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Is there a mistake in Anne Baker’s Snow Flower neckband? The part for the neckband calls for 1×1 rib cast on with MT+3/MT+1. For me that would be tension 10 and tension 8. This is way too high for a cast on on a brother standard machine. I cannot get my machine to cast on with these settings.
Usually cast on is 0/0 or similar. With those big numbers the yarn just floats above the needles and is not caught up on the second pass!
I tried again with MT-3/MT-1 and, of course, it still would not work.
Please help me.
Thank you,
Rita McElroy
Raleigh, NC, USA
Hi Rita
Thanks for asking about Anne Baker’s Snow Flower pattern and and I think the instructions are okay.
The MT+3/MT+1 is just the zigzag row. (You don’t do a second pass.) The comb and weights then go in and the neckband is knitted on MT-3 and MT-4. The main neckband tension is the same as the welts and cuffs.
You need the ‘loose’ row so it doesn’t pull in and sits nicely around the neck when to neckband is picked up and then attached to the cardigan.
Best wishes, Anne
Do you mean you do not do the circular rows of the cast on after you do the zigzag? That is where I drop the ribber stitches because they are not tight enough in the hooks.
I have just completed the neckband and have it on the baby cardigan. I used T0/T0 for the zigzag row and the circular rows. It worked and it lays smoothly on the neckline of the cardigan.
Thank you for replying.
Rita