Knitting: never fail guide to proper patch pocket placement by Leanne Dyck

I don't have a straight eye. There I said it. It's out. I feel much better. Usually, this defeat doesn't present any problems. Usually--not always. One of the times it does is when I what to add a patch pocket to a sweater I'm knitting. Packet pockets are added after the sweater is knit. There is nothing to indicate where the pocket should go. The advantage of this is that you are fear to add the pocket where ever you think it should go. The disadvantage is that your pocket could be sewn crooked. For me, with my defeat, this "crookedness" is an ever-present danger. What to do? I invented a sure-fire system that gives me straight patch pockets each and every time. From me to you, here it is... This example is on a cardigan. I knit the sides of the cardigan in Stockinette stitch--except for a rectangular reverse Stockinette stitch.

This reverse Stockinette stitch indicates where the patch pocket will be placed.

I measure the rectangular and knit the pocket to fit.

I pin the pocket in place.

Please note the ribbing on the pocket extends beyond the reverse Stockinette stitch on the cardigan.

All that's left to is sew the pocket on.

There you have it--a properly placed patch pocket.

Clever. Yes?

Happy knitting

How-to knit garter stitch by Leanne Dyck

These are the steps I follow to work garter stitch...

The knitting needle in my right hand does all the work so I call it the working needle. The knitting needle in my left hand simply carries the stitches so I call it the carrier.



1. Put the tip of the working needle through the centre of the old stitch.

2. Wrap the yarn around the working needle.

3. Pull the yarn through the old stitch. Then pull the stitch off the carrier needle. Eventually all the stitches will be transferred from the carrier needle onto the working needle as the working needle becomes the carrier and the carrier becomes the working needle.