On A LARGE Scale

[kerravonsen]

I tried out doing scale-knitting with large scales on a knifty-knitter (that's the large-gauge plastic one) and the results were... mixed.

I was able to use the chunky yarn that I usually use with that loom, rather than running around trying to find a suitable thickness of yarn, so that was good. And it sat nicely on my wrist when it was done; sufficiently stretchy. I didn't do the extra stitch I'd done with the small scales, because I realized they might sit flatter because the pegs of the big-gauge loom are actually closer to the inside than those on the sock loom, which means that the scale-stitches can be pulled a little tighter, and they seemed to sit a little flatter. And they don't "porcupine" as such.

Look!


(Loom-knit large scales; Knifty-Knitter small long loom; Yarn Paradise Peru Alpaca Bulky; TRL large Aluminium scales, large black plastic scales.)

Unfortunately, what they do do is flop.



I suppose I could use them for a strange sort of percussion instrument.

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