitches from the purl side and then K2tog all round to knit the hem in with the body of the garment.
c) Provisionally cast on at beginning of hem, knit few rounds, purl row, keep knitting. Remove provisional cast on and K2tog with 1 stitch from front of garment and 1 stitch from hem, all round.
All of these either require a monstrous provisional caston, or fiddly bits. I have executed another plan, as follows:
1. Cast on the number of stitches desired for garment. Let's say 100.
2. On the very first row, YO between each knit stitch. Total stitches: 199. Don't worry about the short stitch, it won't matter.
3. Knit hem as follows:
Purl row: P1, pass yarn to back, slip the YO onto right needle, pass yarn to front. Repeat.
Knit row: K1, pass yarn to front, slip the YO onto right needle, pass yarn to back. Repeat.
Both of these sound tremendously complicated but they work out into an easy motion which is certainly no more complicated than a crochet stitch.
Continue until hem is desired depth (say, 10-12 rows? 5-6 rows makes a rolled edge which is cute).
Final hem row: Knit together each stitch with the next YO. You should end up with the same number of stitches you originally cast on.
I've cast on the bottom hem of a vest using this technique. Hopefully I'll have pics to post by Wednesday.
