Pretty Slouch
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Pretty Slouch

Project info
http://www.loomahat.com/three-step-stitch-slouchy/
Loom Knitting
Hugger Hats
Teen/Adult
Tools and equipment
Yellow Large
Yarn
Notes

This was a fun pattern in baby yarn (as long as it lasted) and white worsted to finish up. My only problem with this stitch is that I tend to work it too tightly. OUCH! Two sleepless nights from tight neck muscles, hands and arms. But I will start and maintain LOOSE stitches next time I make one of these. Oh, and I think I should make it a little larger, more slouchy. I think running out of the baby yarn made me feel the need to cut it short.

Rather than put up with the loose stitches on the brim, I crocheted a trim of single crochet. I think it makes the hat look more coordinated.

06-20-2016

I was so in love with the Three Step Stitch that I had to make another hat and then a scarf. Since there was only the pattern for the hat I had to make up the scarf. I had a lot of this turquoise/grayish-green/off-white yarn in the donation stash that I felt I need to make the scarf. So I set it up on one rake (one side of the long green loom). The cast on similar to that of the hat. Then work the three steps all the way to the end. At the end, I pretended to continue the pattern two extra stitches. Then on that last post, I wrapped and knitted off once, then once again, both wrapping towards the end. Then I wrapped and knitted off away from the end and started the return stitching. (I used a binder clip with a stitch marker placed on one side so I would know which direction I was heading and I always placed it over the stitch I was about to make, usually, it was the first step. I hope that makes sense.) By the way, by ‘pretending’ the extra stitches at the ends it made a cute tricot kind of stitch on the outer edges of the scarf.

Because of the size of the loom, this scarf became a little wider than most scarves but I thought that would make it a kind of shawl. But I ran out of the yarn a few rows too soon so I added a couple rows of off-white from the donated stash and then a couple rows of the gray. By this point, it seemed easy to just put the tail of the scarf on the other rake so I was working both ends in an attempt to keep them equal in length. That was fun to do.

Keeping track of this stitch was difficult for me. I think it is my ADD that makes it hard to remember where I was. I learned to TINK with this stitch. In other words, I learned to unknit so I could see where I made the mistake and where I left off. I was constantly having to look to teach myself what each stitch looked like before and after each part, holding the loom so I could see inside and/or pulling on the garment and observing the stitch from underneath. I suggest anyone who tries this stitch to take the time to teach this to themselves.

Another weird thing I had to teach myself was to take the garment off the rake and then replacing. I can’t remember why I felt I had to do this. Oh, yeah, I was trying to finish the scarf but it was too short so I had to reattach it. Make sure you put it back on between the rakes, not on the outside. If you try to work the stitch with the garment put on the outside of the rake it will start bunching up behind the pegs. I felt silly when I realized what I had done. But I was able to save it and reattach from the inside. I learn so much from this process. And it turns out a nice open woven garment to wear on cooler Spring/Summer/Autumn evenings. Yet the hat is nice to wear all the time for bad hair days. The yarn was very soft so I think a person would like it against their skin. I hope that this finds a person who will really love it and it will help them find comfort.

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About this pattern
Personal pattern (not in Ravelry)
  • Project created: May 9, 2016
  • Finished: May 9, 2016
  • Updated: June 21, 2016