Magic Loop Panic!

RachelB@48 wrote

on Oct 28, 2009 12:41 PM

I must preface this post with the fact that this is the first time I have ever knit in the round. I have never knit in the round on DPN's because frankly, it just seems too confusing. :) So, here I am knitting the fantastic holiday lights pattern in the holiday ornament kit from Knit Picks when I get to the actual lights. Followed the video tutorial on Magic Loop knitting and thought I knew what I was doing. Well, it would appear that however I am doing it, the lights appear to be developing inside out. (I don't know how else to describe it.) See the pictures of the strand in progres... I am a left handed knitter who learned Continental knitting. The I-cord looks right (i.e. it looks like stockinette stitch on the outside) but the lights don't. What am I doing wrong?!?!

Tephra wrote

on Oct 28, 2009 1:35 PM

When knitting in the round you should be knitting at the side closest to you with the body of the work hanging away from you. If B is you, > is your needles and O is the body of your work it would look (from above) like B>O. If it looks like BO> you'll get purls on the outside because you are knitting on the inside.