http://www.knittingdaily.com/forums/93.aspxKnit-a-long with Kathleen!enCommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Build: 40407.4157)http://www.knittingdaily.com/forums/thread/31441.aspxTue, 28 Jul 2009 17:01:16 GMT44ce05d4-61e0-4251-b9ba-686eafad3c9f:31441JanieW@40http://www.knittingdaily.com/forums/thread/31441.aspxhttp://www.knittingdaily.com/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=93&PostID=31441<p>I have been working on the small lace pattern.&nbsp; So far it looks great.&nbsp; The only thing that I changed on the patters was.&nbsp; I have 16 st on needle #1, 32 st on neddle #2, and 16 st on needle #3.&nbsp; After knitting all of the lace pattern repeat 6x,&nbsp; I am now ready for the heel flap. This is where I made my changes for the heel flap<img src="http://www.knittingdaily.com/emoticons/emotion-2.gif" alt="Big Smile" />. I knitted the 16 sts on needle #1 onto needle #3.&nbsp; I left all of the 32 sts on needle #2&nbsp; (lace pattern) and just left the sts on that needle as a holder.&nbsp; Of course I am on the wrong side. So row two becomes my row 1 and row 1 becomes my row 2.&nbsp; I hope this all makes sense. I continue doing the heel turn as it is on the pattern. Then I pick up sts on the left side, knit across the 32 sts, then pick up sts on the right side.&nbsp; I keep knitting half (may have to fudge a little) sts that are left on the heel flap and the other half I slip onto the needle that I picked up on the left side.&nbsp; Now I have three needles to work with.&nbsp; Sometimes I may pick up more sts on one side or the other but I will decrease until I have the correct about of sts on needle 1 and 2.&nbsp; Then I begin my round of decreses and the round of knitting until I have 16 st on needle 1 and 16 st on needle 3. Then I proceed on as the pattern says.&nbsp; The 32 sts that Ieft on is the lace pattern and I never have to worry about getting my lace pattern messed up.&nbsp;&nbsp; I am not very good at explaining how I did all of these steps, but it works for me.&nbsp; It was the way I was taught on double points.<img src="http://www.knittingdaily.com/emoticons/emotion-1.gif" alt="Smile" /></p> <p>Happy Knitting, JJ<img src="http://www.knittingdaily.com/emoticons/emotion-1.gif" alt="Smile" /></p> <p>&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.knittingdaily.com/forums/thread/31418.aspxMon, 27 Jul 2009 23:46:34 GMT44ce05d4-61e0-4251-b9ba-686eafad3c9f:31418xteech370http://www.knittingdaily.com/forums/thread/31418.aspxhttp://www.knittingdaily.com/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=93&PostID=31418<p>Kathleen,</p> <p>My yarn just arrived &amp; I am ready to swatch, but can&#39;t decide which lace pattern to use, the large one or the small one, as I can&#39;t decide what size I should make. My foot was 8.5&quot; yesterday and is 8 3/4&quot;today (lots of standing yesterday), but my calf is about 10 1/2&quot;. &nbsp;I have never made a sock that wasn&#39;t a size medium, but maybe for this pattern I need to be open-minded. &nbsp;I know how to do decreases, but am afraid I will mess up the lace pattern when I do them. Not that this has anything to do with swatching, of course. Any advice?</p> <p>xteech37</p> <p>(Barbara P.)</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>