Greetings fellow members of the pointed stick society. While vacationing in Cannon Beach, Oregon I purchased beautiful yarn to make the Hitchhiker scarf(it's been sitting in my file for ages). I do not like to do a KFB as the first and/or last stitch in a row. For those who have made this scarf, are there alternatives you have used, did you do the KFB as the second stitch and is there a number chart for each section before binding off the "teeth"? I'm binding off a total of 5 stitches per tooth but I may change this to 4 stitches per tooth. Decisions, decisions, and thank you for your help.
Do the KFB. It is part of the edge treatment and adds to the pattern. The designer planned this look. Somehow it goes well with the garter stitch. I have knit several of these. It is a good fall back mindless pattern when you need to fill in between big projects.
Hi!
I just looked up the Hitchhiker scarf (https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/hitchhiker), it's lovely.
But mostly, I wanted to say that I LOVE your mention of "Members of the Pointed Sticks Society"! That's gotta be a T-shirt!
Ciao,
J-zel
Our group was just getting started...looking for a name. ..the 6 yr old dau. Of one member asked how do you get the string off them sticks...Chix with Stix was born.
It is your project, so do what pleases you. Do a kfb with the 2nd to last stitch if you like the look.... be consistent
out of the almost 32,000 projects listed on Ravelry, these 12 mentioned the use of a M1 instead of KFB
project notes are searchable... maybe you can look for other ideas https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/hitchhiker/people?view=tallcards&search=m1
I do not like the "purl bump" on stockingnette; so I reverse KFB to KBF to avoid it.
On garter or purl, it doesn't matter so much.
Just one of my quirks..... :sm19:
I just recently learned of a different way to do the KFB. You knit as usual and then slip the needle as if to knit into the back of the stitch, but instead just slide it off. It still forms a second stitch but is easier and looks better.
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