Monday, November 9, 2015
Could have been bigger
Pattern is Phil's Knee Warmer. Yarn is Paton's Classic Wool in natural marl.
So I finally knit a knee warmer. I started the bottom on #2 needles and cast on for the larger size, which got me close to gauge, and because I wanted the bottom snug to stay on. For the knee pouch I went up to a size 4 needles and just used garter stitch instead of the pattern because the pattern, while nifty, seemed unnecessarily complicated and was lost in the marl. And above the knee I switched to #6 needles which were way over gauge because I have pudgy thighs that taper to my knee and I wanted it to just rest over rather than stretch because things that stretch always roll down. This is why I can never manage a compression wrap on my knee.
And it still stretched and it still slides/rolls down when I walk. Of course. And the knee pocket isn't doing anything, it's just stretched there. I could have made a tube of really loose ribbing and had it work.
But with my knee up it's fitting well enough and it's keeping my more arthritic knee nice and warm. But if I ever knit this again I'll go up to a #10.5 on my knee, that might make it big enough. Or I'll wait until I have smaller thighs.
At least I can say I gave this one a try.
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